keptwoman Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Knee high, high heeled brown boots with a summer dress? I'm trying to decide if I can leave the strappy heels at home. It's a bit scary when you have to use the expander on your suitcase on the way over Yeah, I'm not that good at packing light. I'm trying to work out what I can cull and a pair of shoes to wear with one dress is perhaps a little extravagant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Well, it would be scary if *I* did - but i saw it done in pics on the iPod Keynote! LOL!! I'm a total fashion SQUARE so don't take my word at all :P So my tourist story is this..... i was at a flea market with DH's family. I had a nursing/sleeping baby - so i stayed in the car until she woke up. The biggest entertainment was watching Van's pull up, people pile out... and then 10 minutes later they would come out with new suitcases, open the back of the van and start packing :lol: Really, it was a crackup! LOL!! So you won't be alone - but don't pay over $15 for a new suitcase :lol: Edited September 11, 2009 by TraceyS/FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Oh my word :rofl: I hope hope hope that we don't need any new suitcases! We do have a lot of gifts in our bags so when we've rid ourselves of them we should have room to spend! Go Aussie dollar GOOOOO :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I'll be at the Florida Mall today - it's normally full of tourists doing the shopping bag & suitcase thing. They overpay there for the suitcases :P I wonder if i can take pictures? The one to have had would have been the brazilian guy with 4 FULL STUFFED BIG shopping bags in each hand. I'm sure those women only brought him along for his wallet and arms :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hilarious!! You definitely should take a pic. My DH has the larger suitcase, he thinks it's so he can take the gifts etc, but really it's so that we can swap on the way home and I can fill it with goodies. Mwahahahahaaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I wouldn't ~ because I'd fall over. Can't walk in heels, period. :tongue_smilie: But I've seen people wearing boots with dresses and it looked cute. :D The more important thing is do YOU like the boots with the dress? Dress for yourself, not other people or some weird fashion magazine rules. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Boots with a summer dress in a warm climate? no. That would be a fashion faux-paux. Besides, strappy heels are SO cute! What's one more pair of shoes? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Heather- I'm not thinking you are helping with the trying to avoid buying a new suitcase on this end! :lol: apparently, add autonation car dealers to the free wifi list! Gee, I'm supposed to be lesson planning not surfing :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hoping I don't offend anyone, but when I see a woman in knee high boots w/ any dress, I think they look like they belong on a street corner. Summer dress? Wear sandals. Strappy heels are ok though! :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Boots with a summer dress in a warm climate? no. That would be a fashion faux-paux. Besides, strappy heels are SO cute! What's one more pair of shoes? :D :iagree: I would be more inclined to leave knee high boots at home, those babies take up some seriously valuable space :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Boots with a summer dress in a warm climate? no. That would be a fashion faux-paux. Besides, strappy heels are SO cute! What's one more pair of shoes? :D :iagree: This is what I was thinking also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 and I love boots, but I think I would feel awkward. But it could depend on the dress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I agree.....no boots in summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Uh, no. I wouldn't do it. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Dump the boots, they take up more space anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I would have said "no" last year, but I have seen this A LOT lately. Seems to be a trend. And if you are going to be in NYC, well... fashion-wise, you can get away with much more there than I could here in the midwest! I say go with what you'll be most comfortable in, and if you have to buy a pair of cute strappy sandals along the way, well, there's another souvenir for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hilarious!! You definitely should take a pic.My DH has the larger suitcase, he thinks it's so he can take the gifts etc, but really it's so that we can swap on the way home and I can fill it with goodies. Mwahahahahaaaaaa :tongue_smilie: Pictures. I took the PERFECT picture at the mall today - with my DD standing posing by the big M&M at the M&M store.... and then i realized, i hit the TRASH BUTTON instead of the save to disk button. :glare: Stupid phone. So now i'll have to see how my backup pics turned out. One on the way to the food court - then the same kids out in front of the Apple store :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 No. I just recently saw a young lady with a strappy tank top, shorts and...slouchy brown leather boots. Huh? I reckon she thought she looked sexy, but it looked like a huge non sequitor to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Knee high, high heeled brown boots with a summer dress?I'm trying to decide if I can leave the strappy heels at home. It's a bit scary when you have to use the expander on your suitcase on the way over Yeah, I'm not that good at packing light. I'm trying to work out what I can cull and a pair of shoes to wear with one dress is perhaps a little extravagant. Where are you headed, we are currently wearing this on the East Coast, it's chilly fall like. I would suggest a matching cable knit sweater with a waist belt, if your coming here:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I think it depends on the boots and the dress. Now a pair of cowboy style boots with a strappy summer dress can look really cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepymommy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I say the outfit would look cute, just make sure to have a light sweater on hand. Or why not just a shirt and jeans? Dresses don't take up a lot of luggage space. However, boots are a pain at the security checkpoints. I prefer easy on and off shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Not with a short summer dress...but it would look cute with autumn wear. And depends on where you are planning to visit over here. East Coast, South, South West, North West, Midwest? Each area has it's own share of cultures, do's and don'ts. (I'm from South Carolina and I just saw a girl wearing white dress shoes here in PA...with a brown outfit and after Labour Day!....looked good, but if this were SC, no way!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 What color is the dress? If its a summer cut in fallish colors, or a dress you would wear in the evening, then I vote yes for the boots. Do you have a cute long cardigan, and scarf you could wear with it to warm it up a bit? You could wear the cardigan on the plane. Can you put the boots in the kids luggage? :D You could also do tights to pull the colors together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Where are you going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinmom Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I think it depends on the boots and the dress. Now a pair of cowboy style boots with a strappy summer dress can look really cute! :iagree: Boots with a summer dress can be fine...just as long as you're comfortable and they don't make you hot. Me...I'm too hot-natured to be all covered up. I personally would be more inclined to go with the cowboy or boots lower than the knee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's totally going depend on the dress and the boots. I could give you a better answer if I could see the outfit. In the dead of summer I would say definitely not. But where I am (Ohio) it's chilly and fall like already this year, and depending on the outfit it would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 You may freeze in a summer dress in NYC. It has been in the high 60's, low 70's here lately and I am much further south than NYC. And no, knee high boots with a summer dress - no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Absolutely. Actually, I'm so relieved that you mentioned knee-high and high-heeled and not uggs, that I would agree to anything. Perhaps I have a warped view because I've seen them in every color worn on pool decks with swim suits. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I'm trying to be more helpful than my pp. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Okay - so now I need some more things to go with my knee-high boots. I am inspired - they go with everything, not just my long skirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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