Wedding planning: Why you should avoid white shoes and get a colour instead, from one bride’s experience

When you get engaged, people are all too happy to give you every piece of advice or opinion under the sun about your wedding. 

But there’s one thing I was told in the early days of planning, and it’s now the little bit of advice I tell every bride because I embraced it – and it still makes me happy to this day. 

Let’s backtrack a little bit: I tied the knot almost three years ago, and as the planning kicked off a close friend of mine urged me to get shoes that were anything but white, for a good reason. 

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You see, most brides instantly lean into the bridal = white line of thinking and opt for glitzy white shoes, often heading towards a very boujee pair of designer heels for the special occasion. 

But the issue with white is if you get married outdoors, chances are you are going to destroy those shoes and the colour makes it hard to wear again. 

This friend urged me to pick a pair that were any other colour, personally pushing me towards gold like she had for her wedding. 

Before her wedding, she hunted – and I mean hunted – down the most stunning pair of gold Gucci block heels and they were perfect for her big day. 

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The reason she picked another colour was so she could re-wear them for special occasions. 

They’ve become the perfect shoe to wear to fancy events, other weddings and even on date nights with her husband, and it inspired me to go with gold as well. 

I went with a pair of Loeffler Randall Camellia bow-embellished lamé sandals – as did many other brides in 2022 – in the colour gold. 

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While they were a stunning shoe for my big day and relatively comfortable, the best part has been pulling them out to wear in the years since. 

I threw them on when I was heavily pregnant to go to a friend’s bridal lunch, which was perfect because they felt so special and made me feel glam when next to nothing fit me. 

I’ve worn them again to a couple of weddings, which always makes me smile. 

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Then there’s been special times like the first date night my husband and I had after our daughter was born, leaving her with a babysitter – her nanna – and heading out to dinner. 

The shoes were the perfect way to glam up an otherwise pretty normal outfit and gave me something that felt special when I had the mum guilt hitting hard about leaving her. 

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So, the moral of this story is when you’re going to splash out big time on something special for your wedding shoes, make them ones you will wear again. 

I have another friend who went with a pair of blue heels, as her something blue, which again made them a very easy option to re-wear. 

It’ll give you plenty more chances to pull out the pair of heels – or flats, if that’s your vibe – from your special day. 

And for the girlies who love a bit of girl maths, it also helps justify the cost per wear.

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