Calling Munro Abby owners: help?

Michelle

So I finally received the Abby slingback booties I ordered, and sweet merciful lord are they comfortable! The thing I want to check now is how my chosen shade looks on my skin tone.
I ordered the golden taupe colour, but the app I have that describes pictures I take informed me that these were gray. True or false? If false, what colour do these look like with my pale skin?
Thanks ladies.

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10 years ago

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UmmLila (Lisa)

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They do look golden taupe. The color accentuates a pink tone in your skin.

10 years ago

Michelle

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Lila, is that a good thing or a bad thing? :p Do these read like a crackled gold like some of the other ladies said? Do they read as a neutral on me?

10 years ago

MTBGirl

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I can see how your app might have picked up gray from the "pearlized" color. But they do not read gray at all. I think they go great with your skintone.

10 years ago

Liz

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The color looks pebbled or crackled, with dark gray or black undertones in the "cracks." Where the light catches on a surface, they have a golden sheen. Where they are more matte, I think the dark mottled undertones look grayish in the photo, and probably read as gray to your app. However, I think that's just the photo struggling to capture the differences in light and surface. I really doubt that they look gray in real life.

I think they look fine with your skin tone (they are darker than your skin), but then, I don't think I've ever looked at a shoe color and thought it looked bad against someone's skin, so that must be a nuance I'm just not sensitive to.

10 years ago

UmmLila (Lisa)

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I like the color. It depends what you had in mind though.

When I was looking for a pair of "nude for me" flats, I had to look awhile to find some that were pinky beige in a blend-in way. I found them, (I never wear them but that is maybe another story.)

So these are a neutral, but not a blend in with your skin neutral. Neither are they high contrast. Since your hair is on the darker side I would think it would make sense to wear these with more mid tones and not darker dramatic looks (which I think are your usual forte.)

10 years ago

marianna

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I like them better on you than I did in the stock photo. They look metallic and a gold/bronze tone. A good neutral.

10 years ago

Sveta

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This is a good color for you Michelle.

10 years ago

Gaylene

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When I saw this colour in the shop, it registered as a speckled mix of dark gray, taupe, and gold, not a nude shade. I ended up buying the solid, light-gray Abbey because I wasn't sure how easy it would be to work with the speckled look. BUT, a few weeks later, I purchased a Munro sandal with a very similar finish to the ones you have. That speckled mix works with almost any color combination I can throw at it, with the added bonus of bookending darker hair better than a beigey nude. It lightens up my black/white combos, my cobalt blues, and my deep fuchsias, but grounds my whites, pastels, and beiges.

10 years ago

Suz

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Liz explained it well. I think it is a good and flattering colour for you, Michelle -- almost but not quite a "nude for you" and most certainly a neutral -- they are more "antiqued" than "shiny" gold -- and I agree with what Ummlila said that they would work best with light coloured or medium toned outfits, given your darker hair, or paired with another light coloured accessory.

10 years ago

Adelfa

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I think these are a great color for you. Not nude for you, but low to medium contrast. I have some shoes this color and I love how the gold skews warm but the gray undertones pick up any cool color I want to wear.

10 years ago

jenanded

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Michelle I have these and they are a great neutral as others have said. I think our colouring is similar and I tend not to go for 'golden' tones but these work well because of the throw to grey. And as you say they are comfortable big time...

10 years ago

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