You can do so much better than brown dress ... simple black dress shoes. Boring? Au contraire, brother. They’re classic, widely available, and work with every color of suit you care to name.

While menswear has become more casual — white ... with a suit. Still, more business casual workplaces are an apt time to break out your favorite dress shoes. For example: A pair of brown leather ...

If you're still learning how to dress a bit better, it can help to have some little "cheat sheets" on hand. This graphic from Slaters shows you what color shoes go with what color suits.

It is now perfectly acceptable to wear brown shoes with navy and blue suits ... rules better off forgotten, like not wearing white after Labor Day or having to always match the color of belts ...

Our fashion critic discusses the evolution of dress ... and shoes, the better to continue the unbroken line of their suits — and denoting their white-collar status. The appearance of brown ...

Wearing sneakers with a suit is a look that really popped off a ... keeps its color palette as neutral as possible. You already know how good (and comfortable) Cole Haan dress shoes are ...