Beautiful Shoes for a Simple Outfit

The Coolest Shoes to Dress Up a Simple Outfit

Posted by nicolebalch on May 25th, 2012 at 11:51 pm 

 

 

A little glitter goes a long way, and in this case, it goes a long way toward making me want these shoes. I like the orange peep-toes, but the yellow version with its slightly different shape is equally cool.

Which do you prefer? I could see either pair as the quirky exclamation point to an otherwise plain outfit. Shoes like these look fantastic with a white tee with skinny jeans, or a simple skirt. Both shoes are available from Pixie Market for $193 each.

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MY THOUGHTS

My oh my!  Those are really cute, beautiful shoes.  I agree that they are both cool.  But there's nothing cool about the price.  On the other hand, if you love beautiful shoes, price is no issue.  Or is it?

 

Why Do You Have So Many Beautiful Shoes

Insecure? New shoes should fix it

AMY CORDEROY HEALTH

19 May, 2012 03:00 AM

 
LIGHTS, mirrors, skinny models - the thought of buying clothes can be a self-esteem nightmare.
Now, researchers have found women who have less confidence in their appearance are more likely to buy accessories such as shoes and handbags than clothes.

The study of nearly 290 New Zealanders found women who felt more insecure after looking at pictures of skinny models owned more handbags than their confident counterparts.

The study also examined the shoe ownership of nearly 1000 US women and found those who said looking at pictures of models made them feel insecure tended to own more shoes. But when it came to clothing, researchers found no links between confidence and purchases.

The study leader, Jessica Boyce, said accessories could be a way of women boosting self-image without drawing attention to their bodies. "When media body ideals threaten self-image, women may attempt to self-affirm via accessorising body parts not directly connected to their core body image," she wrote in the journal Body Image.

"If this is correct, then the popularity of the shoe and handbag industries may partly be an indicator of women's body image struggles."

MY THOUGHTS

I never thought about it - but is this true?  Do I really love beautiful shoes because I feel insecure?  I admit that I sometimes go out to buy beautiful shoes because I wanted to feel better.  But to buy beautiful shoes to make me feel secure, that's a little too much, I think.

I love having a variety of beautiful shoes because I want to always have a pair of footwear that would go with the clothes I'm wearing, something appropriate for the event.  Naturally, this means I need to have beautiful shoes in different styles and colors.


On the other hand, why do I want to that?

Oh, never mind.  I don't want to spend too much time thinking about this.  I just love beautiful shoes.  Period.









Someone told me, she buys lots of beautiful shoes when she's feeling insecure about herself.  I didn't agree with her.  Nor did I agree.

I thought, I needed to think about this.  And I have.

The first question I asked myself was - Why Do I Love Beautiful Shoes?

designing your own beautiful shoes

I found this article "Design Your Own Shoes on Line" by Suzanne Kantra of Techlicious.com.  What shoe buff will be able to resist? 

Just like the author, I know how it feels to spend hours and hours looking for the perfect pair of beautiful shoes.  Hundreds of times, I have wished for  a certain kind of heel to a certain kind of color, a certain kind of color to a certain kind of style.  Frustrating - not just for me but for the salesperson who's trying to make a living by convincing me that this particular pair is just the right pair of beautiful shoes. 

I'm sure one, if not all, of those sales persons wanted to tell me - "why don't you just design your own?".  Well,  why not?  And the worldwide web has caught up.

I checked on milkandhoneyshoes.com.  Wow!  You get to choose your style, material, color, piping, embellishments and, of course, your size.  The price of the beautiful shoes you are creating  is there for you to see as you go along.  I had a grand time simply designing my beautiful flat shoes.

The Shoe Design Studio is another great site for us lovers of beautiful shoes.  This site's a little bit more complicated.  You also get to choose the style, materials and colors but you need to click on the shoe part first. 

On the other hand, Shoes of Prey is too simple for me.  Or maybe I just couldn't find my way around the site.  What I liked about this site is I can design my beautiful shoes with a friend.  How cool is that?

Oh well, I just bought myself 4 pairs of shoes a barely a month ago.  I've just about spent my budget for beautiful shoes.  Next time I shop though, I won't go to the mall.  I think I'll give Milk and Honey a try.  How's that?