Platform Shoes

Platform shoes(shoes with thick soles) as we see in magazines, in occasions (parties, dinners, e.t.c.) have taken over in the shoe world now. Almost all shoes that are being manufactured in this modern-day times are platformed. They comprise boots, stiletto heels (sandals, peep toe pumps, covered shoes, e.t.c). This is a fashion come-back just in a modernized way. The modern ones definitely look better.


They are comfortable to wear (because they make the arch of the shoes less severe) and therefore can be worn for a longer period of time that the low-soled shoes (well, at least I think so). Asides being comfortable, they add elegance to dressing. It will not be wrong to say that they suit every dressing because they come in various patterns and designs and every lady has got at least a pair of them shoes. 
Well, just like most heeled shoes, they add beauty to dresses by making the wearers look taller thereby making the dresses look shorter. This I think is great, except for those who do not like short dresses. In general, it accentuates whatever dress code it is you choose to use except for casual wears. For example, makes corporate wears look even more corporate. Using heeled shoes to accessorize when wearing casual clothes doesn't make one look casual but the other way round, unless you aim for otherwise.


Platform shoes are for everybody. By this, I mean that it's for both the slim and the plus-sized.


Some pictures of platformed shoes:

  

    

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Dressing Tips III - When to wear what (for ladies)

Just as occasions vary, dressings do too to suit the occasions. There are a lot of incidences where people have wrong clothings for right occasions and or right clothings for the wrong occasions. We fail to realize that not every dressing that seems right is actually suitable for all occasions. I have once been guilty of this recently and some youths still are. The outfit you have for school, might be the one you will have for casual but not formal events.

For formal events like awards nights, receptions of ceremonies and etc, a formal outfit is called for. For a lady, this could be a dress(long or short, as the case may be) or corporate pants, a skirt(knee length or slightly above) or shorts and a corporate blouse or a not-too-corporate shirt (could be ruffled a shirt). The dressing for such occasions is usually accompanied by light make-up and accessories with the accessories being the jewelries, a purse and a pair of shoes. Note that a purse should always be used for corporate evening events. in order to emphasize your dressing, suiting high-heeled shoes should be worn.

For a semi-formal event such as a soirée, jeans are likely to be acceptable. Wearing really short dresses with pantyhose makes the dressing look casual but with high-heeled shoes, they fit in for a semi-formal event. Clothes for semi-formal events need a touch or formality and casualty simultaneously. With jeans, a ruffled shirt could be worn. A pair of high-heeled shoes, a suiting purse and suiting jewelries can be used to accessorize. The dresses could be made of cotton or the native ankara and some maxi dresses could be used as well. A maxi dresses, in this case, will go with low-heeled slip-ons and a handbag.

Casual dressing is something we are used to. An everyday dress code.Casual clothings are used for school, casual gatherings such as get-togethers, visiting friends, hanging out and a lot more. The common dress code for this is usually a pair of jeans and a top(for ladies). Recently, casual outfits now could be dresses (maxi, shorts and all), ones that are casual though. Hardly do ladies wear skirts, I wonder why.