Wedding talk: shoes
WARNING: Wedding talk ahead. No knitting in this post. I'm going to start posting a bit of what I'm doing for the wedding, but I promise to use appropriate subject lines so those of you who aren't interested can skip the posts, ok?
So today I got the new Lucky magazine and this issue's shoe spread is filled with ankle strap flats! SO PERFECT because I decided a month ago that I will be wearing flats to the wedding -- which you wouldn't think would be such a big deal, but you would be surprised at how many people seem downright insulted by the idea! When I told my friend Anne, she responded with, "What do you mean, flat? Like, flat flat?" (Anne reads this blog: Don't be mad at me Anne!) My mother responded, "But they're so casual and you're having a formal wedding, you just won't feel dressy without at least a small heel!"
To these all all the other objections I calmly explained that Adam is only an inch taller than me and I don't want to be taller than him in the pictures.
These discontinued Kate Spade skimmers could be perfect for someone in the same situation:
After the nay-sayers had to back down due to my obviously good point, I shocked them further by revealing that I plan to wear NON-WHITE flats. My mother thinks this is insane. Even Adam had his doubts. But I don't much care, because I hate white shoes and I think that most of them look orthopedic, or like nurse shoes, or like street-walker shoes. The ones above are a rare exception, but look how much cuter they are in RED:
Believe me, if this shoe was available in my size anywhere online (and I searched a LOT), I would already have bought it!
Even Anne had to admit the sad state of white shoes when together we went to a huge shoe store and looked at, and dismissed, literally every pair of white or off-white shoes they had. And don't even get me started on the sad white shoes available direct from the bridal store . . .
So I feel perfectly justified and even, dare I say it, reasonable, in my unorthodox idea of wearing non-white flats to my wedding. My dress is covered in lace and the bridesmaids are wearing purple . . . so I have no idea which pair of non-white flats I'll be wearing, but there are lots of options.
I might consider sandals like these:
I know these are white but I like the gold details!
Or slingbacks like these:
Although I'm not a big fan or yellow and I'm not sure about the flower . . .
Or something cute and funky like these:
Although, again, I'm not too sure about the color although I love the style!
So to sum up:
I'm looking for FLAT, dressy shoes in a bright color. They need to be comfortable with cushy soles, and I'm pretty sure I want them to have a back of some sort so they stay on through much dancing. I also want the front of the shoe to look like it could be a heeled shoe, so that when my toes peek out from under my dress it doesn't look like I'm wearing flip flops or something . . .
I may have added a whole mess of possibilities to my Flickr account . . . should you be interested. BTW, click on any picture to go to a website to buy the shoes . . .
And if you come across a pair you think I'd want to see, please let me know!
6 Responses
eve
Go metallic. The shoes will seem dressier and it goes with almost any color.
leslie
my friend wore sneakers to her wedding because at her bachelorette party right before the wedding she got a little too excited dancing with the stripper and twisted her ankle and nothing else fit her foot so you can go real comfy and try a sneaker.
renee
Metallic is a great idea. Actually, everyone will be so blown away by the chuppah that they won’t notice your shoes!!
anne b
I vote for the fancy sandals! Pelle Moda and Claudia Ciuti both make pretty dressy flat shoes. And if you are feeling like you could do a 1" kitten heel- I have a pretty light grey suede shoe for you.
Liz
Congrats on the upcoming nuptials! I wore robin’s egg blue suede ballerina flats to my wedding. Do what makes you feel happy!
Sara
April 24, 2008
Are you still looking for shoes? Someone just pointed me at Mohop.com — I think their bent-ply sandals, in the low-heel version (http://www.mohop.com/collection/plycollection.htm), with some pretty satin ribbon, would be awesome for your purposes. And then you could wear them a million other ways after the wedding.