Cinderella or Liz Carlyle? How to choose the best wedding shoes

Your wedding is a modern tale and you are the heroin, getting married to her prince charming. Shoes are one of the most important parts of your attire. The choice of your wedding shoes requires maximum attention and should be done on time; certainly not at the last minute. To live your dream all through that unique day and to dance up till the next morning, your shoes should fulfill certain criteria.

5 top determinants of your choice

• First and foremost: comfort. You should feel good in your wedding shoes. To fully enjoy your wedding, this daydream, you should be at ease in your shoes;
• Harmony: this second factor is as important as the first one. You must choose your shoes after your wedding dress. This is nonnegotiable for only then can you ensure a perfect harmony (color, taste, material, height…) between dress and shoes;
•  Wedding venue/formula: for a retro wedding for example, the wedding dress is usually short and flat sandals or ballerinas are usually the most appropriate choice. For beach wedding, flat sandals are equally adequate. So, venue/formula is definitely an important factor;
• Season: avoid close-ended shoes during the dry season. Indeed, they are not appropriate during hard heat times for your feet will abundantly sweat; you will be ill-at-ease. Thus, open-ended shoes are the best option;
• Groom height: you might want to go for stilettos in order to take some centimeters and reduce the gap between your prince charming and you. Think of our first determinant and note that wedges are an excellent alternative if you are not used to stilettos.

Apart from these determining factors for your wedding choice, take into consideration the following tips.

5 tips for the choice of your wedding shoes

• You are looking for the best. You are not force to wear pumps in order to fit into the classical picture of wedding. You can go for boots if that’s what you love. It is YOUR WEDDING, YOUR DREAM, so YOUR WAY;
• Equally leave aside the classical colors like white, pearl gray, ivory or silver white (if that is not what you want). Colorful wedding shoes (red, pink, blue…) are very trendy and do not hesitate to go for them;
• Go to specialized shops, blogs and websites. Make sure you scour all available options before making your choice for it will be highly regrettable to hasten your decision and to be sad on the D Day because you are not happy with what you are wearing;
• If after weeks of search, you have found only one pair of shoes in which you are comfortable, but which does not match your wedding dress, you can customize them using your dress material. The result should be perfect and the shoes should look like they were made like that. So, hire an expert;
• Once you have your shoes, make sure you get used to them. So, two weeks before the wedding, wear them ten minutes every day so they can espouse your feet shape.

Now, you are ready for the hunt of your wedding shoes and whether you decide to be a Cinderella with her glass slippers or like Liz Carlyle with her stilettos, the most important is that it should be your choice so that you will be ready to dance all through the night. Happy hunting!!!