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How Your Wedding Dress Influences the Bridal Shoes You Choose

Written by: Acacia 24 September 2009 No Comment

badgley-mischka-randee-bridal-shoes There are many things to take into consideration, when choosing wedding shoes to go with your wedding dress. The style of your dress, the fabric of your dress, and the length of your dress greatly affect the wedding shoes you need to choose. Here are some tips to help you when choosing your wedding shoes.

Your wedding shoes need to be consistent with the formalness of your wedding dress. If you are wearing a really formal dress, then you need to wear formal shoes. If your wedding dress is casual, then you can wear casual shoes. If you are wearing a vintage dress, then you may want to wear shoes such as bridal boots with it.

The fabric of your dress will affect the wedding shoes you need also. The bottom of your wedding dress can help you choose which fabric you need for your wedding shoes. When wearing a lace wedding dress, then you should wear lace wedding shoes. Shiny wedding dresses need shoes that are satin, and matte dresses need shoes that are crepe.

An easy thing to remember when choosing wedding shoes is that a simple dress needs fancy shoes, and a fancy dress needs simple shoes. If your dress and shoes are both going to be embellished, then they need to have the same type of embellishments on both. A rhinestone dress goes well with crystal embellished shoes. A pearl dress will go well with beaded embellished shoes.

The height of your wedding shoes will affect the length of your dress, and vice versa. Make sure to try your shoes on with your dress, to see if the shoe’s heel height will affect the dress length. If so, your dress may have to be altered. If your shoe height is really low and your dress is long, these shoes may cause your dress to drag the ground.

Here are different kinds of wedding shoes, and the dress best suited to the style. This should help you choose the perfect shoes for the perfect dress.

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Ballet slippers are flat slip-on shoes that are perfect for slip dresses that are just below the knee length, and for casual dresses.

Flats have a “no-raised heel” that go well with short, medium, or long dresses.

Low Heels are any type of heels that rise up an inch from the ground, and are perfect for many dress styles, especially for dresses that hide your feet.

Mary Jane shoes have a strap crossing the instep and a rounded toe and come in all heel sizes, they are perfect for simple and classic dresses.

Mule style is a backless slip-on shoe and is perfect for simple unembellished dresses.

Sandals are open toed shoes with straps around toes and usually ankles, and can be formal or casual made, which style they are will depend n the dress you should pair them with.