I generally try to match my shoes at least somewhat to my outfit. I mean, I don’t have enough shoes to match exactly, but I have black shoes, brown shoes, tan shoes, and white shoes, and they pretty much go with everything.
But I see women wearing red shoes with nary a trace of red in their outfits. Sometimes they’ll be wearing very sober professional clothes and then bright red heels.
Do red heels just go with anything? Is that the rule?
I love red heels. They are fun to wear as a nice splash of random color. I wouldn’t try to match it at all.
I have a favorite pair of Paris Hilton heels (god help me, most of her stuff is really tacky looking, but these platform black suede pumps had to be had) that have hot pink soles. I can assure you that I never where hot pink in any other capacity…not even an accessory. But I love to wear those shoes with that shock of pink for no reason.
In general, I never really match clothes. I just like colors that look good together. Because I wear so much black, a splash of red always works for me.
The way I see it, red (or any other color) shoes don’t need to match your outfit, they just need to not clash with it. If you’re wearing mostly black, gray, tan, or any other neutral, go nuts with shoe and bag colors (but don’t match those to each other, either). Matching is for old ladies on cruises. Think complementing.
That is a very good way to put it. While it’s called “matching”, you’re really just trying to find colors that don’t look bad together.
The one thing I wouldn’t do is match red shoes with a close but not quite the same red outfit. Slight differences inb color clash more than larger ones.
It’s a “pop of color.” Something to make you stand out without being outrageous, something fashionable and cute. If you ever watch “What Not To Wear” they recommend that all the time - and not necessarily just red shoes, but many bright, stylish, fun colors.
Because no matter what we weigh, no matter what our hair is doing, no matter how bloated we are that day… awesome shoes always look awesome.
On topic: I am wearing a simple LBD today (little black dress, sleeveless, knee length) and slut red, patent leather slip on heels. Whenever I wear red shoes, it’s the only thing red that I’m wearing. For me, it’s about contrast.
That, and I have great legs, so shiny red shoes draw attention to my best assets. (And away from my cute little A-cups. ;))
I’m finally becoming aware of the same phenomenon, although I haven’t been brave enough to try it myself, yet.
It is the “pop of color” thing. Very trendy right now in both fashion and home design. I admit, it can look fantastic, but I’m always worried I’ll look like a clown who’s trying too hard. I have the same fear of brightly colored scarves. On other women, they look wonderfully polished and sophisticated, but I’m worried I’ll look like a little girl playing dress up.
Exactly! They’re fun, they’re pretty and shopping for shoes is rather like the thrill of the hunt. I was disappointed that it took me 10 minutes to find a good pair of dance shoes…
WhyNot, I do the pop of color thing with a scarf – yesterday I had on a little black sleeveless print dress teamed up with a vibrant turquoise scarf. It just worked and pulled everything together.
I felt very brave the other day, and paired a multicolored pink (including, yes, some very bright pink indeed) scarf with a LBD. I think I made it work.
My wife only has a few pairs of shoes but she has a wide selection of tops and pants.
It seems kind of odd that men don’t normally complain or notice if their wife has 30 different shirts or pants but they do notice the high number of shoes. I suppose it’s because they view shoes as something you don’t need a lot of.
Nice! I need to figure out how to work this when out dancing. I can do it fine at work with scarves, but for dancing I obviously don’t want anything too floaty that’s going to fall off and shoes are not an option since I have the dance shoes…
…because they’re fun, different heel heights are needed for different activities, and shoes are less likely to be “outgrown” like clothes. So there. Leave my shoes alone!
Can you pin or dress tape the scarf into place, strategically, so the pins aren’t obvious? If you’re doing the “crossed over one shoulder” scarf drape, a teeny safety pin holding both layers to the shoulder seam of your dress might work.
