Bridesmaid shoes...

humblebtuna

Hey all- Just want your opinion on something. I'm trying to figure out what color shoes would look good with a "Watermelon" colored dress. My family is giving me so much grief because I want to go with a neutral color- like "Champagne". They said that the neutral shoe goes just as well as Blue shoes would go with the watermelon color.

Our wedding is in hawaii, and will be slightly more laid back- the men are wearing tan Aloha shirts. So I thought that the neutral shoe would help us stick with that less formal feel. I feel like black or silver would make it more formal than we want, and I won't want to overwhelm girls with the pink, from head to toe.

Heres the link to the bridesmaid dress with the neutral shoe- Thoughts?
http://kieselwedding.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-bridesmaid-gowns.html

SarahPLiz

blue and pink? please don't!
Stick to your initial instinct. No one will really remember what shoes they are wearing, and they are more likely to be able to wear a neutral shoe again.

humblebtuna

Haha... don't worry... blue is not going to happen. She was  saying that champagne would look just as bad as blue would. Which I completely disagree.

MyNameIsNot

How would a neutral color shoe not go?  If that's the case, then should I be wearing navy shoes with a navy suit and red shoes with a red dress? 

Neutral shoes work great.  You just pick a color and ask all the girls to choose their own in that color.  They're happy b/c they don't spend a bunch of money on shoes they'll never wear again that may not be comfortable and you're happy b/c you don't have to worry about it.

For watermelon, I'd say gold or silver, but champagne would work nicely also. 

banana468

A neutral by definition goes with everything!

And with watermelon, I think gold, silver or another metallic would look great.

I'd ask a family member, "If you were wearing a pink dress to a random occasion, would you buy matching shoes for THAT?  Why does it change suddently because the dress is a BM dress?

mwhitson14

Champagne or silver would be perfect.

aerinpegadrak

I think champagne or gold would look really nice.

rainsfallsoftly

As soon as I read this, I was thinking silver would look really nice with watermelon.  I don't think it would look too formal at all, especially if you suggested they get silver strappy sandals of some sort since it's in Hawaii.

mbcdefg

Whoever is telling you that neutral shoes won't match watermelon obviously has no idea what the word "neutral" actually means.

Pick a color and then let them choose their own shoes. If you want to specify pumps or sandals, that's fine if you really want to do that. Silver, gold or champagne would be fine with watermelon, and your BMs will thank you.

SocialWorker2B

She's crazy and a neutral color such as champagne would definitely go with watermelon.

However, while I understand your reasoning about the black shoes, you should talk to your girls. They likely have black shoes they could wear and do not likely have champagne shoes, or even gold or silver. At least I don't.

My friend was going to do watermelon, decided not to do it because it was waaaay too bright for us, and is now doing rose petal. She decided to do black shoes, aka I told her to do that, because no one can really afford to buy new shoes.

Make sure your girls are down with buying champagne shoes first before you decide for sure. Also, please do not specify the type of shoe. People need to be comfortable!

lilcassers

I'm wearing the same dress in my friends wedding only we're going with yellow. We all agreed to choose an open toed strappy gold shoe. I think you should give them a color and then allow them to pick their own shoes.

emilyinchile

If buying shoes is within the original budget that all of your girls gave you, then I think it's fine to ask them to buy a gold (or silver or champagne) sandal. That's a little more useful to have in your closet than a specific dyeable shoe, and if they don't want to buy they can hopefully borrow for someone (one of my BMs is doing this because she doesn't think she'll ever wear gold shoes again).