bridesmaid shoe question

hmmsarcasm · April 2010

ok so is there a general rule to follow regarding shoe and color for bridesmaids?

i had my MOH just email me saying she picked up shoes already-black shoes--now i'm sorta peeved because she didn't even think to ask me if I wanted black shoes or not--

and I don't know if I do want black or not-heres the deal....

-my girls will be wearing a kind of purple-now i dont think i want them to have their shoes dyed but I don't think black will go--and does it matter that the guys will be wearing brown suits with brown shoes?

i'm really getting confused.

any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated

TIA!

-alexis

Maggie214624 · April 2010

This is kind of a tough one. It is that fine line of not being bossy but still getting what you envisioned. Is it possible for her to take the shoes back and you recommend another color?

My bridesmaids will be wearing a plum color dress and I am asking them to wear a metallic shoe of some sort (don't particularly care what type). I am hoping this is a good compromise.

I too am curious to know what others think about this.

ericak926 · April 2010

If the purple is really dark, black might be okay. The other colors I think you could go with (depending on your color scheme) is a satin shoe in gold, silver, or brown. If you specify they have to get a satin fabric shoe the color will be more muted. If the dresses are long I don't think the color would be such a big deal. I didn't decide on my girls shoe color until I had the guys stuff picked out so that the colors would be complementary.

Pretty Parula · April 2010

Eh, I'm not a fan of black shoes if there's no other black and the guys are wearing brown. It seems like it'd look like an accident. I'd lean more toward metallic like Maggie said, I think.

Megs30 · April 2010

My bridesmaid dresses are brown and I think I am going with gold. I am going to let them pick out their own shoes just as long as they are gold.

I agree with Alyssa, I am not a fan of black shoes if there is no other black in the dress. Can you see if she is able to exchange them for another color? A color you want.

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AileeneG · April 2010

I told my girls to wear gold shoes and they came out anywhere from a light gold to a more bronze color, and I think it looked fine because they're in the same color scheme. We also had the guys in brown, so I don't think the black shoes would really go as well. I would let her know that the shoes weren't going to be black, so she can return them or keep them for something else, or whatever she decides to do,

AlexiaANDRobert · April 2010

If the dresses are long, I'd really just give them a color and tell them to wear whatever they want.

Shoes, IMO, shouldn't really be dictated cause it's a lot of money, in addition to everything else, and if they're for one time use, that really sucks. (Sorry for the long sentence).

My bridesmaids wore charcoal, long dresses and I told them to wear whatever black shoes they wanted. Black tends to be a color they already have in their closet. I don't think anyone bought new shoes for my wedding.

Depending on the color purple, and the length of the dress, I can see letting her know you'd prefer a different color, but I think you should let them pick the style. Good luck!

MrsWhitneyAmanda · April 2010

I wore eggplant in a wedding in 08 and we all wore black shoes - it looked really classy, although silver probably would have been my choice had the bride given me one

I asked my girls to either wear white or gold and gave them free reign in that parameter. That being said, can people see their shoes? Part of why I wasn't overly picky was because my girls wore long dresses. Shoes matter more, to me anyway, when they're visible

umcollegegrl · April 2010

my girls wore long green dresses and whatever black shoes they already owned.

as others have said, if the dresses are long, i don't think it will matter what color they wear, and if they have black while the guys are in brown.

if not black, i'm with whitney on the silver

hmmsarcasm · April 2010

wow i thought when you're "watching" a thread the knot was suppose to tell you when someone responded--i guess not huh?

anyways--

thanks for all the responses!

The girls are wearing cocktail length--thats the short one right?

and Black isn't one of the colors in the wedding--and the dresses are sort of eggplant-but a little lighter--its hard to explain--plus i've already let them pick almost whatever style of dress they wanted-and i'm getting them from a website so i'm saving them a lot of money-i don't care what style shoe it is but I just don't want like 4 different colors of shoes showing up on the day of.

mlharbis · April 2010

I would agree that metallic shoes would be better than black. But I don't know if i would make a big deal about it. One of my bridesmaids just told me she didnt have gold shoes and would ivory metallics be ok (ivory that she had to buy for another wedding). My girls are wearing bronze long dresses. I think I'm going to let metallic of any kind be ok since they are long and I hate asking them to buy shoes too (since the dresses are long).

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