8 Tips for Choosing the Best Heels for Your Wedding Day
Along with many other things, your wedding heels are one of the most important parts of your wedding outfit, other than, of course, your dress. So they need to be right for you. But what works for one person might not work for you.
It all comes down to a multitude of things, like your taste, the heel height you can work in, the heel thickness and even the style itself. Do you want them to be open-toed or closed off at the front? It's all something that needs to be considered. With that in mind, here are some of my generic tips for choosing the right wedding heels for you!
1. What is the terrain going to be like?
Something you need to factor in is the terrain. Are you going to be required to walk on grass at any point? Is there gravel that you need to navigate across? Is it tarmacked or concreted over? What about the inside of the venue or church? Are their grates or anything else you may need to dodge?
Is the floor marble and slippery or wooden and hard-wearing? Think about whether you'll need to walk to and from and how you can get from A to B before committing to a pair of heels. Remember, you'll need to wear them for the majority of the day, so don't make do!
2. How high can you handle?
Again, this comes down to personal preference and your own individual comfort. How high do you want your heels to be? Something that comes into question when it comes to heel height is the length of time you'll need to be wearing them for and, more importantly, how long you'll need to stand up in them.
The taller they are, the more uncomfortable, generally, they will become if you're on your feet for a long period of time. Are you able to walk in heels that are that high? There's nothing stopping you from buying multiple pairs of heels and having a walk around in them.
It's all online now. When I was shopping for wedding heels, I had trouble finding anything in the stores. I had to move my search online. But I actually ordered several pairs of heels before settling on the ones you see in the picture at the top. Buy, try and return if they're not for you.
3. Comfort is key, no matter what
Something most brides forget is that your wedding dress is likely going to be covering your feet. The only way someone is going to see your feet is if they poke out the bottom as you're walking or if you hitch your dress up to walk or bring it off the floor.
With that in mind, think more about your comfort rather than how your heels look on your feet. Practicality is key when it comes to wedding shoes, because you'll be wearing them for a while.
4. You don't have to just stick to one pair of shoes
Just because you're buying one pair of formal, typical bridal shoes doesn't mean to say that you can't slip into something more comfortable at night. At a certain point, you'll have the freedom to take off your formal heels and switch them up for a pair of flats. I opted for a pair of white slippers at the end of the night rather than flat shoes. The world is your oyster when it comes to your nighttime shoes.
5. Would you wear them again?
You might not think that a pair of diamante white heels that are satin can be worn again, at least not with ease, but you'd be mistaken. You will get more than just one use out of your wedding heels. I am already thinking of occasions to wear them to. You could also consider having them dyed into a complete different colour to make them a bit more versatile.
6. You don't have to buy a pair that is expensive
My shoes were in the sale, and I hoovered them up for about £15. You don't have to spend a whole lot of cash on a pair of heels for your wedding. In fact, the first pair I chose cost me around £50 and they weren't very comfortable or very interesting at all.
So it just goes to show that you can pick up some gems for not much money at all. Also, you're only going to wear them this one day, so you don't want to fork out considerable sums of money for some shoes you'll rarely wear again.
7. Think about your dress length, cut & material
If your dress has a long skirt that's made from chiffon, for example, them a pair of heels with lots of stones on could be somewhat of a snagging hazard. It's always best to choose a pair of heels that are white and plain if they're going to be surrounded by delicate o floaty materials.
8. Don't forget about traditions
Something that is a tradition, that I didn't do when we got married, is to put a sixpence in your shoe. You don't have to do this, but if you don't want to put it in the shoe itself, you could always stick it to the bottom of your heels. It depends how much you pay attention to tradition.
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I hope you enjoyed this blog post and found it useful? Let me know in the comments below whether you have any tips for finding the perfect pair of wedding heels and I will see you again very soon with a brand new blog post!
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