Let’s talk pink dresses. Specifically, let’s discuss the question “What color shoes to wear with a pink dress”?
So you’ve bought a pink dress and now you’re wondering what color shoes to wear with your pink dress. If you don’t want to sit through our little preliminary discussion, click here for our answers to the question what color shoes to wear with a pink dress.
Pink is an interesting color. It has many associations. Most of us know it to be a color associated with girlhood. In fact, so much is the color pink associated with little girlhood, that there are women who avoid the color for fear of being accused of foolishly trying to hang on to their childhood.
Do you even have the right skin color to be wearing a pink dress?
The fashion magazines used to discourage girls who did not have a particular shade of skin from wearing pink, claiming the color did not go well with their skin tone. That message permeated enough gullible minds to still have traction today. So there are girls who do not wear pink because they believe pink is only for girls who have a particular color of skin.
There are a quite a number of variations of the shade pink. So even if you might believe one particular shade of pink might not suit your complexion, you have a number other shades of pink to try. According to Wikipedia this list of names below are all known shades of pink:
| Pink | Light Pink |
Hot Pink |
Deep Pink |
Champagne Pink |
| Pink Lace |
Piggy Pink |
Pale Pink |
Baby Pink |
Spanish Pink |
| Cameo Pink |
Orchid Pink |
Fairy Tale pink |
Cherry Blossom Pink |
Light Hot Pink |
| Lavender Pink |
Cotton Candy Pink |
Carnation Pink |
Baker Miller Pink |
Tickle Me Pink |
| Amaranth Pink |
Charm Pink |
China Pink |
Mimi Pink |
Tango Pink |
| Congo Pink |
Salmon Pink |
Pastel Pink |
New York Pink |
Solid Pink Gamma Corrected |
| Silver Pink |
Queen Pink |
Pink Lavender |
Mountbatten Pink |
Pink (Pantone) |
| Mexican Pink |
Barbie Pink |
Fandango Pink |
Paradise Pink |
Brink Pink |
| French Pink |
Bright Pink |
Persian Pink |
Light Deep Pink |
Ultra Pink |
| Shocking Pink |
Super Pink |
Rose Pompadour |
Steel Pink |
Solid Pink |
So whatever your complexion, there will surely be a shade of pink that will suit you.
But this article is not about convincing you to wear the color pink. This article assumes you have already acquired a pink dress and you are now trying to get some answers to the question “What color shoes to wear with a pink dress?”
So without further delay here are our answers…
What color shoes to wear with a pink dress?
Wear black shoes with a pink dress…
As always, when in doubt wear black.
We’ve said it before and we will say it again, you can never go wrong with black. Black shoes will always be safe to wear, even when there might be other colors that will look better. If you’re not sure, go with your black shoes to play it safe. Black shoes will go with your pink dress no matter what shade of pink. Black shoes will go with everything from the most light of pink shades to the most dark of pink shades.
Here’s another black shoes with pink dress look featuring a stock photo model who is wearing a pink dress with black ballerina flats.
Pink dress pink shoes
You might be reluctant to wear pink shoes with your pink dress because you think it’s too much pink. But as you can see from the above picture featuring ‘Shall We Sasa‘ blogger Sasa Zoe, you can wear pink shoes with your pink dress. It’s really all about wearing the right shade of pink and the right style of shoes to accent your pink dress. And perhaps even more importantly selecting the right accessories–the right handbag, the right jewelry etc.
Pink dress blue shoes?
Blue isn’t exactly a color that you might immediately think would go with pink. So when trying to decide what color shoes to wear with a pink dress, you probably won’t put blue shoes at the top of your list. But we came across this picture on Loobook.nu featuring Chicago-based blogger Jennifer Lake (stylecharade.com) wearing stylish blue striped heels with a pink dress. Note the pink straps on the shoes. That might be a hint of how to ensure that your blue shoes go with your pink dress.
Pink dress gray shoes
As you can see from the above picture featuring Australian fashion blogger Scarlett Vargas (her instagram), you can wear gray shoes with a pink dress, and the combination will look quite lovely. We’re sure any shade of gray will work nicely with any shade of pink.
Can you wear silver shoes with a pink dress?
If you have any doubt about wearing silver shoes with a pink dress, this stock photo showing a model wearing metallic silver heels with a pink dress should clear up your doubts. Metallic shoes are usually a safe bet to wear with most colors. And silver goes very nicely with pretty much every shade of pink. So yes, you can wear silver shoes with a pink dress.
Pink dress with nude shoes…
Nude shoes generally seem to work well with all colors. In fact, nude is by now considered in the same light as black. Nude goes with everything. So you can wear nude shoes with a pink dress. Of course, there are various shades that fall under the “nude” umbrella. Nude is a color that is intended to represent skin tone, and there are plenty of variations in skin tone across the human species. So nude refers to any color that is matched to a shade of skin. For some, one particular shade of nude might be too light to match their skin tone and for others too dark. However when it comes to nude shoes, whatever your complexion, you can wear just about any of the existing nude shades because they will all fall on the beige/brown spectrum. So what might be nude to one person will simply be beige to another person or brown to another person. And both beige and brown are often considered to be safe colors to wear with most other colors.
Burgundy shoes with a pink dress?
Why not?
Shop til you drop! Leggy Jessica Hart is pretty in a pink mini dress as she goes shopping for expensive Jimmy Choo shoes with friends
Burgundy shoes can look good with a pink dress. To get ideas for wearing a pink dress with burgundy shoes, browse google images. You will come across examples of ladies wearing a pink dress burgundy shoes combination. A great example of how good burgundy shoes can look with a pink dress can be found via dailymail.co.uk in a 2016 article titled “Shop til you drop! Leggy Jessica Hart is pretty in a pink mini dress as she goes shopping for expensive Jimmy Choo shoes with friends”. The article includes pictures of the former Victoria’s Secret model out and about in New York City carrying a Jimmy Choo shopping bag and wearing a pink mini dress with burgundy shoes.
White shoes pink dress
Yes, you can wear white shoes with a pink dress. The picture above shoes Rihanna out and about back in August 2014 wearing a pair of white Christian Louboutin heels with a hot pink dress.
Other colors that might work if styled effectively
- Yellow shoes with a pink dress
- Purple shoes with a pink dress
- Lavender shoes with a pink dress
- Red shoes with a pink dress
Colors we’re curious to put to the test
- Navy shoes with a pink dress
- Green shoes with a pink dress
- Orange shoes with a pink dress
- Neon green shoes with a pink dress?
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