Today's blog post and Angie's Sandal Style forum post reminded me of a topic I want to raise.

I bought these Munro Abbey sandals in late June and have worn them 4 times. I chose them to fill a wardrobe hole of light neutral heeled sandals to wear with skirts and dresses. I chose gold because it bookends my hair and goes well with my usual black, white, denim, blue and grey. They are quite comfortable although I've needed to use body glide foot every time I've worn them to prevent blisters where they rub on my toe knuckles. They do seem to be stretching a bit which is good. I also bought some gold wedge sandals around the same time, which I've worn a smaller number of times.

The thing is, I do not quite love them, and I'm not sure why. With skirts/dresses they look a little heavy. My ankles are average, not exactly slim but not really wide either. My feet are fairly small with very short toes, and the toes are almost invisible in these sandals. Maybe sandals with less "strappage" across the foot would look a little prettier and more streamlined when worn with skirts/dresses. (The wedge sandals seem a little more streamlined)

Maybe it's a contrast thing?

Maybe this style is a little edgier than I'm used to?

Angie, I know you recently got back into wearing sandals. I'm wondering if my issue could be related to why you had been off the sandal bandwagon for a while? Maybe there are other shoe styles that would work in summer and be more flattering with skirts/dresses? I have low volume feet so no ballet flats for me.

My sandal season ends in 6 -8 weeks so I may not do anything about this until next spring, but I'd like to figure it out, so would appreciate all your thoughts and ideas. Thanks!

The first 3 pics are the Abby sandals with a blue tencel dress, denim skirt, and white crops. The 4th is the other wedge sandals.