Summer boots – nonsense or latest trend?
Summer boots represent a new trend in fashion. They are made from light, airy materials: jeans, cotton, flax or thin leather. Summer boots can be perforated, with a great variety of slits, or with plenty of belts. Sometimes the back or the front part of the boot can be open. The top and the instep of your summer boots should not be tightened around your ankle. The so-called “tube”, especially blister one, is in.
The new form of a heel is a high stick or a carrot. It is actual to wear boots with a massive front part, of oval or rounded care shape. Summer boots with a 5mm to 4-5 cm platform are of top fashion.
Take simple pumps and attach silk bows to them with beautiful buttons or clasps – and you will get an absolutely new model. The most popular decoration today are various bows – made of leather, raps, and decorated with brooches or bijouterie. A fresh idea is to include two or three velvet bows onto your summer boots. The aggressiveness and wildness of the previous season are substituted by doll-like ruches and draped details.
Don’t be afraid of bright and fresh colours. Motton blue summer boots look as beautiful, as the accessories made of this stone – turquoise. Be more free and more creative while choosing accessories and shoes for your summer dresses. Headscarves, brooches and decorations will contribute to your image. It’s enough to cover your nails with red polish, and bright red shoes will make a perfect match.
Designer Shoes - Special Caprices
Undoubtedly, when you buy designer shoes, they appear to be an investment in your comfort and appearance. Designer shoes are usually high quality footwear, which need to be taken proper care of. Only in this case they will serve as a pearl of your shoes collection for long, long years. To protect the most fragile and demanding designer shoes, we recommend the following:
- do not forget about waterproofing and stainproofing. Some shops offer, for example, rain and stain repellents, that protect your dearest shoes from snow, water, spills and mud. You have to spray your shoes before wearing and not to forget to do the same after it.
- you should remember, that your designer shoes need wear and tear prevention. If you suppose, that you will be wearing your shoes frequently, you can well start planning a visit to a shoe repair shop just now. However, one can put shoe taps and rubber soles on the new shoes, and this will slower the gradual wearing out, that usually happens in the majority of cases. This means, you will be enjoying your shoes longer!
- maintenance is a point, that is never to be forgotten. Clean your shoes frequently, in accordance with the frequency of wearing them. The way of cleaning is determined by the material of the shoes. If your shoes are leather, you can polish and condition your shoes with the help of leather lotion and a soft cloth. Suede will look better, if you brush it – you can buy a special suede brush or use an old toothbrush just as well. Fabric should be sprayed with a stain guard.
To say more, many shoes, and particularly those made of soft nappa leather, will serve you longer, if you provide them with shoe trees, or shoe keepers. These are small wooden sticks, that are inserted into the shoe and help it to preserve its mould and shape. You may not believe it, but shoe trees make your shoes live 4 to 5 years longer!
Shoe Fitting Tips
1. Check, whether you are wearing an appropriate sock before you try your shoes on. For example, don’t try boots on nylon socks, for you will probably wear them with heavier socks.
2. Try to go shoe-shopping in the end of the day, for this is the time, when your feet are most swollen. On the other hand, do not abuse the so-called “thumb rule”: if you’ve just completed a sightseeing tour which required 10 miles of walking, and that’s not your typical exercise routine, then by all means don’t try on office heels that night! You have to wait until the end of the day first of all because you have to be sure, your new footwear will fit you well in the widest state of your foot – a check for the worst possible situation,
3. First try a shoe on your largest foot. In the majority of people the largest foot is opposite to the hand they write with. For instance, if you are right-hander, you left foot will be bigger, that the right. Try to make your shoes fit first of all this foot. All the shoes are mass-produced, despite the fact, that there are more than 20 separate parts in every shoe. So it is up to you to choose the criteria of fitting.
4.When you try your shoe on, do not sit. Stand up and them walk around the shop a little bit. The main idea is, that you should be able to wiggle your toes in the front of the shoe. In many cases you are able to touch the front of the shoe with your toes, but never forget, that there should be 3/8″ to 1/2″ of space between the end of the shoe and your big toe.
5. Never buy the shoes, that seem tight to you. If you have to pray every day for this shoes to stretch to a needed size – they never will. Surely, soft leather and suede cam mold slightly to the shape of your foot, but this will be only a minor increase of length or width. For you to avoid such mistakes, take a few laps around a carpet.
Wedding Shoes: How To Choose?
As a rule, a bride always chooses white shoes for her wedding ceremony, However, the bridal footwear can be not only white, but matching the colour of the dress or its decoration. If your dress is of tender, faded colours, shoes must pass to it.
When choosing the style of the bride’s shoes, one must take the season into consideration. If the ceremony is planned for summer, mullets will do. In winter it is better to keep your feet warm, and buy ankle boots, and if you have already decided for shoes, be sure, that the sole and the finders are covered in a shoe.
Also a bride can buy two pair of shoes – if, for example, you would like to take off you high-heeled shoes and wear airy sandals or wedgies. In any case, the major part of the time you will be sitting at the table, and if you wish to go dancing, you won’t be able to find better footwear.
It is better to buy leather shoes, for the foot to “breathe”. The purchasing of the shoes must be seriously considered: remember, that you will have to spend much time trying different bridal shoes on. Try the shoes on standing, not sitting, and after trying them on have a walk around the shop, to try the heel. You foot has to be stable and not fall from side to side, even if you are wearing stilettos.
A fter buying a pair of shoes, one has to wear it in. One can soap a foot and put the shoes on, and the wear them until the foot dries off (a traditional wearing-in method). Remember, that you will have to spend much time in these shoes, and comfort is of top importance for you.
One of the main question is, which heel to choose?
High-heeled shoes make you foot look more elegant and long, and this is always appreciated. On the other hand, footwear without heels makes your steps more light and airy. Finally, it is up to you, which type of shoes to choose.
