It's in the name, plain.  The shoe looks good overall, but it's generally a plain brown shoe.  It does have a large bump in the front of the shoe though, which I'm not all that fond of.  See the picture to see what I'm talking about.  Comfortable for all day office wear, and I don't wear the same shoes every day so they last a while.  I have many pairs of shoes.  This pair of shoes works with a lot of things, goes ok with slacks or jeans.  We'll have to see how these shoes hold up though, since my last pair of Cole Haan shoes had the sole fall apart very quickly after only a few wears.