When you own as many shoes and handbags as I do, it's inevitable that you'll end up with a few matching sets, either by accident or by design. While the impulse to match like with like and wear red shoes with a matching red handbag, for instance, can be a powerful one, any time I end up doing this, I can't help wondering if I'm making a fashion faux pas? It can look a little too "matchy-matchy" and twee for some tastes, although others swear by it as an easy way to smarten up an outfit.
At the same time, there are certain colour combination I won't wear together: gold shoes and a silver handbag, for instance, just wouldn't feel "right" to me, and neither would black and navy blue. What about you, though? Do you like to match your shoes to your handbags, or do you prefer to mix things up a little?
(The bag and shoes in the picture are both from Faith, for the benefit of those who like them.)
Most of us tend to have a favourite colour for clothes (mine being green, green and more green), but for this week's Monday Question, I'm wondering if the same could also be said of shoes? From a cursory glance into my shoe cupboard, I'd have to say that metallics dominate, although not by much - there's a fair smattering of black, but almost every other colour in the rainbow is represented, too. Given a choice of the same shoe in a range of colours, though, I think I'd probably lean towards gold (versatile) or red (dramatic). What about you, though? Do you have a favourite shoe colour, and if so, what is it?
(Oh, and the shoes shown in the picture are ASOS's bow back courts, which are £20 and come in red and black.)
Last week we asked what your favourite style of shoe is, and discovered that you really love your Mary Janes, d'orsays and peep toes, but aren't nearly so keen on trainers, with only one person voting for them!
Now that we know what style of shoes you like, though, I'm wondering just how much you're generally willing to pay for those shoes? Are you a budget babe, prefering to spend less per pair and buy more pairs, or do you prefer to save and splurge on a pair of designer lovelies? Tell us by voting in the poll below!
We try to cover most styles of shoes here at Shoewawa, but I think most of us would admit that when it comes to actually buying footwear, we tend to be drawn to one style more than others. For me, a peep toe with some kind of embellishment on the toe is all but irresistible; Erin likes Mary Janes (although she's partial to the old peep toes, too!), and I know Isabelle loves her brogues. But what about you? Tell us which style of shoe is your favourite - then we can do our best to find them for you!
Here in the UK, it's finally starting to get cold enough to wear boots, and while there's a part of me that's really excited to be able to get my winter shoe collection out again (and add to it!), I'm also already missing the ease of summer shoe-dressing.
Although I love the look of winter boots, I much prefer summer shoes: partly because I'm a big fan of sandals and peep toes, and partly because it's just so much easier to get dressed in summer! In winter, you don't just have to think about boots and shoes - you also have to think about tights and socks, and although that's far from a big deal, I much prefer being able to throw on a pair of sandals or mooch around the house in my flip flops and bare feet.
Today's Monday Question, then, is an easy one. What's your favourite shoe season? Are you a summer lover, or more of an autumn/winter girl? (And if you're lusting over either of the shoes above, by the way, both the boots and the flip flops are from Faith).
A new feature for Shoewawa (which we've stolen just a little bit from our sister site, Dollymix), every Monday we're going to be asking you one of those all-important shoe-related questions! This week we're starting off with an easy one: how many pairs of shoes or boots do you actually own?
I've already admitted to having shoes stashed all over my house. I've never actually got them all out and counted them, but I'd estimate that there are at least 200 pairs of footwear in my life - and that's not counting the shoes I have "in storage" (i.e. at my parents' house). So, how about you? 'Fess up and tell us: how many shoes do you have, anyway?
For those of you who love a lot of Louboutin, I've got better than a pair of his outrageously sexy shoes...I've got him on a trapeeze. Talking to Style.com, Christian Louboutin relates his feeling of freeness when designing shoes to how free he feels when on a trapeeze, a hobby he's had for over 20 years. Not sure if it's humanly possible but I think I love Louboutin 'the man' even more than I love his shoes after watching this clip of him sailing through the air. Plus 'here here' to his kicking all the sky-scraper-heel-haters into touch:
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