Matching

Should your shoes and belt match? If not, is there any guidelines to pairing vibrant colors?
Sally

They should not match. They should coordinate. This is much more difficult to achieve (which is why it's so much nicer.) One of the best ways to be sure about pairing vibrant colors is to name the colors of your outfit, and see what you have to work with. If the two colors of your outfit are neutrals, you might add one vibrant accent color. A brown/black outfit could support brown boots; and since those are both neutrals, a red bag, or a red belt (Not both! Don't match!) would work as a vibrant accent. If your outfit is yellow/navy, then you need another neutral (the navy is a neutral, the yellow is not) so gray, or tan (peanut), is an option. To help coordinate the accessories, you can choose an accent color that contains one of your outfit's bright colors, too. (Tan, and peanut, have yellow in them.)

If this is all too difficult, choose a pattern (like python) for one of the leather accessories, and use the colors in the pattern (grey and black, for example; or, some python contains cream and black) for the other pieces. This works really well with animal prints that are made of neutrals. You may add one bright color that isn't a neutral per outfit; some summer outfits are made up of bright colors, and I would add neutral accessories (like white, navy, cream or black) to that type of look.

Whew. Did that help any?