How to Choose Platform Shoes

Platforms are a type of shoes which originally called chopines. They were popular in southern Europe in the middle of the 1500s. They are trendy again in nowadays fashionable world. The platforms will definitely come back to the fashion for that these fun and funky shoes add height and make legs look longer. And they go well with casual skirts, flare leg pants, jeans, capris and walking shorts. In the below, I will talk about how to choose a pair of platform shoes.

White Princess Lolita Platform Shoes

Determine firstly what you want to have before you shop by looking in your closet to see what shoes you already have and what outfits you want new shoes for. Decide on what colors and styles you want.
Decide how much money you want to spend on your new shoes. If you just want to wear it for once or twice, you may choose the cheap ones with bad quality.
Search online. There are a variety of colors, fabric and styles available. You can see the current trends like patents and bright colors and then decide what you like best.
Wear or bring along an outfit you are trying to match when you go shopping for platform shoes.
Try on different heights of platform shoes. Make sure you can walk in the shoes before buying them. Be certain they have enough cushioning to be comfortable and are not too stiff to walk in. Fashionable shoes can be comfortable too.

Ways to Care Vintage Leather Shoes

Vintage leather shoes require special care. If you leave them without caring, you will not be able to wear them again. So for extending the life of these shoes and protect the supple leather skin, you need to clean and condition the shoes regularly. With shoe designers producing more vintage-inspired shoes each season, these expert shoe repair tips will help your leather shoes resist water spots and survive scuffs or stains.

It is better to clean your shoes every week to keep the quality of the leather. Remove any loose dirt with a brush. Mix warm water with a teaspoon of liquid soap in a small basin. Dip a clean white cloth into the soapy solution. Wipe the shoes down. Let dry.
Other than that you should apply conditioning products, such as a shoe cream, made specifically for leather. Dip a white cloth into the cream. Rub the cream into the leather using a circular motion. Cover the entire surface of the shoe. Let the shoes dry away from heat.
Polish your leather shoes with a clear or paste cream polish. Rub the polish into the leather shoe. Fill in heel scratches and scuffs with polish. Using an old toothbrush and polish, touch up the sole and edges of the heel.
Dry your shoes in a well-ventilated area. To avoid drying out of the leather, select a cool area to complete the drying process.
The vintage leather shoes need the special cares to extend their life. And all above are several steps you can follow if you have a pair of pairs of vintage leather shoes.

Steampunk Style Footwear

Matching is very essential to the clothing people choose. Besides the clothes matching, the shoes are also an important part in it. In different dressing style, the choice of shoes are different which is great to match according the style. Steampunk is a style that welcomed by so many people from large span of people’s age. So here I will focus on the foot wears in this steampunk style.

There are many different patterns in the steampunk foot wears. There are platforms, high heels, sandals and boots. As we know the steampunk is cool so most people may choose a pair of boot to match his or her steampunk costumes.
The steampunk style is characterized by its metal and something that relative to the cool spirit it sends. The above three boots for women are kind of typical ones. The gold color and the metallic buckles on the first boots; the floral accents and the button on the leg; the zippers and the shoe string detail on the third boots are all revealing the steampunk style. If you wear the steampunk dress and match such a boot, you will definitely attract the sight from the others.