Belt and Shoes for Suit

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. I haven't worn a suit in a year or so and just realized my dress belt got lost somehow and I have a wedding coming up. I ordered this, but didn't realize it was going to be a little more matte than I thought, if that's the right word. Question is, is the sheen too off from the shoes? That's kinda my thinking plus that contrast stitching comes off as a lot less formal to me. I may have just answered my own question typing it out, but still would like thoughts.  Easy enough to get something else, but I kinda like the belt. Damn that's big. Sorry, not sure how to resize. 

 

[kmac30 416]

That belt seems to casual for a suit with those shoes.

[Okie State 3858]

Yeah, that's not a belt I'd wear with a suit. Needs to be thinner, shinier (not high gloss, but closer to the shoes), and lose the contrasting stitching.

 

Any store with a men's suit section should have plenty of choices in black.

[Tylerocks 2557]

Just go to Marshall's/TJMaxx/Ross or whatever.

Get a black, dress belt for like $15

[SHOOTER12 8853]

Shoes are great (I've got the same ones)

The belt? needs an upgrayed.

[solamente73 1132]

I'd use the need to upgrade the belt to get some new boots:

Just sayin'

[NeverMarryAStripper 22030]

There's no suit made that doesn't look better with a nice pair of black ostrich boots.

[solamente73 1132]

Both are excellent options

Full disclosure: I was projecting because I'm in the market for lizard - I already have the ostrich.

[woohorn 1131]

Challenge accepted

[52-80 19277]

just take a permanent sharpie to the belt stitching.  done.

[Sbbruin 21912]

[deadshank 24653]

Black shoes and belt look just OK with powder blue and ruffles. Match white patent leather with it to really make a statement. 

Edited October 31, 2018 by deadshank

[RDCanecutter 26553]

16 hours ago, 52-80 said:

just take a permanent sharpie to the belt stitching.  done.

I was bout to say, just hit the belt with some Kiwi and it should shine right up as well as blacken the stitching.

Make sure to leave a little black shoe polish under your fingernails to add spice to when you leer at the wives of all the clean sissy dudes.

[Reagan1k 3026]

I used to have a simple dress belt that was reversible - Black vs. Brown - Buckle rotated.  

Saved me on more than one occasion.  

 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4980]

Meh, open laces aren't really considered formal, so don't worry too much about the belt.

[Irwin F Fletcher 3551]

Fuck it. Just untuck your shirt sooner in the evening, no one will no the difference between the dress shoes/casual  belt.

[horn4life 3818]

The white trim on the belt makes it more casual.  You could always just run a black sharpie over the white, or go buy a solic black belt at Steinmart. The cap toe shoes are good.

[G650 14301]

Belts with suits should be outlawed.

[Okie State 3858]

Soooo, suspenders?

[elfenix 34385]

35 minutes ago, Okie State said:

Soooo, suspenders?

pants that fit right to begin with, actually. 

[Okie State 3858]

Yeah, obviously. I just think dress pants (not talking tux here) with no belt look ridiculous. To each their own though.

[G650 14301]

15 hours ago, Okie State said:

Soooo, suspenders?

Yes.

15 hours ago, elfenix said:

pants that fit right to begin with, actually. 

See above.

[G650 14301]

15 hours ago, Okie State said:

Yeah, obviously. I just think dress pants (not talking tux here) with no belt look ridiculous. To each their own though.

Dress pants or a suit? A belt absolutely kills the visual line of a suit, looks awful. With trousers I usually wear a belt, though I have some with daks. They look better sans belt but it can be a pain to keep them up. Some use braces (suspenders in Americanese), depends on the combo to me. It's definitely a shitload more comfortable though.

[Okie State 3858]

Dress pants or a suit? A belt absolutely kills the visual line of a suit, looks awful. With trousers I usually wear a belt, though I have some with daks. They look better sans belt but it can be a pain to keep them up. Some use braces (suspenders in Americanese), depends on the combo to me. It's definitely a shitload more comfortable though.

Both. I just think a nice belt ties everything together. My tailor doesn't design interiors for Astons though so that may have something to do with it.

[G650 14301]

Just now, Okie State said:

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Dress pants or a suit? A belt absolutely kills the visual line of a suit, looks awful. With trousers I usually wear a belt, though I have some with daks. They look better sans belt but it can be a pain to keep them up. Some use braces (suspenders in Americanese), depends on the combo to me. It's definitely a shitload more comfortable though.

Both. I just think a nice belt ties everything together. My tailor doesn't design interiors for Astons though so that may have something to do with it.

Well, like I said with dress pants it's a personal choice really. You've got two different fabric/colors/patterns so there is a natural visual break. With a suit it's one continuous visual, from shoulder to sock.

 

Douchecanoe

 

Stylish fellow

 

 

My man Gandy also goes braces with trousers a lot. I think these are suit trousers and he just doesn't have the jacket on.

 

[Okie State 3858]

I agree the three piece suit looks good without the belt. Not sure I could pull off the suspenders look.

[52-80 19277]

19 hours ago, G650 said:

Belts with suits should be outlawed.

yes

18 hours ago, Okie State said:

Soooo, suspenders?

side-tabs.  i get them on my formal trousers, along with cuffs and single pleats (fight me).

 

like this

 

 

[G650 14301]

17 minutes ago, Okie State said:

I agree the three piece suit looks good without the belt. Not sure I could pull off the suspenders look.

 

Yeah, I'm not one to wear braces without a jacket myself.

In the interests of full disclosure, I'm actually having a linen suit done up as we speak with belt loops. It will be my only one (only two piece as well), and it's only because it's for maximum summer heat. Flat front, no turn ups, 1/4 lined.

 

5 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

 single pleats (fight me).

 

Double or gtfo.

Edited November 2, 2018 by G650

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4980]

Three piece suit should not have a belt, braces instead. It should also allow any of your shirt to show between your pants and your vest. So fail there in the above photo. Belt is fine with a two piece suit.

[52-80 19277]

for the love of god just dont clip suspenders into trousers with belt loops....

[G650 14301]

59 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Three piece suit should not have a belt, braces instead. It should also allow any of your shirt to show between your pants and your vest. So fail there in the above photo. Belt is fine with a two piece suit.

Sprezz yo. We aren't talking dinner suits here. I couldn't pull it off though.

 

Belt wrecks a two piece aesthetic just like a three. 

 

 

[beer 3246]

On 11/2/2018 at 8:36 AM, G650 said:

Well, like I said with dress pants it's a personal choice really. You've got two different fabric/colors/patterns so there is a natural visual break. With a suit it's one continuous visual, from shoulder to sock.

 

Douchecanoe

 

Stylish fellow

 

 

My man Gandy also goes braces with trousers a lot. I think these are suit trousers and he just doesn't have the jacket on.

 

 

 

Hugo boss is quite versatile

 

[McFly 606]

Every one of the suits without a belt looks terrible.  I'll give you the 3 piece with no belt but other than that you'll look like a child who dressed himself. 

[huge 3799]

On 11/2/2018 at 9:21 AM, G650 said:

Double or gtfo.

Sorry but no

[G650 14301]

47 minutes ago, huge said:

Sorry but no

I bet you have reverse pleats

[huge 3799]

No pleats

At least you have a style you adhere to though.
All in

[G650 14301]

Well what the hell kind of non sequitur is that then? I didn't make a call on pleats or not, but rather if you are gonna go, go double.

 

I did just get a two piece linen done up with flat fronts and belt loops, the only one I own. 1/4 lined too, basically a max summer heat suit.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2741]

In the summer sweat shop of SE Virginia you’ll need it.

 

[huge 3799]

I was saying no pleats. Like never.

And this is the first I have heard about a suit supposing to not have belt loops.

I’m having to look into it.

[G650 14301]

12 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

In the summer sweat shop of SE Virginia you’ll need it.

 

Troof 

[Wally Fairway 5600]

On ‎10‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 5:24 PM, woohorn said:

Challenge accepted

cute, step up and be a baller

[Nice Guy Eddie 13540]

I suppose you can avoid a belt with a 2 piece suit as long as you keep the jacket on.  You will just look like you forgot the belt if you take the jacket off. 

[52-80 19277]

15 hours ago, G650 said:

I did just get a two piece linen done up with flat fronts and belt loops, the only one I own. 1/4 lined too, basically a max summer heat suit.

all the ones ive had are too wrinkly.  esp in the rear at the vents.  im not marthas vineyard enough for that look.  for summer i do linen-cotton blends, or lighter weight cottons

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

On 11/2/2018 at 9:16 AM, 52-80 said:

yes

side-tabs.  i get them on my formal trousers, along with cuffs and single pleats (fight me).

 

like this

 

 

 

Where's the double breasted jacket that goes with that look?  

[gurt 754]

I wear suspenders (actually braces that button into the inside of the pants, not that clip on 5 year old look so many guys do nowadays) with my suits, and as a fat ass, it is the only way to go.  Belts don't work if you have a gut, as you have to wear the pants below the waist unless you want to look like Charlie Weis with the fupa.  Suspenders allow your pants to actually stay up instead of always sliding down and having your shirt come untucked like with a belt.

If I could get back to my college weight I might start wearing belts again, but honestly suspenders are way more comfortable and allow pants to trousers to fit correctly.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

I wear a suit to work every day.  I wear a belt with my suit because it looks like you forgot one or you think too damn much about your clothes otherwise.  I wear boots with my suit because I am from Texas.  If I wore dress shoes, though, they'd look like the ones in OP.  Those of you discussing the "line of the suit" and pleats seem like you think a lot about things like hair products and cologne.

For the OP - wear the belt.  No one's going to notice.  It's a fucking belt.  People will notice no belt, or suspenders, or braces, or whatever other nonsense and they will say "oh, he's that guy."  This will not be meant in a positive way.

 

[G650 14301]

6 hours ago, 52-80 said:

all the ones ive had are too wrinkly.  esp in the rear at the vents.  im not marthas vineyard enough for that look.  for summer i do linen-cotton blends, or lighter weight cottons

Yeah, I actually got this for Dubai, even though I am sure I will use it in the ungodly summer humidity here as well. I've got a lot of linen/cotton blend, mostly Caccioppoli,that I really like. They are all done up in my usual 3pc SBPL though.

[G650 14301]

53 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

you think too damn much about your clothes otherwise. 

 

 

No such thing.

 

53 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

 Those of you discussing the "line of the suit" and pleats seem like you think a lot about things like hair products and cologne.

 

 

For sure.

[msucolt45 4143]

Just go to your local Nordstrom’s and they’ll hook you up for what you’re wanting.

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

On 11/2/2018 at 2:36 PM, G650 said:

Well, like I said with dress pants it's a personal choice really. You've got two different fabric/colors/patterns so there is a natural visual break. With a suit it's one continuous visual, from shoulder to sock.

 

Douchecanoe

 

Stylish fellow

 

 

My man Gandy also goes braces with trousers a lot. I think these are suit trousers and he just doesn't have the jacket on.

 

You have horrible taste.