Help! Need plain-ish nude shoes

[DuchessOfAvon]

I have a party in two weeks and I have made myself a tunic dress.

I envisaged it with a plain, heeled, nude court shoe as the dress is quite sculptural and can't take any competition from a frou-frou or busy shoe. But I can't find any thing suitable. Nor do I have time to schlepp round the shops.

So can I ask if anyone has seen such a thing in their shopping travels so I can sprint to town with the baby on a lightening shopping raid?

Oh - and I didn't want to spend oodles of cash. It seems to negate the point of making the dress if I then spend a small fortune of the shoes.

I'd be ever so grateful.

I'm stunned at your magnificence in sewing your own dress and have nothing more useful to add. Sorry.

Aahh! But I didn't say it was a good dress.

theses sound like they fit your criteria?

a bit more fancy but lovely

I am also very impressed by your dressmaking skills! Any chance of a pic of your dress?

I got a pair of v plain ones from New Look, and they are really nice

Ooh! I would never have thought about Dotty P. Those first ones are pretty close to what I'd envisaged - perhaps a leetle too high. But at least I have somewhere to start.

I have never stuck up a pic - let's try.

This is what it started life as

And here it is now

CMOT - I did grab a quick peek in New Look but they were all very fancy.

Here if you're a 6... may be more in store, they had another pair no longer on their website which would do the trick...

Do you think these would go?

no shoe advise (looking here cos i need similar pair!) but so impressed by dressmaking skills! brilliant!

or here

or here

Tethersend - That's them - the second ones! That's what I had in mind - but no have the cash!

newlook wedges

They had them in my local store without the bow thing on too.

Great dress BTW

Bugger. Will keep looking.

These are not quite what you are looking for but they are so lovely on, and very comfy!

Here they are, a bit fleshier coloured in RL

I got some in Debenhams

Here you go...

Any good?

a bit different?

Oooh! Barratts! Why didn't I think of them? Gawd - you can see how long it is since I did any serious shoe shopping. In fact, its been so long since I went to town I am having to use store locators to remember where these places are!

Not so sure about the Shelleys ones. And my Clarks didn't have anything remotely like those - I always see other people with gorgeous Clarks things but can never find them myself.

I am ever so grateful - and for the positive reception for the dress. I am a novice at this whole wardrobe refashioning lark.....

those barrats ones would look lovely with the dress. fab dress and very good idea!