Wedding Blog

The one minus I’d have to give my bridal shop is that they don’t sell any shoes. As you can imagine, this makes it difficult to make a decision as to what shoes to buy, since there is no way to try any on and see how a pair would look with a dress.

This means I’m having to shop online and look for what shoes I think may go with my dress. Because the dress has a flamenco feel to me, I immediately imagined closed-toe shoes reminiscent of formal dancing shoes. I’m worried though that this type of shoe is not exactly the sexiest. But who knows why I got stuck with that “feel”. I suppose many shoes could complement the dress and I just don’t know it because I can’t “see” it. If I just think of what I’d consider pretty shoes, I’d come up with these:

Grace Crystal, 3.5″, $130

I hate though that the heel is so high. I don’t want a teeny-tiny heel either, but Mr. Petunia is only about 2 to 3 inches taller than me, and I don’t want to look taller than him.
A good comprise between the sexy look and the dancing look may be these next ones, and the heel height is a bit better:

Fifi Clare, 3″, $185

I could of course go with what I first pictured in my mind, which would be this, and again, the heel is lower, too:

Something Bleu Signa, 2.75″, $190

Another thing to keep in mind is that I also have to make sure that any shoe I pick comes in ivory silk satin, which also narrows down my choices significantly.

Does anyone have any guesses as to which would look better with my dress?

Also, all these shoes have closed backs. What have been your experiences with wedding shoes that weren’t open in the back — are they terribly uncomfortable?

(BTW, all shoes pictured can be found at My Glass Slipper)