How many of you out there build your outfit around a pair of shoes? If you’re anything like me approx. 75% of the time the outfit I wear starts with me deciding which of my shoes or boots I want to wear…
As you can imagine, building an outfit around a pair of shoes kind of requires that the shoes are very often unique or at least make a statement (just like the ones in this post). I have always enjoyed finding shoes that are different, funky, unique and most importantly, when I travel I like to buy shoes because very often I won’t see other people wearing them.
So how do you build an outfit around a pair of shoes or boots? A lot of what I do is based on my personal preferences, so it definitely could be different for you, but here are 5 guidelines I follow:
If you are not someone that loves shoes as much as I do, that’s fine, you definitely don’t have to build your whole outfit around a pair of shoes, but it is definitely important to make sure that you are wearing the “right” shoes. One of my pet peeves is when I see an amazing outfit on someone, and they have not paid close enough attention to finishing off the outfit with the shoes. They may be the wrong style, scuffed, or even worse, just dirty. If you take the time to put together an amazing outfit, the shoes should be part of that, not an afterthought as you walk out the door.
I have to admit, all my boys have been trained from a very young age that shoes are very important, and I would hate to have to go and count how many pairs of shoes they each have, because then I would have to confess that I may have created a family of shoe-a-holics LOL!
Fall is a great time to add some amazing boots, booties and casual sneakers to your closet, so enjoy the cooler weather and find your own unique way to express your style!
Here are some of my top Fall shoe picks (click the links below)…