“Cordovan is the most versatile color. Black shoes should not be worn with brown suits or trousers, nor brown shoes with gray or blue. Cordovan goes with all colors.” – cited to _To Manner Born, To Manners Bred_ (c) Hampden-Sydney College, 2004

Cordovan, for those of you who don’t know, is that rich shade of burgundy — for the women’s spectrum there are tons of shades this could be, but you’ll probably know exactly what shade we’re talking about if we say this: it’s the dark rich burgundy you sometimes see in men’s shoes.