There are so many different types of shorts that you can wear different shoes. You can dress it down to go out on a hike and do an adventurous and fun day or you can go to a nice dinner in the summertime with a nice pair of shorts. For shoes they are so many different types of shoes from loafers to sneakers. And with shorts your not limited to just one type of pair. You can have patterns, shorter or longer. It just depends on what event you are going to and shorts could always be an option. And with shoes, you can wear different types of shoes. Shoes can dress something up or down, it just depends on what kind of look your going for and style.