After I had returned the first dress, I decided that if I was going to order another dress that potentially had to be made to the height I would be on the wedding day, that I should go ahead and get my wedding shoes.
I love shoes, so of course my wedding shoes were going to have to be something amazing. I started researching different shoes. I fell in love with the recent trend of brides who wear colored shoes, and decided that would be a good route for me, since I never wear white shoes. Originally I thought they would be my “something blue” a la Carrie Bradshaw. These were the first shoe that I had my heart set on by Rene’ Caovilla, but I was never able to find them (and now that I deleted the link from my computer I can’t find them at all—sorry!) They were blue pointed-toe sling backs with beading and pearls on them. After giving up on those shoes, I checked out the Cole Haan Air Ceci Rose Sling:
I really liked these shoes, but I would’ve probably wanted to dye them to another color, and my fiancé suggested that if I was going to make such an investment in a pair of shoes that I should find a pair that came how I wanted them. I agreed, so I nixed the Cole Haans and kept looking.
I upped my search a bit, and started looking at mega-designers, like Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, and my favorite shoe designer, Christian Louboutin. Once I tried on a pair of the Louboutins, I knew I had to have a pair. I tried on several, including these:
I liked a lot of these, but some were a bit over-budget, but mostly I just didn’t LOVE any of them. So I kept looking. After dragging my bridesmaids to every store in the Boston area that carries Christian Louboutins, we went to Barney’s New York at Copley Place. It was there, in their “clearance” section that I found my true loves, which I will be wearing for my wedding day:
This picture does them no justice. The color is called “Shocking Pink”; I call it “Barbie-pink”. I wanted a high heel since Chris is about 9 inches taller than me, and they are about 4.75” high but extremely comfortable!
All in all, shoe shopping was one of the best parts of wedding planning! I am so excited about my shoes and can’t wait to rock these red-soled babies on my wedding day!
Elizabeth
