Thong Sandals are My Favorite Summer Shoe

My favourite summer shoes.. would be ‘thongs’ – they have many names : ‘thongs’ in Australian (which sometimes raises eyebrows if you’re speaking to people from overseas), ‘flip flops’ in the UK, and ‘jandals’ if you are from New Zealand . My thongs are very comfortable and are now molded to the shape of my foot. They allow my feet to breathe and make a nice click, click sound when I walk. I prefer black thongs as they match all of my clothes, but some people like to wear brightly coloured ones. When I put on my thongs, I remember my childhood – playing in the streets with the neighbourhood kids and riding our bikes around town. Also, of daytrips and holidays to the beach. You need a pair of thongs to go to the Australian beaches, because the sand is very hot, and the thongs stop you from burning your feet! I wear my thongs with jeans, long pants, shorts, skirts and dresses – anything and everything really!

Flats are My First Choice for Summer Shoes

About three years ago, I used to wear high heels all the time. I used them to go to school, to go to work, to go out on weekends, everyday everywhere. Then, one day, I fell down the stairs and broke my ankle (ha!) and I was forced to wear a cast for about three weeks.

When the cast was finally removed I was still in a lot of pain so I wasn’t able to wear heels so I went and bought my first pair of flats. I’m a short girl so I wasn’t keen on wearing those types of shoes; in fact, I kind of hated them as much as I hated tennis shoes. Having to go to ankle therapy and not being able to walk at all forced me to go and buy the flats. The ones I bought were a really cute black pair with a little shiny elbow on top. I started using this shoes quite often and slowly realized that I loved the fact that I was able to walk for long periods of times without getting tired, falling down the stairs, hurting my feet and that I was now even able to run when I was late for class or work!.

Since then, flats have been my first choice for summer shoes. I have a lot of pairs now and especially like the ones that have those really small heels with your toes showing in front. They are quite comfortable, cute and there are models for all kinds of clothes. Ever since then I’ve said goodbye to the high heels and started wearing the ever trendy flats.

Brown and Black Shoes: Know the Difference!

One thing I am constantly trying to explain to my boyfriend is the fashion faux pas of wearing brown shoes with black pants, or anything brown with anything black. Yes, they’re both dark colors. No, that does not mean they go well together.

While the two colors are both dark and go well with several colors (usually those that are much lighter to provide some nice contrast), they do not go well together. Why? I don’t know, but try it for yourself and I’m sure you’ll agree with me. I have this beautiful black and red dress that I bought from Forever 21 two years ago, and I find that the only pair of shoes I have that goes with it are my knee high black boots. I have knee high brown boots, too, but they look awful when paired with this dress.

Ask any fashion professional and they’ll tell you the same. Avoid the dreaded brown-shoe-black-pants phenomenon. Black shoes with black pants, brown shoes with tan pants, perhaps.