Your wedding is a once in a lifetime event and every bride wants to be perfectly coordinated from the top of her bridal veil all the way down to her wedding shoes. Although not quite as difficult as deciding on a dress, figuring out what style of wedding shoes you should buy can be a hard choice.
Like most wedding accessories, your wedding shoes should be compatible with the design of your dress and the theme of your wedding. Today's more contemporary and simpler wedding dresses may seem to require more elegant wedding shoes. Actually, wedding shoes are rarely seen as they are normally covered by the dress. Still, you should choose your shoes to complement your dress. Don't go looking for wedding shoes that will attract undue attention or upstage the design of your dress. You can't go wrong with understated elegance.
There are a variety of styles available, but style should not be your only consideration. In fact, you probably ought to be much more concerned with how comfortable your wedding shoes are instead. You'll most likely be wearing them all day long and following a very full and active schedule.
The height of the heel probably makes the biggest difference in the comfort of your wedding shoes. If you're not wearing high heels every day already, then you shouldn't choose your wedding day to try them out. Flat wedding shoes can be just as stylish as high heel pumps. The length of your wedding dress, if you already have one, will also have an impact on what size heels you need on your wedding shoes. Finally, if your groom is about the same height as you are normally, then it would be a bad idea to suddenly become several inches taller at your wedding.
Wedding shoes come in different fabrics and finishes. The two most traditional fabrics for wedding shoes are silk and satin. But there's no requirement that you stick with tradition. Your personal preferences should be allowed to be part of your decision. When it comes to color, white wedding shoes or ivory wedding shoes are the most traditional. But again, let your dress and the theme of your wedding set the tone for your shoes.
Wedding tennis shoes are becoming quite popular with brides. If you're looking for comfort, this is certainly the way to go. They're often designed to slip on and off (just in case you were imagining being stuck at the back of the church lacing up your Keds). Instead of white cotton laces, they are permanently laced up with satin, silk or netting. The shoes themselves are adorned with rhinestones or other gem-like decorations. They are available for brides, bridesmaids and flower girls.
There shouldn't be any concern that your wedding shoes will break your budget. You can find a huge variety of cheap wedding shoes online. Even designer names like Entrata shoes for your wedding can be found for under $50 a pair. In fact, given their relatively low cost, one tip that many brides find useful is to have two pairs of shoes at your wedding. That way, if you've decided on some must-have wedding shoes that aren't really that comfortable, you can change after the ceremony and wear a more comfortable pair at your reception.
Wedding shoes are available from a huge number of retailers, both in traditional wedding shops, department stores and online suppliers. There's no reason why you can't find an affordable pair of wedding shoes that are both comfortable, stylish and compatible with your wedding and your personality.
Wedding shoes come in a huge variety of styles, but how comfortable they are is much more important than how they look
