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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Shoes for Print Dress ?

I would like to create a casual day and dressier evening look for my dress. I'm at a loss as what shoes to put with it for each. In the future I would like to purchase peanut heels for day and possibly a bronze pair for evening. Right now I am trying to see if anything I have will work until I can find something else. I have enclosed a slideshow of what I have to work with. Wendy's Dress

I thought the brown espadrilles would work for day. I'm not sure if they look "too heavy" with the dress. (it is silk material by the way) I like the blue, but not sure if they go (for everyday). I also like the red (for a dressier look) but again not sure about mixing red with so much green. As for the brown slides, I thought they would work for everyday in my head. But something seems off when I see them in a picture.
The dress has shades of green, brown and turquoise in it. I'll do with wood or gold jewelry. I also have a lace cami in brown as the V is a little deep for me.
I look forward to your ideas. Thanks so much for the help. I can't wait to wear this outfit!
Wendy


The dress looks best with the red shoes. The color is "outside" of the color palette in the dress, and the red is functioning as a "pseudo neutral" here. That is, not a neutral, but able to support many colors. The espadrilles work, too, but they are a touch tricky for the patterned dress. They would work better with a neutral (tan gabardine) skirt, and a B/W small polka dot top, big rectangular clutch.

Wide strap nude sandal heels would definitely support the dress; they are the neutral accessory of the season. Skip the bronze, and buy yellow (shorter lived, but hotter.)

The low strap sandals are too skimpy to support the dress's strong structure/print/fabric.
Terrific dress! Wear tomorrow!

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