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"  What shades of blue trousers are best when wearing light-brown or &amp;quot;cognac&amp;quot; shoes? \u2014 Drew Iacovazzi, West Hartford, Conn.  With lighter-brown shoes, any pants that fall in the broad deep-navy-to-mid-blue range should be fine, but avoid going too light: It can fast land you in ice-cream-salesman territory. Bear in mind, though, that the current trend is away from lighter brown and toward the dark side. Dark brown goes with everything.  Got a question for Nick Sullivan? E-mail him at esqstyle@hearst.com. RELATED STORIES:  ASK NICK: Why Your Belts and Shoes Don&amp;#039;t Have to Match  STYLE: Four Easy Wardrobe Upgrades for Warm Weather   PLUS: Find More Answers to Your Style Questions in the Archive   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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