I recently bought a very pretty brown dress, in the same style as this black one.
The color is a dark brown, along the lines of what a hair color box would call “espresso”. Sort of like the dress in this picture. The brown has a bit of warmth to it but it’s definitely a dark shade. Now, I need shoes. And I’m a little lost. It’s impossible to match the brown exactly - should I be looking for a metallic colored shoe? Is black right out? I don’t want sandals, because it’s for an autumn event. I’m partial to the “mary janes” look, and can’t handle a heel higher than 3 inches. I’d also prefer them to be shoes I could wear again with more casual outfits, so I don’t add them to the pile of “wore 'em once” shoes in my closet.
Doper ladies, I know you like looking for pics of shoes online. Can you help me find something suitable that won’t break my budget?
Other sites to search would be www.piperlime.com and www.6pm.com, the latter of which, as near as I can figure, is where Zappos moves its shoes to when they go on sale.
OK, I really just replied so that I could be subscribed to a thread about shoes.
[hijack] I had to meet with someone this morning who is the executive VP of a shoe company. Talk about anxiety in choosing footwear for an event! Ye gods![/hijack]
How about an animal print? I have some awesome giraffe-skin looking numbers I bought last spring that I’m dying for cold weather to wear. Here it is, in pump form. I have slingbacks.
If it was me, I’d go with a pair of shoes in a bright contrasting colour instead. Since your dress is in a solid colour and a fairly neutral one to boot, you can totally get away with it… just pick a colour that you wear fairly regularly (or, as Elle Woods would call it, your “signature colour”) and accessorize to match.
It’s my opinion that every girl should have a pair or two of fun colourful shoes to jazz up a neutral grey/black/brown outfit.
These Steve Maddens might fit the bill, either in the red or the blue.
I also love the Gigi ones that gigi linked to. The bronze is great, though the plum might be an interesting choice too.
I do have these adorable shoes, but I’m not sure they’re quite right.
I also love the “Gigi”, linked to by, oddly enough, gigi. Freaking adorable. And the price isn’t bad, so they’re on the “maybe” list. Those blue Steve Maddens are really great, but I don’t know how I feel about putting a color with the neutral… I know I’m allowed to, but I don’t usually do that and then I’d be all confused about how to accessorize.
I want!!! Those are SO pretty! What’s the link to the actual shoe?
Go with a blue/green/whatever you want to call it like this, Antigen - you can get lots of jewelery in that colour, and it goes SO WELL with brown. It’s among my favourite colour combinations ever.
