I posted an inquiry about this a couple months ago, but sadly, we've reached the end of summer and I'm still hopelessly confused. I'm still finding it difficult to pair shoes with my summer skirts--with almost all of my skirts, for that matter! And I have 25 pairs of shoes, so I feel that I must be buying the wrong shoes or not using my imagination very well.

Here in SF, we've had a very cold and foggy July and August, so this hasn't been too much of an issue lately because I've stuck to dress pants to stay warm. However, our warm weather traditionally comes in September and October, so I'm hoping to actually get some wear out of my summer skirts in the next 6-8 weeks. Right now I'm favoring fuller OTK skirts to cover some unsightly knee scrapes from two recent falls, and I have been relying heavily on a pair of yellow Seychelles pumps. But yellow doesn't work with everything. Many of my skirts are a print of some sort, and several have white in those prints, so I'm thinking that it might be useful to pick up a white shoe or sandal for a little more footwear variation. Would it be too awful to wear a white sandal like this (http://www.6pm.com/sofft-ingrid) post-Labor Day, since our weather is so backwards here? Also, should I avoid certain shoes with OTK-length skirts? I've noticed when trying on some of my beloved mary janes that they seem to make my calves and ankles look a bit chunkier with a skirt of that length. Are there specific rules on what kind of shoe to pair with a specific skirt length and what kind of shoes to avoid?

Phew! I don't even want to think ahead to the fall version of this saga. Hopefully boots will resolve most of these issues when we move into the truly cold weather.