https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:29:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1850184 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 22:57:55 +0000 jill58 1850184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too love the way they look in the photo. I know what you mean about wearing shiny metallics (I usually wear slightly distressed/muted metallics) but I think both the backpack and the sneakers would look great individually or together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1850159 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 21:14:10 +0000 Anonymous 1850159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I must have the <b>Magpie Gene</b> because I love the look of the shoes with the bag. &nbsp;I rarely find things that coordinate so perfectly. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1850039 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:00:28 +0000 Angie 1850039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have the Magpie Gene, the combination is a comfortable one. If not, stick to one shiny item at a time.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1850038 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:58:16 +0000 Janet 1850038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's a matter of personal taste and style whether to wear them together. A couple of years ago, I might have worn them together, but that feels a little too matchy-matchy for me now. But emphasizing *for me*. If it feels right to you, wear it! I think it's one of those things you need to try wearing a couple of times to evaluate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1850033 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:21:10 +0000 unfrumped 1850033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's not just avoiding Marcy, but just achieving balance. It's not about following random rules but seeing if they compete for attention in a way that diminishes the benefits. Some bag- shoe " matchup- matchy" is against the " rules" of, oh don't ever wear a matched set" but might in fact pull an outfit together, so we shouldn't follow blindly. It would just depend on the items. Maximal is " in" but it might work better to have one metallic plus some pattern or something else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849997 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:58:51 +0000 Jane 1849997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I would be okay to wear together because I kind of think the bag would be on my back and if I wore a low contrast top (white or grey) it wouldn't be too shouty. I also think it's a matter of getting used to the look of the shoes looking down. Nice choices! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849968 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:25:43 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1849968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look so great together in the picture, and I imagine they look great together on, too. I have some metallic footwear and a metallic bag, and I don't wear mine together, but then mine don't match! So I think it may just take a little getting used to. I can relate to thinking one's feet look big in a certain color of shoe--for me it's white. I can't seem to get past that big-foot feeling when I try on white footwear. It's in our heads, though, I'm pretty sure, not in the heads of those looking at us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849942 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 23:56:18 +0000 Anonymous 1849942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I probably would not wear them at the same time although I might like it if&nbsp; someone else did. Super nice choices though, the style balances the metallic and vice versa.&nbsp;</p> <p>Your worry that the shoes make your feet look big reminds me of how I feel every time I get new Birkenstocks, there's just something about new "comfort" shoes that makes them look huge until you've worn them and they start to conform to your feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849931 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:26:30 +0000 Anonymous 1849931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That was kind of rude of me, wasn't it? &nbsp;I think I'm allowed to snark at the country club look because I lived it for half my life - lol. &nbsp;I think better words would be too deliberately matched for being pieces of equal weight in an outfit. &nbsp;Which is why I thought a smaller nod to a matching metallic (in an earring or cuff or neckpiece) might be better. &nbsp;As fun as metallic is , and I'm all over it too, it can sometimes read retirement Palm Beach (there I go with country clubbing again) .....</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849927 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:47:35 +0000 Andrea H 1849927@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, all! &nbsp;I do think that to get comfortable with wearing both together, I need to make the rest of the outfit completely neutral. Yesterday I wore them with a black sweater and medium blue jeans, but the jeans have a bit of a patchwork treatment that make them very maximal for me. Perhaps if I wore all black or black sweater/plain dark blue jeans or, as suggested, gray sweater/plain jeans, I would feel less out of my depth.</p> <p>Lisa P, can I ask what "too country club" means to you? I think it has something to do with what I'm calling too matchy matchy, but I need to clarify for myself what it is that bothers me about that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849915 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 20:22:44 +0000 Nomad 1849915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can totally understand being uncomfortable wearing them together, but they *do* look great, and would look great together. I like&nbsp;<b>La Pedestrienne</b>'s idea of toning them down with something neutral like grey and denim. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849912 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 20:16:16 +0000 Anonymous 1849912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both the shoes and the bag are great - but I might not be inclined to wear them together either. &nbsp;Depends on the rest of the outfit though . &nbsp;I have a couple of pair of metallic sneakers in that colour, and although I wear both of them a lot, I never match them with a metallic bag . A bit too country-club looking for my personal taste. I'd repeat the metallic in a statement earring or cuff in the same coloured leather when wearing the shoes. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849904 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 19:47:06 +0000 Greyscale 1849904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And yeah, this makes me want more silver. My toenails have been shiny silver recently, and I was eyeing a pair of silver Toms sneakers. My new purse is black but I was sad that they no longer make it in silver. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849863 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:49:13 +0000 LaPed 1849863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I added my first pair of metallic shoes (silver mary-janes) earlier this year, and yes, it was uncomfortable the first few times going out in something so "blingy" when I'm not a blingy person to begin with. I agree with others -- it's completely a mental hurdle. </p> <p>Visually, your bag-shoe combo looks great. Maybe sticking to an all-neutral outfit will help? Pairing them with grey and denim (just as an example) might quiet the silver down and make it less shouty. Like JAileen, I'm kind of wishing I had a matchy silver bag now... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849862 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:43:15 +0000 JAileen 1849862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great together. In fact, although I have several pairs shiny silver shoes, I don't have a shiny silver bag, so I'm a little envious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849860 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:31:21 +0000 Anonymous 1849860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It took me a while to become comfortable wearing metallics. &nbsp;I think if you give it a few more attempts you will ease into it and come to love it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849858 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:16:55 +0000 Greyscale 1849858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bet you'll adjust to it. It always takes me a little while. Something can feel very outré on me, and yet no one else would ever see it that way. I'd ease into it by using one at a time, but I don't think there's anything wrong with using them together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849856 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:06:45 +0000 Anonymous 1849856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I could be of help but for my tastes, I think they are a snazzy duo!<br /> Maybe with more wear your comfort level with adapt? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shiny-silver-bagshiny-silver-sneakersme-very-uncomfortable#post-1849855 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:59:02 +0000 Andrea H 1849855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of my very first posts on this forum last year asked if anyone knew where I could purchase this silver Rebecca Minkoff backpack which I had seen in a magazine and nowhere else. Well, apparently even though it was in a July 2016 magazine, it was a Spring 2017 item. I finally got it on sale this summer. And love it.</p> <p>Meanwhile, after equivocating for probably two years over metallic fashion sneakers, I finally just bought these ECCOs. I like them fine and they're comfy, though they probably make my feet look a little big. However, I've worn the bag and the shoes together twice and I dunno. I felt uncomfortable. Too matchy matchy? Too over the top? Too maximal? Any opinions? </p>