Planning A Wedding: The Shoes

I've started to share a bit about my wedding planning process (many of them written in moments of extreme despair about the big decisions we've made and the dream wedding that lies out of our reach), but I've been slacking off in my blog posts lately in lieu of actually getting stuff done. I need to write a few posts - on my process of finding the dress (purchased in May and alterations in November), on picking our flowers/favors/food/alcohol/venue/groomsmen attire/rings/etc - but for now, when I am all caught up in the glitzy glamour of finding a wedding heel, it's about the shoes. 

To preface the hunt for the perfect shoe, I have a few extenuating factors:

1. I don't want to spend $600-$1,000 on my shoes (sorry Jimmy Choo!). There are some gorgeous strappy gold/silver/white heels available at DSW for under $90 that can do the job. But, as you may want to spend that much, I've included swankier shoes from the $150+ range in this post (and plan to use a gift card for about $200 to buy mine).

2. We're getting married on a lawn on a beach therefore sand and grass will be my floor. Our reception is in a fancy hotel so I am going to try to wear heels for both (perhaps with some of those heel caps).

Without further ado, here are some of my picks for sparkly, fab, and classic wedding shoes!

Booties

Casadei; Carvela Kurt Geiger; Kate Spade; Badgley Mischka

Booties, especially caged booties and laser-cut details, seem to be the trend right now! For the trendier lady looking for some glitz, glam and differentiation. I love these fun options. Check out the gorgeous heels in this post that my wedding photographers recently shot.

Strappy

Badgley Mischka (shoe 1 and 3, 4); Loeffler Randal

Strappy makes my heart beat. Some of these heels (namely that gorgeous Badgley Mischka third from the left) are really vying for my heart. I don't think anyone does feminine glamour better than Badgley Mischka and often drool over their shoes, in part because they are affordable wedding shoe options!

Classic

Kate Spade; Diane Von Furstenberg; Salvatore Ferragamo; Kurt Geiger

I'm ready to wear these shoes right now, that's how timeless they all feel to me. For the elegant, classic bride this seems like the ideal black-tie wedding heel. I think I am going to try to launch into a full glitz, glamour, princess heel (strappy, I tell you!), but these are lovely too!

A little something extra

Kate Spade (1, 3 and 4); Badgley Mischka

A little sum'in sum'in. Most of these are from Kate Spade, designer of amazing details like laser cut, bows, glitz, glamour, lace. I can never got over Kate Spade shoes and just lack the funds to wear them. For the wedding, however, they're an okay price point for some exquisite styles. On sale, you might be able to snatch some for $150-$250 and regular priced, probably more along the $200-$400 price point.