If your a fashionista like myself the shoes you wear on your wedding day is just as important as the wedding dress itself. However, most ladies forget by the end of your big day your feet will be throbbing from all of the walking, dancing, and going around greeting friends and family. Have a cute pair of back up flats to wear on your big day.

It doesn’t have to be expensive just something you feel good in. On my big day I wore as I called them my  “Cinderella” heels then for the reception I changed in to satin fuchsia flats I was so happy to take off my shoes by the time the reception came around. Besides most wedding dresses are long and even with your train up no one will see your  flats. Your feet will be thankful.

It’s that time again to show some link love…

Dexie from splendicity.com found really pretty pocket knit dresses from Forever21 for under $10.00.

Fashion manifesto found a really great alternative to Beyonce’s white blazer that was worn while in London last week the original retails for over three grand but fashion manifesto found a similar white jacket for $345

Trendqueen loves a great deal. Fashion me fabulous found some really chic and colorful skirts under $50.00.

Coquette talk about summer trench coats. She found a great colorful trench at Macys on sale for $91.00 check it out.

Do not Do not Do not get your dress altered at the bridal salon where you’ve purchased your wedding dress. Wedding dress boutiques make the majority of their money from alterations. The best rule of thumb would be to check out The Knot.com and look up your city or state and go to the chat rooms to see who brides have used in the past and how well their wedding dress was altered and the charge. I found my wedding dress alterations lady from the The Knot.com and the price was very reasonable and she made my veil all for $200.00. My wedding dress had to be taken in from a size 8 to a size 4 and it looked like it was never touched. I’ve included a picture of my wedding dress when I first purchased it and the picture on the right is my dress altered it fit like a glove on my wedding day.

As we all know summer is right around the corner and it’s all ready starting to warm up. I love summer time and not because my birthday is during summer months…but because I can wear pretty girlie dresses with beautiful jeweled sandals. Alloy has summer dresses that are really chic and girlie. I really love the belted crochet-trim dress with pockets it retails for $39.50 and if your style is more bohemian there’s this paisley tunic dress that is $44.50 it looks really cute with the brown belt. Last but not least is another favorite summer dress that can be versatile and worn at night is the floral belted dress I would pair it with a skinny or wide belt to make it more of a night look.

A new trend this season is the racer-back dress. I found this really cute one from Express. It could be paired with a layered necklace or the stud heel. The racer-back dress retails for $29.50 and the layered necklace is $34.50 everything is from Express.