Have you ever struggled to find nice looking flat shoes? I feel like every time I go shopping, all I see in the stores are shoes that look like this. In today's video I'm gonna go through those 10 flat shoes that elegant ladies never wear and I'm actually gonna demonstrate and give you suggestions of what kind of shoes you should be wearing instead/ I'm looking down at my feet and I feel like I'm looking at a man's feet.
This shoe is called the Dad sandal and it has been popular for quite a few years now. I know Chanel had their dad sandal that was doing really really well and all the fashionistas was wearing it, but I must tell you that I don't understand the shoe trend. Surely this is a very comfortable shoe, let's not lie about that, you could definitely walk in a shoe like this all day long but is it attractive?
I don't think so. I wonder how many men would actually find this shoe attractive? If we would go out now and do a survey, I promise you ladies the majority would say no way!
I would never want my girlfriend or wife to wear shoes like this. So here we have the cousin to the dad sandal. Let's call it more the kind of intellectual, cultural, boho sandal, who I know would love wearing this kind of sandal, hi Teddy!
Do you want to wear the sandal? yeah? So what to wear instead?
I would go for something like this. I know this might not be everyone's cup of tea but ladies for me this is more feminine, this is more classic and elegant. By the way I must tell you because these shoes look completely different when I bought them the other day at Zara.
So what I did was that I cut off some of those straps because frankly with the straps I don't think the shoes looked as good, but cutting them off just opens up the whole foot and makes it look more minimalistic and elegant. It's not the fact that these loafers are not elegant or bad in some way or another, but it is what's on the loafer. If you look a little bit closer there is a little chain detail and I have spoken on this channel previously about how I really want you to be careful with any form of chain accessories on well footwear, but also on clothing because oftentimes it does cheapen the appearance and it doesn't look very expensive.
I bet you that if we would remove this chain, this kind of loafer would already look so much more expensive than when it's like this. So what you should be wearing instead is something that some might disagree with. I am team ballet flat!
I know that not everybody like ballerina shoes but I personally do and I think that if you have them in a nice color, especially if you have in a neutral color, that goes really well with your skin tone, so that it elongates the leg then they can look quite nice. I believe in less is more. If the accessory doesn't look expensive then go for something with less accessories, like just a plain simple ballet flat.
As we're talking chains, we have to talk about a big chunky chain too because that one I see everywhere. So here we have a two in one ugly combo. I think what bothers me the most with this shoe is the yucky fake gold plasticky thing that's on top and that's why I really wanted to bring it on today because really ladies stay away from plastic fake gold that looks like this.
Yeah it just looks awful. A variation to the horrible shoe that we just saw is another mule, and I think you have seen this kind of mule all over social media. Like what is this?
I don't understand. My problem with this kind of shoe is more the fact that people wear it with socks or they wear it as like a regular shoe to walk around with or go to nice restaurants with. For me this is a cleaning shoe.
I would only wear this at home whenever I know I'm gonna be maybe wet, I'm gonna be cleaning I think my floors maybe, so I want to have something that I can wear. Here I have a different pair and I think the pair I'm wearing right now is probably the most common that you see, so many women but also men wear. Actually I probably hate it even more when men wear this kind of shoe, especially with socks on.
So what to wear instead? I found this gorgeous Aquazura flat the other day and I was so happy because I love a little bit of silver shoe going on with a little bit of detailing, and you can see these shoes they do sparkle but I do find it quite nice if it's done in a delicate way. So yeah,I'm not sure what's going on here.
Is this a shoe for bondage? Or something else? That I'm not getting here, I don't know.
. . I think actually it's kind of a gladiator sandal but yeah there's a lot of straps and things going on, making this shoe not suitable for my kind of foot.
So I have a flat foot and anyone who also has a flat foot need to really pay attention what kind of shoes you wear. Certain sandals I have to be very careful because as you can see here, all these straps just widens the foot and I get like a pancake foot effect in this kind of shoe, so you need to really be cautious. Of course if you're someone with a beautiful delicate foot with a beautiful foot arch then perhaps you could pull something like this off, but generally speaking I also don't recommend to have too many straps in contrasting color going on, because it does cut off your leg and you actually look a bit shorter, let's say if you would like to wear these these shoes with like a dress or something like that.
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Go to elegantstylist. me to find out more on how you can join my online program. So what to wear instead ladies?
Well I went to Zara and I picked up something simple for you to showcase you that actually you can dress well at any budget. You don't have to spend a lot of money. Yes I personally prefer wearing my Hermes Oran sandals, but you can see here I actually picked up a really nice variation in Zara.
And you might be wondering well why are you recommending these shoes who are completely different to the previous ones? Well that's because I just want to push in a direction where you just go away from all the straps, and everything that widens you and just choose something a little bit more simple. It doesn't have to be fancy complicated with all these detailing.
Even a simple sandal like this actually can look more elevated than, than that awful shoe that we just saw a second ago. Are you team animal print or are you team anti animal print? Let me know in the comments below, because I know some of you love animal print and some hate it and I can tell you one thing that I'm actually team animal print because I like animal print if it's done well I don't think it's necessarily a bad print and it can certainly be elegant too, depending on how you style it.
Now here I'm actually wearing well, a bad version of animal print and I cannot tell you exactly why they don't work, I mean okay the ones that I'm wearing on my feet. Wow, is this washed out leopard print or what? These are a little bit better but I still don't think.
. . You know what the problem is?
The problem is that the animal print looks too artificial, and that is why they just simply don't work. So what we have here instead is actually a pair of simple loafers. I just wanted to demonstrate for you that you don't have to necessarily choose something with print.
Here we have some other shoes that are discreet to wear that you can just skip the print if the print is not serving you. As I was shopping for today's video, I must tell you it wasn't very difficult to find all this horror that I'm showing you today and look what I'm wearing now. As I was browsing the internet, for me these are typical mound repeller shoes shoes that we wear when we want to repel men not when we want to attract men, and I cannot see many single ladies who would have success with a pair of shoes like this if you go on a first date.
Now I know life is not just about attracting a man, however I do think it's important that whoever is your partner or if you want to attract a partner, that we do pay attention to certain details. There is such a wide array of items on the market everything, has been invented by now, you're actually able to find comfortable shoes that are still aesthetically pleasing, which is why I don't understand why we have to even look at something like this in 2023. Now what to wear instead?
Well here I have a pair of ankle strapped sandals, so I understand sometimes you have to kind of strap yourself in because you might have to if you want to walk a lot in order to hold the shoes together. Typically I tend to stay away from ankle straps as much as possible, although I must admit it's actually quite hard because most shoes do have some form of ankle straps. Let me present a pair of quite ugly running shoes, well for me these running shoes are really suitable to go and have a workout in.
I personally do not think that these shoes would look good with a nice dress, with a nice skirt or with a nice pair of trousers. No, the only place these would look good is when you go to the gym, go for a power walk, have a workout. So please ladies separate sneakers with running shoes two completely different ball games.
And if you are a loyal follower of mine you know my favorite sneaker. Well the Louis Vuitton sneaker that I've been wearing for so many years now, I'm actually I think on my seventh pair. However they are quite pricey ladies, so today I actually wanted to show you a more affordable one.
So these shoes are actually not very expensive and that's why I wanted to include them so that you have some other options not just the designer brands that I that I like to wear sometimes. But these ones are actually quite of a classic brand. You will be some preppy people like to wear this brand.
Another reason to I also like these shoes is because they have a bit of a platform and I am not against platforms at all on shoes in fact I think everybody should have at least I don't know one pair of shoes with a bit of platform because this way you can wear longer trousers and get a bit of elevation going on. And it's also quite nice when you have a bit of platform if you wear them together with dresses and skirts and yes I do approve wearing sneakers with dresses and skirts. I know this is not for everyone but I do believe that there is a way how you can make it look elegant.
I know. Is this even for real? Because when I saw this on the website I thought it was a practical joke to be honest.
I don't understand who would wear this and why. Okay I get it it's probably some form of dupe version of Yeezys, jeezys, what do you call it? Jesus?
I just, I don't know for me this feels like a shoe that you would wear if you were an alien. You don't belong to planet Earth and therefore you wear something weird like this. Not because this is actually nice.
Now this is my version of Yeezy, this is what I would wear instead of that really weird alien shoe. Again this might not be a shoe everybody would wear because I understand if you stylish wrong you can definitely look a little bit like a grandma, but if you style it right I must tell you that it's actually quite a nice shoe for spring summer. I wore it loads last year and it's really nice to wear with dresses.
We have yet another type of shoe that seems to be so popular to wear outdoors although technically wasn't it an indoor shoe? Talking about the Birkenstock. But you know I hate that shoe so much but today we actually have its sister ,we have the Birkenstock clog type of shoe.
I totally get it if ladies or gentlemen wear it indoors, you know around the house, around the property but to wear it outside as your everyday type of shoe ,as a shoe when you want to look good or feel good about yourself, I'm not sure this show will do the job to be honest. So what to wear instead of those horrible Birkenstock clog mules? Well I love my Gucci mules.
In fact these ones are brand spanking new ones this is actually my second pair because the first ones I use them so much they now look quite worn out, so I have just levelled up to get a second pair. Now I must tell you this is one of my most worn spring and summer shoes. Oh and by the way if you liked any shoes in today's video then make sure you check out the description box below, because I have links all the shoes that you have seen in today's videos and you will also be able to get your hands on these ones.
This is like a typical pair of Michael Jackson shoes that he would be wearing in like the 80s or something, but I know these have made a comeback and another question mark is why? Back to basics ladies. Why not just stick to what works?
This is why I love classic fashion and here we have a pair of ballet flats but in black, which is something I would rather wear instead of those Michael Jackson shoes. Now in my next videos, 10 shoes elegant ladies never wear you're gonna see more horror on this channel of shoes never to wear. So make sure you hop over to that video because I will see you there.
