Do you have trouble finding comfortable, flattering shoes? Here are a few tips that may make your hunt for the right shoes easier.
Shape: Make an outline of the shape of your foot on a piece of paper. Cut out the shape and take it with you when you shop for shoes. Hold the shape up to shoes you like. If the shoe widens where your foot shape widens and narrows and curves where your foot shape narrows and curves its worth trying on. Be sure to try both shoes on and walk around to see how the shoes feel. If they feel tight, or pinch do not purchase them. They will never feel comfortable. Also, its a good idea to try shoes on at the end of the day, because our feet tend to swell at the end of the day.
Style: If you have a short or broad foot and are wearing a skirt or dress a low vamp will be more flattering than a high vamp. If you have a long narrow foot a higher vamp can shorten the look of your foot.
Heel height: The shorter you are the lower your heel should be. You didn’t read that last sentence wrong. Its about proportion. In my twenties I tried to wear very high heels. Unfortunately, I am short and I looked like “Minnie Mouse,” in those heels. Also, the higher your heel height the more it throws you off balance. A two inch heel should look good and not throw your balance off too much.
Color: Choose shoes that are a shade of your hair color. You will be able to wear these shoes everyday and with everything you own. By choosing shoes that are a shade of your hair color you will automatically be pulling yourself together visually because our eye automatically searches for repeated colors. Many shoes now come in metallic colors. These are especially nice looking in sandals.
Do you have a favorite tip about choosing shoes? Feel free to comment and share your tips about shoes.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a professionally trained Color 1, personal image consultant. She specializes in helping women whose size or shape has changed and who have lots of clothes and nothing to wear go from “Sad to Fab.” She teaches how to go shopping in your own closet first. After a client works with the Wardrobe Wizard she will have line drawings of her best styles, a wallet of her best colors, and the ability to mix and match and shop with ease. Say goodbye to the panic of “nothing to wear.”
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