Preparing Your Wedding Shoes

You've found the perfect wedding shoes - they look fantastic with your wedding dress, have the perfect heel, and you didn't have to hock anything to buy them - in fact, you're in love. But no matter how great your they are, you'll curse them on your wedding day if they make you miserable. These tips will help you be sure that your wedding shoes are as ready as your are to make that trip down the aisle.

Breaking in Your Wedding Shoes

To be sure that on the big day your wedding shoes aren't killing your feet, you'll need to break them in. Starting a few weeks before your wedding, try wearing your bridal shoes around the house (not outside!) for a small amount of time. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, increase the amount of time you wear them. Be sure to walk and stand a lot in them, until you're certain that you can wear them comfortably for at least 4 or 5 hours.

Extra Shoes for Your Wedding

You may decide that for your reception, you'd like to wear a more comfortable pair of shoes. If this is the case, be sure that your second pair of shoes have the same heel height as your actual wedding shoes. This will insure that your dress doesn't drag the ground while you're dancing or socializing.

Wedding Shoes and Floor Surfaces

The aisle you'll be walking down may be carpeted, or you may find that the reception hall has slick floors. Either surface can be difficult to walk or dance on, especially in your wedding shoes. You might want to consider adding self-adhesive sole pads to the bottoms of your shoes for added traction, alternatively, you can use sandpaper to scuff the soles.