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Pairings

Every top, every pair of trousers and every pair of shoes in the catalog is rated against the other two groups – 1,206 pairs on three levels. The Studio, the Lookbook and the suggestions are built on these ratings. Shorter, summarized by colors and shoe families and explained with rules: the Guide.

Rating
A language model judges each pair on its own by light–dark contrast and color, material, formality and season, and explains its verdict in one sentence. We checked it against pairs we had rated by hand beforehand: most match exactly, the rest are one level off.
Rules of thumb
One level apart in formality usually works, two levels often only with compromises, three are never safe. Black with navy looks flat on casual pieces and usually lands at “works”; only in formal wear – black leather shoes with a navy suit – is it classic. Because every pair is judged on its own, there are justified exceptions – the reason is shown with the pair.
Three levels
●●● safe – wear it without thinking twice.●●○ works – with compromises, such as tone on tone or little contrast.●○○ avoid.
In an outfit
The weakest pair counts. An outfit is only safe if top and trousers, trousers and shoes, and top and shoes are all safe. Jackets and accessories are rated too, but don’t count towards “safe”; this page shows the pairs of tops, trousers and shoes.

All pairs

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Light blue poplin shirt with pants

Safe match · 12
  • Navy suit trousers
  • Medium gray suit trousers
  • Beige chinos
  • Medium gray fresco trousers
  • Navy hopsack trousers
  • Taupe gabardine trousers
  • Ecru linen-cotton trousers
  • Charcoal flannel trousers
  • Brown flannel trousers
  • Olive gabardine trousers
  • Sand chinos
  • Gray pleated trousers
Works · 3
  • Taupe wide-leg wool trousers
  • Indigo selvedge jeans
  • Brown fine-wale corduroy trousers
Better not · 1
  • Sand linen drawstring trousers