Wedding Shoes — How to Choose the Best Model for the Bride?

Prepa­ra­tions for the wed­ding — one of the most impor­tant cel­e­bra­tions in the life of every girl — often begin with the choice of out­fit, but the bride’s shoes also play an impor­tant role. Styl­ish wed­ding shoes flick­er­ing under the long hem of the dress, com­ple­ment­ing the fes­tive look, should be not only com­fort­able, but also beau­ti­ful!

Wedding shoes 2017

The long-stand­ing hus­sar fun to drink cham­pagne from a glass insert­ed into ladies’ shoes has migrat­ed to wed­ding tra­di­tions. And the cus­tom of steal­ing the bride’s shoe has not been can­celed! Even if a Euro­pean-style cel­e­bra­tion is planned, shoes should be cho­sen care­ful­ly, focus­ing not only on their con­ve­nience, but also on fash­ion trends. What are the main trends that char­ac­ter­ize wed­ding shoes in 2017?

1. Clas­sic pumps for a bride with heels of any height. The sock can be both closed and open.
2. Lace decordec­o­rat­ing the entire shoe or part of it (sock, side inserts or heel).
3. Plac­ers of rhine­stones or beadsthe col­or of which is in har­mo­ny with the col­or of the shoes.
4. Bal­let shoesmade of gen­uine leather, satin, satin, dec­o­rat­ed with lace, rib­bons or shin­ing stones.

Design­ers offer extra­or­di­nary girls to go down the aisle in snow-white slip-ons dec­o­rat­ed with lace or embroi­dery. With such shoes, short dress­es with puffy skirts, lacon­ic tight-fit­ting out­fits are ide­al­ly com­bined. Among oth­er things, com­fort­able flat-soled slip-ons are use­ful as replace­ment shoes for incen­di­ary dances and active enter­tain­ment.

Wed­ding shoes 2017

How to choose wedding shoes?

Being an impor­tant com­po­nent of the image, shoes should har­mo­nious­ly com­ple­ment the ensem­ble, bring­ing it togeth­er. Mod­ern brides are not ready to sac­ri­fice com­fort for the sake of beau­ty, so low-heeled wed­ding shoes are in demand just like clas­sic stilet­to heels. So that the acquired pair does not become a dis­ap­point­ment, the future bride must adhere to sim­ple rules when buy­ing:

• fit­ting in the after­noon (toward evening, the legs may swell, and the cel­e­bra­tion often lasts until late at night);
• the den­si­ty of tights or stock­ings dur­ing the fit­ting should be the same as that of the prod­ucts select­ed for the cel­e­bra­tion;
• On the eve of the wed­ding, shoes should be bro­ken in dai­ly for 10–15 min­utes.

The select­ed wed­ding cou­ple should be in har­mo­ny with the dress. This applies not only to the style and col­ors of shoes, but also to decor. Mod­els with dis­creet decor or none at all are the per­fect com­ple­ment to an out­fit full of exquis­ite jew­el­ry, and frilly wed­ding shoes that attract increased atten­tion will per­fect­ly match a lacon­ic dress.

Beau­ti­ful wed­ding shoes

wedding shoes with high heels

Accord­ing to sta­tis­tics, sev­en out of ten brides choose white high-heeled shoes for a wed­ding, pre­fer­ring the clas­sic style — pumps. They can be mat­te leather or lac­quered, guipure or satin. A sen­si­tive reac­tion to the glob­al trends of the world of wed­ding fash­ion is man­i­fest­ed in ele­gant decor, open socks, metal­lic heels and extra­or­di­nary col­ors. Sequins, rhine­stones, hand embroi­dery and rib­bon appliqués trans­form clas­sic designs into eye-catch­ing works of art.

wed­ding shoes with high heels

Flat wedding shoes

Beau­ti­ful wed­ding shoes with or with­out small heels are ide­al for girls who pre­fer com­fort under any cir­cum­stances. To spend the whole day in heels is a tor­ment, espe­cial­ly with vari­cose veins or preg­nan­cy. Com­fort­able shoes with low heels for a wed­ding are a guar­an­tee of safe­ty and com­fort. Such mod­els are indis­pens­able if the guy is taller than the girl, and for her this nuance mat­ters.

Flat wed­ding shoes

Platform wedding shoes

A flat but high sole was con­sid­ered unsuit­able for wed­ding shoes a few years ago, but time goes by and design­ers offer inter­est­ing mod­els for lovers of non-triv­ial looks. When choos­ing wom­en’s plat­form wed­ding shoes, you should take into account their styl­is­tic fea­tures. With a clas­sic puffy out­fit, they look ridicu­lous, but ensem­bles with a short­ened or con­cise tight-fit­ting dress will not go unno­ticed.

Plat­form wed­ding shoes

Wedge wedding shoes

When clas­sic mod­els are unac­cept­able due to high heels, wedge shoes are an alter­na­tive. It is ide­al for girls of short stature who can­not boast of a slen­der fig­ure. Fash­ion­able wedge wed­ding dress shoes have a num­ber of advan­tages, includ­ing con­ve­nience, attrac­tive design and com­pli­ance with hot wed­ding fash­ion trends. What cri­te­ria should be tak­en into account?

1. A tight, nar­row floor-length dress with wedge shoes looks unsuc­cess­ful, because the girl’s feet look very mas­sive.
2. Wedge shoes are not the best solu­tion for a very fluffy dress. It adds vol­ume at the bot­tom, mak­ing the look heavy.
3. The wedge heel does not har­mo­nize with the “fish” dress style pop­u­lar with mod­ern brides, focus­ing on the legs.

It is impor­tant to take into account the fea­tures of the fig­ure. On slen­der girls with grace­ful ankles, mas­sive shoes look unfa­vor­able. It suits puffy brides per­fect­ly, cre­at­ing har­mo­ny of the image due to the weight­ed low­er part. Note­wor­thy is such a nuance as the rise. In mod­els made in Asian coun­tries and Chi­na, it is often low. Dis­com­fort for the feet in such shoes is guar­an­teed for own­ers of high insteps.

Wedge wed­ding shoes

Fashion wedding shoes

The clas­sics remain rel­e­vant, but the main ref­er­ence point is grad­u­al­ly shift­ing towards non-triv­ial mod­els. Mod­ern brides are ready to pre­fer mod­els made of patent leather, guipure or satin to tra­di­tion­al white pumps. Shoes, dec­o­rat­ed with a scat­ter­ing of stones, glit­ter or lace, empha­size the solem­ni­ty of the sit­u­a­tion. The tone of wed­ding shoe fash­ion is set by brands such as:

• Casadei;
• Chris­t­ian Louboutin;
• Bri­an Atwood;
• Manolo Blah­nik;
• Jim­my Choo
• Valenti­no.

Design­er shoes for a wed­ding dress are not cheap, but you can pick up mod­els offered by lit­tle-known man­u­fac­tur­ers that look just as impres­sive. A shoe that is com­fort­able for the foot, high-qual­i­ty mate­ri­als, accu­ra­cy of exe­cu­tion and com­pli­ance with the bride’s ideas about beau­ty — these are the main cri­te­ria for choos­ing the per­fect pair!

Fash­ion wed­ding shoes

Wedding shoes with stones

Shin­ing stones of dif­fer­ent shapes, sizes and col­ors are used by design­ers to dec­o­rate var­i­ous wom­en’s clothes, and they do not bypass shoes. Even the sim­plest white wed­ding shoes take on a dif­fer­ent look if their toe or heel is dec­o­rat­ed with stones. A famil­iar yet strik­ing brooch on the toe, a glit­ter­ing heel, a trim on the hem, or shoes com­plete­ly stud­ded with stones – mas­ter­ful­ly exe­cut­ed inlays turn the shoes into a work of art. Hid­ing it under a long hem is unac­cept­able!

Wed­ding shoes with stones

Wedding shoes with rhinestones

Rhine­stones are a great alter­na­tive to stones that can cre­ate some dis­com­fort. The prin­ci­ples of dec­o­ra­tion remain unchanged, giv­ing brides the oppor­tu­ni­ty to choose a pair that is per­fect for a fes­tive out­fit. Among oth­er things, this ele­ment of decor can be added inde­pen­dent­ly, hav­ing acquired a glue gun and patience. You will also need rhine­stones, of which there are many types:

• met­al;
• glass;
• plas­tic;
• Swarovs­ki stones.

When choos­ing wed­ding shoes in rhine­stones, the bind­ings in which are reli­able and will not let you down at a cru­cial moment, you should remem­ber an impor­tant aspect — their tone should be lighter than the tone of the dress so that the shoes do not look worn out. The size of the bride’s feet in this case is also impor­tant, because the shin­ing sheen of rhine­stones visu­al­ly enlarges the shoes, attract­ing undue atten­tion to them and mak­ing the sil­hou­ette heav­ier.

Wed­ding shoes with rhine­stones

Lace wedding shoes

Exquis­ite lace, the epit­o­me of fem­i­nin­i­ty and romance, makes stilet­to or flat bridal shoes the per­fect fin­ish­ing touch to a del­i­cate look. Choos­ing the right mod­el is a mat­ter of impec­ca­ble taste, because this mate­r­i­al, with all its del­i­ca­cy, can look mas­sive and even rude. The more ele­gant the shoes, the thin­ner the tex­ture of the lace should be.

Lace wed­ding shoes

Red wedding shoes

The expres­sive self-suf­fi­cient col­or of the shoes does not need addi­tion­al accents, so a girl who decides to wear a wed­ding dress with red shoes should take this nuance into account. Red is great for a cel­e­bra­tion, because being a col­or sym­bol­iz­ing love, it is believed to pro­tect the bride from the evil eye. For the har­mo­ny of the image, you need to dec­o­rate the dress with a red belt or choose a bou­quet made up of scar­let flow­ers.

Red wed­ding shoes

Shoes for the bride with a bow

If there is the most flir­ta­tious ele­ment of shoe dec­o­ra­tion, then this is a bow. Many design­ers offer girls the most beau­ti­ful wed­ding shoes, dec­o­rat­ed with bows of dif­fer­ent sizes and shapes. It can be a clas­sic sin­gle-lay­er, huge lace bow made to match the shoes, or a small, but con­trast­ing col­or ele­ment of decor. Stilet­to wed­ding shoes with an open toe and com­fort­able flat-soled bal­let flats look lux­u­ri­ous too.

Shoes for the bride with a bow