Balance your shoes with your outfit

Over the weekend I saw some fashion show or the other on local TV and I said to myself...there's obviously no shoe stylist on this set. Apparently it was a model competition so I guess the girls were left to fend for themselves where shoes were concerned. BUT, they were showing off pieces by local and international designers, so why wasn't there proper styling?

The proper shoe and accessories is so important when showing off a design, or even when you're just stepping out for that matter. If you're wearing a fabulous dress with a bad shoe, your whole look is thrown off. Its very important to balance your clothes with your shoe. A dainty dress will need a dainty shoe, a rugged outfit a rugged shoe, a tailored outfit a tailored shoe and so on and so forth. Mixing the type is also necessary, a wow shoe to add pizazz to a simple outfit or a simple shoe to let a fabulous dress shine.

If you only have one pair of black shoes, it should never be something as heavy as gladiator heels, which I saw a lot of these girls wearing on the runway. Gladiator shoes do not go with everything. Your first pair of black heels should be a classic pump or a classy, strappy sandal as those are the safest options. Then again movie stars with million dollar budgets and stylists at their beck and call still can't quite get the combination right, so maybe I shouldn't be so  hard on these girls. But shame on the producers for not having shoe stylists available.

Anyway I started visiting my favourite fashion blogs for examples to show and I didn't have to go far. Red Carpet Fashion featured J. Lo in this horrid outfit as soon as I clicked over....





I will admit that I love the skirt. If you have been following Fashion Over Style long enough you'll know I have an affinity for poufy skirts, but this is definitely not J.Lo's best outfit. And to pair a black shoe with a white outfit???? Where's the imagination? Come on! Not to mention that these particular pair of Tribute heels has been done 15 million times by every celebrity and wanna be celebs. I think Posh Spice and Beyonce have them in every colour. Give it a rest, please.



It pains me to have to add Zoe to the list of offenders! She is normally so well put together but this dress-shoe combo gets a big fat NO. Actually, I have never been a fan of the basket shoe so maybe I'm biased but this just looks very wrong to me. Such a simple classy dress could have gone lots of ways. A sparkly shoe to add some glamour, a colourful shoe to add some fun, a simple shoe to keep it basic and classic or a really hot shoe to get the convo going.I'm sure this is what was meant by the basket shoe but its the wrong convo. I guess as they say tho...any press is good press...



Here's a lovely pair. This strapless, rise and fall hem dress Carrie Underwood is wearing is covered in gold and is the star of the outfit. It needs very little help and so she kept her shoe and accessories simple. Any nicer a shoe and there would have been too much competition going on.



If you must wear gladiator heels...this is how you wear them. But if you must wear them with a dress, then do it like this:



or like this!



Teehee! I cant wait!