1. Socks and sandals. It doesn’t matter what color your sandals or socks are, it doesn’t look good.
2. Dirty and outdated shoes. Shoes that appear to have been bought in the 1990s and used to be white are a resounding ‘No.’
5. Belts that do not match shoes.
4. Terrible color matching. The first principle to investigate is basic color matching. This is the only look that is essential to have a good style. If you really have no idea how to combine colors and you really have no interest in fashion.
5. Don’t overspend. Just going for designer shoes is not going to be enough. You have to learn to recognize a nice shoe yourself, or else you will end up with horrible AND expensive shoes. Start learning about fashion, it’s actually quite interesting. At first glance, fashion seems superficial, but it is actually a fascinating subject with many layers.
There is nothing worse than having a dirty shoe. Why do people wear dirty shoes? It’s like walking around in a brown shirt that used to be white. People look at you and think that you are not proud of yourself. Shoe maintenance is not an option if you want to be well perceived. To keep your shoes clean, just grab an old toothbrush and clean the dirt thoroughly. This is only necessary once a week if you remember to do it. Shoe polish is also a great investment that covers dirt and prevents dirt from sticking to shoes due to the glossy surface it leaves on your shoes. Keeping shoes clean is as easy as pulling out a used toothbrush and removing dirt. If you clean your shoes on the day you wear them, the cleaning time does not take that long. Use boiling water to clean your shoes. A 5 gallon bucket of extremely hot water and a little detergent is the perfect base for washing them. After scrubbing, let it soak for a while in the hot water. Take them out and let them air dry. If they’re totally white, try hot water bleach.
I advise you to learn how to properly care for your shoes, so that you do not end up with holes in your shoes. Make them last. If your shoes seem to be breaking on the inside of your foot, try getting some insoles to correct your foot posture to avoid strange abnormal wear. Also, try to avoid walking on grass, dirt, and other dirty terrain and stop shuffling. To avoid scuff marks, do not use one shoe to help you remove the other. If your shoes still look like hell after following this regiment, throw them away and get some new ones.
There are also different coatings that can protect shoes and enhance them in ways you might not have imagined before. If you end up getting white shoes, invest in white shoe polish. They even make a white canvas shoe polish (although it’s a bit hard to find), and it will help keep your shoes looking good and new. You can also paint your Converse shoes with a coat of rubber cement. That way they will look identical, but will work like airtight galoshes. Lastly, a new trend in canvas shoes includes painting custom pictures and art on the white canvas with acrylic paints and markers. Some really cool examples of this technique can be found on DeviantArt.com.