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Wearing sneakers with a suit is a look that really popped off a few years back, and while it was a welcome shift in making a suit more casual—and accessible—let it be known that not every pair of sneakers looks good with a suit. When you're wearing something tailored, you want to be strategic in your pairing of the rest of the outfit. The right sneaker, however, provides a way to break the suit up, give it some personality (plus, comfy feet). Here are 13 of the best sneakers to pair with a suit now.
For beginners, start with a clean white sneaker. Adidas's Continental can be casual, but it also makes a navy suit feel a little more laid-back.
A chunky sneaker with a suit is very on trend and really not as hard to pull off as you might imagine—just make sure the suit is a little looser and fashion-forward, to match the shoes' proportions. To start, go with an Adidas Yung 1, which keeps its color palette as neutral as possible.
Hell yeah, Air Maxes with a suit! This take in suede makes it feel just a smidge more luxe.
You already know how good (and comfortable) Cole Haan dress shoes are, so you can be sure its sneakers are just as great. These double as a commute shoe that won't disrupt your fit.
A casual suit deserves a casual sneaker. High-top Converse are classic, and the CDG motif makes it more playful.
When in doubt, a low-top leather sneaker with a minimal silhouette doesn't stray too far from a dress shoe.
Mr P.'s suede sneakers are so clean you won't even miss your loafers.
If you have a playful suit—maybe trousers with a drawstring or an oversized coat—you can pull off a high-top sneaker with ease. These transition well between casual and dressed-up.
Koio's high-tops perfect the whole simple-but-strong structure you want in a sneaker you'll wear with something tailored.
If ever there were a widely appreciated suit sneaker, it would be a Common Projects low-top.
Feit's handsewn shoes are as much of a dress shoe as a sneaker could possibly be.
When you get into the high-end sneaker market, Gucci does the edgy-but-put-together look very well.
The dream suede high-top that you can pull off with any suit—and maybe any situation.
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