Sunday 22 July 2012

Women shoe shopping - turning the chore into fun

Shoes are an integral part of woman’s wardrobe. The shoe you wear can have strong impact on your over all personality and health.  Women want shoes for different occasion, for different seasons and for different outfits. Their fetish for shoes never seems to be satiated. However, they have to face number of issues to buy the right pair of shoes. What is my size? How can I gauge the quality of shoe?

Is it really a vogue or am I going to spend on something antiquated?  It is important to find out the answer of these questions to get the right pair of shoes as wrong choice of shoe does not just cause a fashion faux pas but also leads to health issues. This article intends to address all the aforementioned questions and provide guidance on buying right pair for your personality and according to occasion.

Comfort: comfort should be the matter given maximum importance while buying footwear. It is a high time to educate people, especially youngsters, to relinquish this wrong concept of going solely for style and design and ignoring comfort. If a shoe is causing pain or discomfort, no matter how ostentatious or classy it looks; you will never be able to carry it with aplomb. It will affect your gate and ultimately makes you look uncomfortable and shabby. Many young girls go extra miles in their proclivity to look fashionable, especially for big occasions like college farewell or prom night. In their intransigence to stand out they out rightly ignore the comfort factor. Shoe comfort hinges upon three important factors.

Fitting: fitting of shoe is most critical as different brands have different standards. Explore various brands and try different sizes. Remember width is as important as is size.

Design: choose the size of heel according to your height and weight. People with short height and heavy physique are not suggested to wear heel longer than two inches. If you want to wear more than two inches, make sure you break into your heel beforehand and practice well for the occasion.

Material: choose shoes made of flexible and comfortable material like leather. It helps you to move freely and prevents respiration.

Shoe for occasion: finding a right shoe for right occasion is what puts your fashion sense into real test.  There are different styles for different uses. For example, black formal shoes should be worn at work rather than diamante shoes. Similarly women evening shoes are for weddings and big events than for small family gathering.

Shoe care: in today’s world, when brand prices are swiftly increasing and salaries are briskly going down; buying an elegant designer shoe is indeed a tough task. Therefore, one must know the art of maintaining and appropriate use of shoes.

Before wearing shoe first time, make sure that laces look straight. If they appear crook they might remain same way for the life of shoes.

If you possess more than one pair of shoes, wear one pair one day and other pair other day. It saves the leather from respiration and elongates their useful life.

Your choice of shoe affects your life and health big time. Wise choice is to control the over obsession of fashion and consider comfort and durability in mind. If you follow the tips mentioned above; fashion and comfort both will come easy to you.

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