Q. I’m having a garden wedding this spring and am having a really hard time finding shoes. I originally bought some silver ballet flats to wear with my simple, elegant A-line gown. My toes peek out when I walk and the closed flats do not look very good. I really need to find something that looks great, won’t sink into the lawn and won’t make me tower over my fiancé (less then 2 1/2 inches). As far as color goes I’d love silver or white, but I’d even wear pink shoes.
-Standing my ground
A. Trying to navigate the outdoors on your wedding day can be tricky - you want a fabulous shoe that will fit the look of your dress, but you don’t want to get stuck in the dirt and lose your graceful poise. Here are a few silver sandal suggestions that won’t have you sinking into the lawn or towering over your fiancé.
Barely there heels that easily navigate the grounds:
kate spade ‘boisterous’ sandal
$295 at nordstrom.com
kate spade ‘bauble’ sandal
$350 at nordstrom.com
A small heel to give you some height and still show off a pretty pedicure:
Lumiani ‘Quarto’
$89.95 at zappos.com
Nina ‘Whist’
$82.95 at zappos.com
A. Thanks for the compliment about the dress I wore on Tyra Banks. These days, I am dress-buying obsessed and someone probably needs to restrain me! This nifty dress is by Conspiracy 8 and comes in two color ways: black with blue trim or chocolate with orange trim (
