Newest Fashion Trend – Natural Shoes

When I say ‘natural’ I’m really talking about the color. The newest trend in shoes lately has been the natural browns and golds, which compliment a person’s skin tone, especially during the summer months when we all are getting our tan on. The best part about it? You can wear them with just about any outfit. Here are a few that I’ve recently picked up, all at three different price points:

High heels, Aldo, $79 - These are very comfortable (for heels) and are pure soft leather so they don’t cut into your skin like a lot of the more cheap heels do. Also, as you wear them, they get even softer. Score!

Mix No. 6 Gold and brown gladiator sandals, DSW, $34.95 – Super comfy and super cute. These are perfect for the summer, especially for an outdoor concert event, an evening walking along the pier, or even a day at Disneyland.

Brown and Teal sandals, Payless Shoes, $14.99 – Ok, so they’re not as soft as the leather heels or as comfy as the gladiator sandals, but that’s because I’m a sandal snob and I’m all about comfort. Honestly, it’s more about the fact that it has the long divider between the toes, but that’s a personal preference. You get what you pay for and these are more about aesthetics than anything.

Mixing Metallics

Think you can’t wear silver and gold together? Wrong! Take a look at this cover of JLo, who makes it look flawless. Now, granted, a stylist put this together, but let’s break down the look for a minute. First of all, you notice the pants – high-waisted with brownish/gold buttons. Now, you’d think only gold jewelry would go good with this. But, notice she is wearing a bold colored corset. This top ends up taking most of the attention away from the focus of anything else. Therefore, she has the freedom to wear more pieces of jewelry, as well as multi-metallic jewelry because both silver and gold go with this bright coral top.

Another option you have is to wear a lighter (or more subdued, darker color) on the top, so that you can play around with your jewelry options.  In that case, I would suggest having one bold statement piece, since the rest of your outfit would be rather tame. For example, you can wear the JLo sailor pants, a white button shirt, with minimal gold bracelets and a bold, turquoise and gold necklace, as shown below. (I found this on http://cayetanolegacy.com/index.php for $129). Statement necklaces are all the rage right now, so whether you mix your metallics or if you go for one bright color, you can play around with what makes you feel sassy.

The other great thing about mixing metallics is that a silver and gold mix goes with all skin tones. You may want to wear more of one over the other based on your liking, but again, that’s up to you. The point is to make your fashion choices your own!! Work, work it girl!