most versatile shoes as office wear
Hey everyone, I’m looking for advice on picking a versatile pair of shoes for office wear. Right now, I own black loafers(added image for reference), which work decently with my polo-and-chino outfits, but they feel a bit off when I pair them with round-neck tees and a jacket.
Since my office allows business casual (I’m in marketing), my usual outfits are polos with chinos, round-neck tees with chinos, and occasionally plain jeans. I also own chunky sneakers, but they look too sporty though they work better with jeans.
I’m looking for one versatile pair of shoes that I can wear mainly with chinos and round-neck tees. For context, I have chinos in brown, black, grey, khaki, and beige, and tees in red, blue, green, lavender, and purple. or something that goes well with my common outfits that i have added on the images?
What would you recommend as the best all-round option? 
Thanks in advance



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Brown chunkier loafers that are less ugly than those black ones or brown Dr Martens 1461.
maybe you can recommend a good shoe then i would ditch the black ones?
do you think something like this would match

what's your budget?
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Thanks Mate!
i'm based in india. So would take this as reference and buy something similar
This one?

I wouldn’t get those. Light colored soles with dress shoes look bad .
Doc Martens also do loafers too. Some without the yellow stitching, even
If that's your thing
What about white sneakers? Something like GATs would work with chinos and polos.
prefaced by saying 
- i'm not in India and cannot vouch for these personally
- these may or may not be too formal vs brown docs 
- they look virtually identical to me so no I can't make a decision of which color is better 
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that said i've worn black loafers with t-shirts and chinos plenty lol; wider pants help
Is adidas stan smith a good choice? or the this one from Zara?

stan smiths
whenever possible buy shoes from shoe companies imo

