What color shoes with aqua BM dresses?

beccastu06

My bridesmaids' dresses are an aqua/pool/bright blue color, and I'm having trouble thinking of what color shoes to go with??  I think dyed blue shoes might be a bit much, so I was thinking of going the gold or silver route, so at least they could wear the shoes again?  The dresses themeslves are strapless, sweetheart neckline, mid-calf length, iridescent taffeta...sort of semi-formal I guess.  I don't really care (at this point) if they all wear the same shoe or not, but I just need advice on the gold vs. silver thing.

Thanks!

BHosford

What are the colors of your wedding? If there is a color besides aqua would gold or silver look bad with that color? My brother and his wife had pink and aqua for their wedding colors. The bridesmaids wore aqua and we had black patent peep toe pumps that looked nice.
I would say gold or silver would work fine

beccastu06

Our colors are this aqua in the BM dresses & a pistachio/mint green...flowers are going to be a very spring mix of pink/yellow/white/green.   The invites we love have touches of black, and I'm thinking of doing black & white damask runners on the tables at the reception, and black chairs (the floor design is black & white squares so i thought it'd be nice to have touches of black to tie it all together!). 

I just didn't know if there was some "rule" out there for what goes with blue, gold or silver?  You know how there are rules for everything in this wedding thing!!  ;-)

aerinpegadrak

I would think silver would look better than gold, but it depends on whether your overall palatte skews warm or cool.

You're right that it really doesn't matter.  No one wil notice the bridesmaids' shoes, even with short dresses.

lacebride

Silver or save them some money and tell each one to wear black shoes of her choice - it'd be appreciated I'm sure!

cukimerrydoll

I would go with gold or silver depending on the other accessories.  Have you asked your BMs what they think?  They will probably be the best judges of what will work with the colors.

Black would work, but I'm worried that it might be too contrasting.  Silver or gold also work well for an evening shoe that the BMs could wear later.

My BMs are wearing dark purple dresses with black shoes, and I haven't decided between silver or white shoes for me.  I'll probably do silver, because then I will want to wear them again later.  They have to comfortable after all!

Night_Sprite

I vote silver.

mocha beans

I'd go with silver, or even a gray or pewter color.  I think a strappy black shoe would work better than a more covered shoe like a peeptoe or pump, personally.  The greater amount of black may look a bit strong for the lighter dress color.

ButtonsPepper

My girls are in dark blue... but blue. I just said for them to get what ever silver shoe they want. So I vote silver

kristinanddan

I say silver.

My girls also wore whatever shoes they wanted. Three wore gold (dark brown dresses), but one had detailing on her dress that made silver shoes look better, so she wore silver.

ca_surfergirl

White or Cream. Two words. Very Re-wearable.

Moneypenny424

Silver strappy sandals.  Very rewearable (silver is neutral) and will look nice.  I think gold could be good too, but there is probably a higher possibility that some of your girls already own strappy silver sandals.

My girls wore strappy silver sandals with grape purple dresses and it looked great.  Even better, 3 of the 4 already owned them!

jenn.daniel

Easy!  How many gals already have silver shoes?  How many already have gold shoes?  Always better to wear shoes that have been broken in…