STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

tina242 · Kate Spade

Do you buy shoes or outfits first?

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

I'm definitely cursed with the shoe buying...without any thought for future outfits...I just fall in love with a pair and have to have them.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

Hm, I tend to kind of just buy shoes--but then again I'm a major shoe girl! I rarely have specific outfit ideas in mind, mostly I'll just see something gorgeous that I like. I've always found that most shoes can work with a lot of different things. Especially colored shoes, they look so amazing with neutral outfits!

boobaby · Kate Spade

I just buy them and deal with the consequences later. Sometimes I'll have something specific in mind, but then I can't ever find exactly what I'm looking for. The other day I went searching for chocolate brown dressy flats, but I bought black satin shoes with polka dots instead.

I agree with sephorablue, most shoes look good with neutrals. Whenever I'm lusting after a crazy pair of shoes but don't know what I'll wear them with, my fellow shoe obsessed friend (and best enabler) always says "You can wear them with jeans!" I think that's true most of the time.

atlgirl · Gucci

I buy shoes I love, and then work my outfits around them. I can never find the right shoe when I already have an outfit made that "just needs" shoes. I'm drawn to a lot of the same color combinations, so usually the shoes I like will work with my wardrobe, even if I don't have a specific plan when I buy them.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

It can be so fun to go the shoes-first route. THere are so many inspiring designs! Many times, it's the shoe that "makes" a look. It makes sense than some might start there and just let the rest of the pieces fall in.

Kelly · Hermes

boobaby wrote:

I just buy them and deal with the consequences later.

Ditto - for both clothes and shoes! I mean, sometimes I'll set out specifically to get black pumps, or flat boots, whatever. But most of the time, I just go shoe shopping for fun and clothes shopping for fun and somehow they end up working well together...usually. I agree that usually they can at least go with jeans!

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I buy the shoes and worry about the clothes later. Very rarely do I have an outfit without a few good shoe options. I have quite a few shoe styles in basic colors, and then a bunch of fun shoes that I will build an outfit around.

-gd

sydney · Kate Spade

leah_leanna wrote:
I'm definitely cursed with the shoe buying...without any thought for future outfits...I just fall in love with a pair and have to have them.

DITTO! If you find a pair you love, you find and outfit to work with it. Some are kinda like little works of art.

dangergirl · Kate Spade

i just buy things i like - with both shoes and clothes and it usually works out

luckylily · Gucci

If I find a pair of shoes I love, I'll buy them and figure out something to wear with them. I don't mind spending a lot on shoes and only wearing them a few times/year. Over the life of the shoe, they always get plenty of wear. Right now, I'm at a job were heals just don't work because I'm out walking in the woods a lot, but I still can't stop buying heels that are completely impractical for my current lifestyle. It's a little different than how I view clothes; I usually don't buy clothes that I can't work into my wardrobe right away.

jj · Kate Spade

I have definitely bought shoes and built outfits around them. But as I mentally go through my collection right now, I am realizing that I don't have any wildly patterned or detailed shoes that would be hard to dress around.

I do buy lots of shoes that others may not consider neutrals like leopard print, red, pink, metallics, snakeskin but they really do go with everything.

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

Most of the time I buy the shoes and then the outfits to wear with them.