Shoes: Part 1

Okay, I started this blog a while ago, and while I was looking back at it, I realized something important. I've neglected to even mention the most important ligament in the fashion world! Shoes. I think on this blog, there's so much to cover with shoes, we'll go in sections. But before I say anything more, let's take a moment to honor the importance of shoes in our daily lives. Look at this: You can wear the most glamorous, shiny, gorgeous dress to Prom and totally ruin the look with a pair of muddy sneakers. You can be going for sharp look and wear a smart business suit, and then take away the whole point by wearing your fuzzy slippers. (Not that I have anything against slippers.) My point is, shoes are the complete soul of  the outfit. You can throw it off with bad ones, show it off with good ones. SO... you have to be totally careful when choosing the shoes you wear.



      This is the first shoe topic we'll cover: what shoes go with skinny jeans and leggings. Okay, look people. Listen carefully: TENNISH SHOES DON'T GO WITH SKINNY JEANS OR LEGGINGS! It looks weird! I don't know why this is so hard for people to grasp, but you just gotta accept it: it doesn't look good. Trust me, I've tried it. It does not go well with ankle length leggings. Nor does it go with skinny jeans. Tennis shoes are comfortable, but they make your feet look fatter and wider because of the cushioning, while skinny jeans and leggings highlight the skinniness of your legs, same with leggings. Do you see how these two items of clothing don't fit? Your tennis shoes almost always make your foot look bigger and your ankles scrawny if you wear it with skinny stuff.
       However, skinny jeans and leggings do go with lots of other things:

                                                                             Flats:

                                                                          Stilettos:

                                                                        Wedges:

                                                 (or basically any kind of heel),

                                                                   Sandals (or flip flops):
                                           
                                             
                                                                   
                                                                  Sneakers:

                                             

  Boots (Ugg boots, heel boots, cowboy boots, dressy boots, even snow boots). This is an example of cowboy boots, but any of these would work:

Pretty much any kind of shoe except tennis shoes. When I say sneakers, I mean cute converse, high tops or low tops, or other slim-fitting  sneakers that don't make your ankles look knobby. Boots are totally glam, same with heels. There are also Toms, the kind of canvas folded flats that cover part of the top of your foot:

         
                                              These also look great with skinny jeans.

If you follow these rules, the outfit can be completely cute. Just remember the thing about tennis shoes!