Last week, a good friend of mine asked where she could find good bridal shoe options. The ques­tion excited me for two rea­sons: 1. WEDDINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL! The cer­e­mony, the pledg­ing of eter­nal love, the flowers…I could go on and on. 2. I’m get­ting mar­ried myself! (When? The date is not set, but that doesn’t stop me from shop­ping — for myself, or for you brides to be out there!)

I couldn’t tell my friend just WHERE to go since she lives in a dif­fer­ent city than I, but I did tell her I would make brand sug­ges­tions on WB4S and now we ALL ben­e­fit from my habit­ual shoe shop­ping! :D

Favorite Bridal Shoe Brands

1. Bad­g­ley Mis­chka — This brand is at the top of my list because they make an end­less vari­ety of styles in many col­ors and com­bi­na­tions. Always beau­ti­ful, I can always pic­ture the shoes BM makes as those you keep and cher­ish for­ever. Brides inter­ested in “Randee” can click here.

2. Kate Spade — In addi­tion to being from Kansas City, Mis­souri (like me!) Kate makes mag­i­cal bridal footwear. This par­tic­u­lar style, “Charm,” comes in more col­ors! The Kate Spade site seems to cater to today’s mod­ern bride who may not have the tra­di­tional white dress by offer­ing col­ors and styles like flip-flops for those dream beach weddings.

3. Stu­art Weitz­man - What SW shoe do you know that you wouldn’t wear?? That’s what I thought. Can’t think of one! The same is true for his bridal shoes. Del­i­cately beau­ti­ful, this brand had to make my list.  Brides inter­ested in “Blitz” can click here.

4. Ben­jamin Adams — I only recently became acquainted with this designer, but I really admire the dif­fer­ent styles of wed­ding shoe. The style fea­tured here, “Rhi­ana,” is not usu­ally what you would think of for a wed­ding shoe, but I think it would be per­fect for some of the shorter, party style dresses some brides opt for or even that fun recep­tion dress you’re plan­ning on sporting.

The best thing about my “BEST BRIDAL SHOE” list, is that you can plug each designer’s name into a Google Shop­ping search, and find where they are sold both in your city and online.

Shoe Shop­ping Considerations:

  • Make sure your bridal style will be com­fort­able and appro­pri­ate for your walk down the aisle. If you’re going to be walk­ing on sand or grass, you may find it hard to walk in a stiletto heel.
  • Remem­ber to try on your shoes WITH your dress to avoid any last minute sur­prises like, “my buckle keeps get­ting caught in the tulle!” The horror!
  • Prac­tice walk­ing in your shoes! Depend­ing on the length of your nup­tials, you want to be sure you can stand com­fort­ably in them.
  • Go for what YOU like. You’re the one who has to wear them — end of story.

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By JaNea @janeaNOTjane

Edi­tor at Shoed-In Mag­a­zine
JaNea @janeaNOTjane is Shoed-In Magazine’s found­ing edi­tor which means she loves and is well versed in shoes. A for­mer finan­cial adviser, she may occas­sion­ally offer you some unso­licited advice about your money management.