https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/snakes-alive--i-may-be-in-lizard-love Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 27 May 2026 12:55:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/snakes-alive--i-may-be-in-lizard-love#post-710326 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:50:10 +0000 unfrumped 710326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jyoti, you are probably on to something. I'm a bit drawn to houndstooth or tweed in shoes though not as much. I wear those in clothing. </p> <p>caro , flat boots could be great, as long as I don't look like a good ole boy wearing alligator cowboy boots! I do think a high vamp takes something from the look but maybe mostly due to my feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/snakes-alive--i-may-be-in-lizard-love#post-710306 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:23:54 +0000 Caro in Oz 710306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about a pair of flat boots? Would they work with your style? Or maybe I'm the one who needs the lizard boots! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/snakes-alive--i-may-be-in-lizard-love#post-710292 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:46:21 +0000 Jyoti 710292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just bought a silky button up blouse and some skinny jeans in snake print, so I'm definitely feeling the love! I think the way you're describing it, snake print shoes or accessories definitely sound like a part of your signature style, and I think that's super cool!</p> <p>For exploring, maybe you could think about what you like about snake/reptile print. You mention its more 'you' to incorporate pops of colour in a more subdued pattern, rather than a saturated solid. Perhaps you could explore this idea with prints other than reptile? Perhaps something like a monogram or subdued floral? I'm trying to think of things you'll be able to find easily this fall in stores. xD </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/snakes-alive--i-may-be-in-lizard-love#post-710264 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:55:50 +0000 unfrumped 710264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love fabric animal print items in “natural” colors because I bat for Team Black and Team Brown even in my neutral essentials (my apologies to Angie—my life would be much simpler if I took a stand) . I have cardigans, scarves and so forth in a few such prints. So you’d think I’d love leopard print shoes. But they don’t look right on me for some reason.</p> <p>However, I seem to be drawn to snake print shoes and have gone a bit whacko. Last year I got Tahari reptile print flats in 2 colors –a dark blue and a cream/black. Recently I bought some red snake print flats and some subdued color-blocked ones that go with just about every pair of slacks and skirts I have.<br /> There is just something about the smallness of the pattern and the blended tones that appeal to me and also lets me feel comfortable wearing color in shoes, whereas I don’t find “pops” of solid color as much “me”. </p> <p>Second, I have color-fickleness so that I like it when something looks like it might be this color, or might be that—I like “chameleon colors” , if you pardon my phrase! For example, the red is also somewhat subdued-appearing and can look like it goes with dark red, bright red, burgundy, deep pinks, or more, depending on what you put with it. And maybe it’s that the reptile is technically a type of leather, so it seems right for shoes (purses,belts).</p> <p>One problem is that I have to watch getting into outfitting for the life I don’t have. I don’t wear this type of flats (meaning ballet or oval toe, thin soled shoes) on a daily basis, so one pair would have been enough. On the other hand, when I do wear flats, maybe I will wear reptile print flats instead of aiming for standard black or brown. If I could find a somewhat more supportive slip-on or tailored oxford that didn’t look too heavy, that would be perfect. But in some ways a more substantial shoe like that (I wear an 8/12-9) doesn’t always look as good in a color as a more diminutive flat.</p> <p>These were inexpensive shoes and so might be a bad case of bargain-buying, though I think of them as “experiments” to see whether I have true lizard love vs. lizard lust. For me, reptile shoes could become<br /> a “signature” or style statement when I wear them because I don’t see much similar in my work or circle of friends. So I’m kinda interested in exploring that without over-stocking. One key to keeping them in my style comfort zone is that they have to look simple and effortless—not frumpy, but not over-dressy or like you couldn’t work effectively in them.</p> <p>Anybody else suffering from lizard love, or possibly having eyes bigger than stomach in a new style or trend, and how do you deal with it? </p>