# Fashion advice, shoes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312 "2001-06-10T15:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/1 "2001-06-10T15:48:34Z")
What color shoes would you wear with [this](http://www.girlshop.com/shop/girls/catalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=SH%2D19834&bt=sh) dress? I kinda like it and am thinking about ordering it, but I just went through a friggin’ nightmare trying to find navy shoes that weren’t “accountant pumps” to go with another kick-ass dress I bought. I’m wondering if I could get away with some sort of nude shoe or maybe [these](http://www.heidisays.com/template_set.asp?CategoryID=26)? [sub]Please don’t tell me to dye a pair to match, that’s nasty.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/2 "2001-06-10T15:59:15Z")
Black patent leather sling-backs. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/3 "2001-06-10T16:03:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\* > > I kinda like it and am thinking about ordering it, but I just went through a friggin’ nightmare trying to find navy shoes that weren’t “accountant pumps” to go with another kick-ass dress I bought. \*\* hmmph. **Some** of us happen to be accountants. Or nearly so if we ever take the damn exam. Seriously-something strappy, but I’d have my doubts about the linked shoes without being able to try them on and see them while wearing the dress. How about a strappy sandal in a light beige/very light tan-perhaps the nude you mentioned. Or something with a little more pink in it-not too much though, because you don’t want the shoes to look pepto pink next to the blue dress. Hell, what am I thinking? I have enough trouble putting together work outfits that sort of look decent together most days. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/4 "2001-06-10T16:07:32Z")
I was thinking more along the same lines as you, **Sue**. A pair of nude (or maybe very light taupe, if you can find them) strappy sandals. Maybe something like catch-me-f\*\*\*-me, Joan Crawfordesque shoes. (You know…sexy ankle straps…) Got to have the heels, though. Nothing less than three inches would do justice to that dress, which I love, btw… ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/5 "2001-06-10T17:13:41Z")
I say good choice… Aperfect combination, something I would love to see my wife in:) ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/6 "2001-06-10T17:20:40Z")
What is the dress for? If it’s a wedding or something, then I’d go for something more conservative like taupe, but if it’s just for a night of looking fabulous, I totally think you could pull off something a bit more flashy. But I think the rhinestones on those linked ones are a bit too big for a shorter dress. As the dress is varigated a little, I don’t think you have to be too concerned about matching to color, as the color changes on the dress itself. It’s adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/7 "2001-06-10T17:28:26Z")
Cool dress! I have a pair of silverish open toed sandals that might work with it… the dress I wore them with was periwinkle–I must be colorblind cuz I thought it was lavender. They have like 3 inch stacked heels, looked kickass, but hurt my feet like hell! ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/8 "2001-06-10T17:29:22Z")
I don’t know about that bauble thing going on along the front of the shoes you linked. Although I guess it would depend on what kind of jewelry you were wearing with the dress. Still, I like Lsura’s “strappy” idea, in something like the color of the afore-linked bauble shoes. Maybe even a little lighter, with an opalescent thing going on. The real reason I replied, though, was to say that the brown shoes in the frame to the right with the caramel-colored stripe down the back are doooooope. If I were a drag queen who thought he could get away with brown shoes, I’d totally go for those. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/9 "2001-06-10T17:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > I have a pair of silverish open toed sandals Yeah, I thought about something silver and strappy, but sometimes silver shoes can be WAAAAAAAY overboard. It’s for a retirement party I have to attend that is sorta semi-formal, but not, IYKWIM. > [@](#): > > looked kickass, but hurt my feet like hell! Hey, we suffer for our beauty! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/10 "2001-06-10T17:56:18Z")
[http://www.coach.com/shop/product.asp?product\_no=3663&category\_id=159](http://www.coach.com/shop/product.asp?product_no=3663&category_id=159) FWIW, the navy shoes I ended up with (for the other dress which was VERY retro looking) are [these.](http://www.coach.com/shop/product.asp?product_no=3667&category_id=159) Only in navy. Hey, **Lux** , those shoes are black, with the camel trim. Now you can be a drag queen without having to wear brown shoes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/11 "2001-06-10T17:56:51Z")
With my limited fashion sense (this coming from a girl that wears army fatigues and boxers…) I agree on silver being overboard. These are matte silver, almost grey, not too flashy. I think they’re from Unlisted; I got them really cheap at like Famous Footwear or something. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/12 "2001-06-10T18:07:18Z")
**Sue** , I liked your shoe choices, myself. I like the Coach ones best, though. What the hell, go with those, if you so desire. Totally snazzy to have that Hollywood “My-Shoes-Exactly-Match-My-Dress-And-I-Mean-Exactly!” look. I mean, you can always buy a couple more jazzy blue outfits to get the most out of the shoes, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/13 "2001-06-10T18:11:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > Hey, **Lux** , those shoes are black, with the camel trim. Now you can be a drag queen without having to wear brown shoes. 😃 Excellent. Off to practice “Second-Hand Rose!” ---
**Author:** ![x27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7993a0/32.png) [@x27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x27)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/14 "2001-06-10T18:12:23Z")
These: [http://www2.victoriassecret.com/catalogue/view/dsp\_spread.cfm?window=BY&page=p94p95](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/catalogue/view/dsp_spread.cfm?window=BY&page=p94p95) Lower left hand side, nude color. Nude goes with every dress color, even black, and makes your legs look longer. Colored shoes act like a stop sign to the eye, but with nude your stems appear to go on forever. I learned this from a book by Marlene Dietrich, and it is advice you can’t go wrong with. I bought these shoes recently and they are comfortable and gorgeous. Reasonably priced, too. ---
**Author:** ![x27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7993a0/32.png) [@x27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x27)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/15 "2001-06-10T18:17:29Z")
Oops, maybe I should have said left hand page, lower left corner. The sling back sandels. (And by the way, nude sandals are just about all I buy, and these are the best I’ve found in years.) ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/16 "2001-06-10T19:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by x27 \* > Oops, maybe I should have said left hand page, lower left corner. The sling back sandels. You mean the gold ones? Yikes, I don’t know. I retired myself out of 4" heels about five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/17 "2001-06-10T19:37:18Z")
Holy schnikeys! I’d be 6"1’ in those shoes! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/18 "2001-06-10T19:44:02Z")
Mrs. H is an expert on shoes in particular and fashion in general. She likes the dress and says that the shoes match well. Haj ---
**Author:** ![VenusGirlTrap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@VenusGirlTrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusGirlTrap)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/19 "2001-06-10T20:42:31Z")
I think these are great. [http://www.delias.com/o1/tmpl.d/p00168.epl](http://www.delias.com/o1/tmpl.d/p00168.epl) But, I am a teenager, so I don’t know if they’re to teenybopper or what. ---
**Author:** ![VenusGirlTrap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@VenusGirlTrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusGirlTrap)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312/20 "2001-06-10T20:44:21Z")
Hmm…It won’t let me link directly to those shoes. Push the dressy shoes button and they should come up. If not then click Georgette Shoes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-advice-shoes/68312.md?page=2)