I was dreading having to find "bridal" shoes for the big day. Of course, that was before I started looking at online wedding po*n and realized that fab brides now wear fab shooz in all the colors of the fab rainbow.
I don't want to have this big "wedding theme," I don't want everything to be matchy-matchy, but I do want some things to coordinate. Like my shoes, flowers and sash. My mom was a bit arem, surprised when I said I wanted some color on me. "You mean you want a tone-on-tone sash, right?" No! Color! It's the new white for weddings.
Two of my all-time favorite flowers are lilacs and peonies, both spring stunners with a short season. If we schedule the wedding around then, it is what it will be (I have both flowers in my backyard and can complement with my usual wholesaler florist). With peonies for instance, I would maybe choose a fuchsia sash and shoes similar to these:
These are $750 Valentinos, but you get my drift.
There are so many other great shoe/color combos though...
Like these, with a tulip, daffodil and freesia bouquet and a sunny yellow and black sash... 
And red... It makes everything pop! Red flowers (not necessarily, or at least not entirely roses), red sash, short crimson nails, and so many shoe options! Amazing for both a summer and a fall wedding.
Don't get me started about green! Works for any season, but would pair beautifully with a peridot sash and greenish hydrangeas from my backyard in August. I'm sure there would be a way to find a buckle or ribbon to further embellish these beauties:
There's also teal! Grey! Lavender! Pewter! I'm drowning in beautiful colors here!
And here are some pretty, pretty -I know, with some white!- wildcards , all from Naughty Monkey (except the last one from hype), which may be my new favorite brand):
Fresh, yet still unfussy and totally unexpected! I just LOVE the one with the cherries (which would work say, in June)... They would totally give off a "I like looking cute but I don't take myself too seriously" bride vibe! Can't wait to start shopping!!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I just don't think I want white shoes
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Coloured shoes with wedding dresses are so freakin' cool. I would have done it, but my colour was midnight blue and I think that would have looked all wrong. But if things had been just a little bit different, I definitely would have been a coloured shoe bride.
Your shoes were fab and among the least bridal shoe-y I've ever seen...
So excited about your expanding family :-) :-) :-)
Oh, I love the shoes there. A little too high for my taste (and my fiance's - he's only an inch taller than me, so I'd tower over him!)
My shoes were from kenzie. Striped with pink on the sole.
so which ones did you choose?
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