Western shoes for the wedding suit — Oxford, Derby and loafer
For a Western wedding suit, the Oxford — a closed-lace shoe with the facing stitched under the vamp — is the most formal choice and appropriate for any occasion from lounge suit to black tie. In tan or warm brown for an ivory or champagne suit; in black for a charcoal or navy suit. The Derby (open-lace construction) is slightly less formal than the Oxford and appropriate for suits at the smart-formal rather than black-tie level.
The loafer — a slip-on shoe without laces — is appropriate for beach and outdoor weddings where an Oxford's formality would look displaced, and for smart-casual wedding events. A quality leather penny loafer or a horsebit loafer in tan or brown reads as elegant and deliberate for outdoor and semi-formal wedding contexts.
Indian shoes for ethnic wear — jutti and formal sandals
The jutti — a flat, pointed-toe leather shoe with embroidered or embellished upper, from the Punjabi craft tradition — is the traditional footwear for the sherwani and the Indian ethnic wedding look. A good jutti in gold or silver embroidery, coordinated with the sherwani's embroidery colour, completes the traditional Indian groom's look. Juttis from Jaipur and Jalandhar artisans are available in fine quality through specialist suppliers in Chennai's ethnic wear markets.
For South Indian ceremony contexts — Tamil Brahmin, Kerala Hindu — formal leather sandals (not casual chappals but quality formal sandals with a back strap) are appropriate with the veshti-jubba combination. In temple ceremony contexts, footwear is removed entirely; the choice of socks (clean, fine, without holes) becomes unexpectedly important in these settings.