Aren’t shoes supposed to me a girl’s best friend? Or second best friend to jewlrey at least. I’ve never really understood this; I have my Converse for most of the time, high heels (shudder) for formal things (rare), and tennis shoes for exercise. I know people who wear a different pair of shoes to school each day, and other people with four different types of tennis or basketball shoes. To me, this is ludicrous. Pick a pair of shoes that goes with everything and be done with it, right?
It’s a little different with pants. Shoes get muddy and dirty, but it’s easier to re-wear them. Pants, on the other hand, are better worn clean, unless you want to look “rugged”. But eh. I have four pairs of jeans and one pair of black pants (again, for formal stuff or just when I feel like it).
Because of my short, “pear” body shape, my research came up with these tips regarding pants and shoes.
- For jeans, wear boot cut or straight legged styles that fall below the natural waist
- For other kinds of pants, wear dark colors on bottom
- Wear a-line skirts that fall just below the knees
- Nothing too tight
- Wear heels, even with jeans
- Wear Converse with longer jeans (this is a teen tip)
- Have a pair of boots (No, not snow boots, it’s a new trend to wear “cute” boots over jeans, even in the summer. Crazy)
- Have sandals
- Have cute ballet flats (not actual ballet shoes, it’s another new trend of flat shoes)
For those of you who know me, you’re aware that I don’t wear skirts, and I had no idea what the heck “a-line” was until I looked it up. I own two skirts. I wear them… once a year, at most. I’m trying to get better, but it’s very hard to grow out of being a tomboy. You should also know that I do not wear any pants that are in the least bit tight. Ugh. Hate that. I also hate high heels, find boots to make my feet sweaty, and think my toes are gross so I limit sandal wearing. I’m a Cons gal.
That would make my shoes and jeans percentage… 44%. Better than my closet staples percentage, worse than my makeup score. But the only reason is because I own like four pairs of shoes, and I only wear one of them regularly. So is it worth me spending more money to raise my “fashion percentage”?
Like I said, I DO have high heels (pictured above). But am I going to wear them casually during a regular day? HECKS NO! Some people may like them, but I think they’r e so uncomfortable, and kind of odd looking with jeans. But what do I know, right? I am also not going to invest in boots that cost seventy friggin bucks like the ones to the right, because A. it’s almost summer and sweaty feet are not attractive and B. they’re useless and kind of ugly
The same goes for sandals. Can you run away easily in sandals? Noo. Converse may not have the greatest arch support, but if someone threatens me or someone is annoying me, I want to be able to run away without worrying that my shoes will fall off in the process, especially when they cost a ton of money like the suckers I’ve mentioned.
Look at these beautiful Converse. Simple, they go with anything (I’ve seen girls at movie premieres wearing them with dresses and other fancy outfits, which makes me so unbelievably happy), and only 45 bucks. You can only wear boots or sandals or heels in certain situations, so why have ALL of them in your foot locker when you can just have one universal pair of Covnerse with anything?
Sorry, it’s starting to sound like I’m advertising for them. But my point is this; sure, heels make you look taller and thinner, but is it worth the pain and uncomfort? Personally, I don’t think so. I’d choose comfort and versatility over fashion any day.
So far, I’m not doing so well for today’s standards. Tune in tomorrow to see how I do in the shirts and accessories department!
