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[ursula]

Purple skirt
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I now own a purple silk skirt to wear at nobu's wedding. It looks like this, or, if you prefer seeing my face to seeing the colour of the skirt, like this.

It occurs to me that I probably need shoes. My remotely nice shoes are a heavily beaded pair of brown flats, and Dansko sandals of a reddish brown colour. Does looking remotely dressed up require that I not wear brown shoes with a black shirt? And does this skirt require shoes that are not flat?

Comments

[kazulrw.livejournal.com]

I think the length of the skirt will be fine with flat shoes, but brown might look a little funny.

[hooveraardvark.livejournal.com]

i think black shoes would be better - if you don't like black shoes, try silver or a metallic. long skirts look better with flats, in my opinion, unless you're wearing them in winter and then they look good with heeled boots.

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

yep, definately black shoes. heels would work, so would maryjane style flats, etc. me, I'd probably wear my dansko maryjanes and have my sister make the OMG I CANT BLIEVE I"M RELATED TO HER face ;)

of course, you could always go with fluvog boots, too ;). you know, for that ultimate in Seattle look... ;)

very cute skirt, by the way!

[helloinsomnia.livejournal.com]

I think black flats are the way to go. The skirt is the right length for sandals or ballet-like-flats (although maybe those aren't cool anymore), but black is definitely the color to go with.

[dymaxion.livejournal.com]

You definitely don't want brown with that, I think, at least not a mediumish brown; a cooler color that plays off of the skirt is a much better idea; black would be a good default, and it's certainly the safe choice. You don't have to wear heels with it, but it's a somewhat hard length; I think anything other than sandles or (slim, at least mid-calf) boots might be a mistake, but that'd depend a little bit on the details. Basically, with the height that the hemline is at, you don't want anything to visually split up that space further, so you need something that either doesn't read as taking up any of it (sandles, preferably something relatively non-bulky), or something that smoothly takes up all of it (boots). With boots, heels might work, although you can definitely do it without them. If the wedding isn't for a little while yet I'd go with boots; I think that's the better of the two looks; OTOH, they'd be a bit odd at a summer wedding.

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

I've done brown shoes with black shirts for dress-uppy type things.

[alsoelsewhere.livejournal.com]

Brown flats, definitely-- maybe sandals. Black shoes won't match the skirt.

[secretsquire.livejournal.com]

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale starts on Friday - I'd definitely check them out first - they can have some pretty good deals. The shoe departments have a catalog of what will be on the sale if you want to pre-shop and have them hold it for you.

If you're wearing a black top then I'd say black flats or sandals (depending on weather). But then again I have a gazillion black shoes and very little else! :)

[nobu.livejournal.com]

the bride says black boots. or ballet flats. that would work too. not brown. i dislike brown anyway. and it's my damn wedding ;)

the skirt is lovely though. hehe.

[glowing-fish.livejournal.com]

I don't really understand all this girltalk about shoes, but I do understand that you are teh cute!