What Color Shoes Can I Wear with Work Outfits?
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Today's reader is tired of her black shoes, and wonders: what color shoes can she wear with work outfits?
I wear black shoes far too often, including with grey slacks. Do you have any guidance on shoe colors and recommendations on what should go with grey?
Great question!
What Color Shoes Can You Wear with Conservative Work Outfits?
Well, our love of purple shoes is well documented — really, they're great with navy, gray, beige, and even a dark green color.
Otherwise, we're getting into your risk tolerance with shoe choice.
Red shoe: bold, but can be a great neutral to wear with things.
Patent leather red: probably too bold for work.
Green shoes: Lately, we've been lusting after green shoes, having seen a number of women wearing them. The trouble with green is that, between the shade of green and the shade of your skin tone, you may not be able to wear them with skirts without your legs looking slightly sickly — but if you're just looking to wear them with gray pants, go for it.
We would also recommend playing around with ideas of what you can and can't wear together — for example, some would say that gray and brown should never go together, but if you wear gray slacks, brown heels, and a cream colored sweater, it can be a lovely outfit.
Some of Our Latest Favorite Colorful Shoes
Purple Heels for the Office
Stay tuned for a roundup of our latest favorite purple heels for the office — you can check out all of our favorite heels here!!
Great Sangria or Wine-Colored Shoes for Work
Stay tuned for our latest favorite winey, sangria-colored heels for work!
Silver Shoes for Work
Here are some of our latest favorite metallic shoes for work (both in heels and flats, since flats are so much more omnipresent with work outfits today…)
Red Heels for Work
Red is a very trendy color for 2025! Some great classic options for heels include Calvin Klein, Sam Edelman, and Easy Spirit. For flats check Rothy's or Vivaia. Some of our latest favorite red heels for work include…
Green Heels for Work
Stay tuned for our roundup of green heels!
Blue Heels for Work
Stay tune for our roundup of blue heels for work! In general, note that you CAN wear navy and black together, but usually it's black heels with navy pants… as always, if you're going to wear blue and black together, you should make sure that it's obvious that you KNOW you're wearing blue with black, instead of looking like you got dressed in the dark.
Stay tuned for our latest favorite navy shoes for work!
Fun Work Heels in General (Know Your Office!)
Some of our latest fun shoes for professional women include these options that we've featured recently… also note that readers have always loved Fluevog shoes; you may also want to check out brands like Sarah Flint, The Office of Angela Scott, and Jeffrey Campbell.
Stock photo update via Pexels / Godisable Jacob.
