Brown: the new black

[runners n jeans]

I'm kidding... I'm sure brown is here to stay, but I've come to the realization that I've gone overboard on the dark brown color in the shoe department. I couldn't help it at first: great deals on AE shoes either on eBay or the factory seconds sales...


I'm talking 5 AE shoes all in dark brown smooth calf leather and they all look the same even though the shoes are all different: single monk, double monk, chukka boot, semi-brogue balmoral, split-toe blucher.


My one pair of chili shoes and one pair of burgundy shoes are refreshing! Just 7 months ago I didn't have a single pair of brown shoes and I wondered, "Brown? What goes with brown?" And now I'm swimming in them to the point where I want blue, green, and all kinds of brown suede


Just ranting, nothing useful here


http://www.thesimplyrefined.com/brow...hoes-hot-cold/

http://www.thesimplyrefined.com/shoes-shades-colors/

http://the-shoe-snob.blogspot.com/20...kka-boots.html

[Mike W]

I'm in the same boat, the last three months I picked up walnut Strands, Rough MacNeil, and camel Mcpherson... Not to mention I've had my eye on the Elgin and Mctavish.

I need more blue and grey now. On that note, anyone have any opinions on what else to pair with Walnut, Brown or Camel shoes besides blues and greys?

[ChrisW]

green and burgundy go well, as do different shades of brown.


Black is fine, but I really do find brown to be more exciting to wear. Brown has so many shades and possibilities.

[nicholascrawford]

Time to experiment with colored polish!

[runners n jeans]

Actually I was thinking of doing just that. I've read some posts on AAAC/SF about using lighter cream on dark brown shoes that cause them to develop "caramel highlights," as well as using burgundy/oxblood cream on the same color shoes to get a more mahogany tint.


I'm just trying to decide which shoes to experiment on . And I have to guess, without any prior experience of my own, that it may take awhile for the shoe to pick up that color, especially since I polish my shoes so infrequently.

[nicholascrawford]

I would experiment on just one. I experimented on two of mine and regret that!