Our fashion critic discusses the evolution of dress codes, including how rules — like one discouraging brown shoes with blue or black trousers — can come in and out of favor.

Jeff and Patty Brown, owners of Brown Shoes in Upper Arlington, plan to retire in January, bringing to an end nearly six decades of their family's shoe store at 2108 Tremont Center.. Jeff Brown's ...

You could tell an Italian banker because he was the one in brown shoes, no matter what color his suit. The British, on the other hand, went around intoning “no brown in town.” ...

When it comes to wedding style, there are only two rules of etiquette GQ enforces: don't wear a white dress, and don't wear brown dress shoes. Here's why.