According to fashion trend forecasters, metallics are trending in 2024.
As a person who has more shiny skin, I’ve always love a metallic as it’s in harmony with my natural glow. This is why I’m enjoying this trend and am enjoying wearing this silver top this autumn.
The thing is, you really want to make sure if you’re wearing a metallic garment that it’s in the correct undertone for your skin, as because metallics are more reflective than regular coloured fabrics, it can really enhance you or make you look like you need a trip to the hospital. Check out my tips here on choosing your best metallic for your palette.
Because I now have silver hair, silver is a great metal for me to wear. If you have a warm undertone, avoid silver (it’ll make you look washed out) instead opt for gold, bronze or copper.
Metallics can be used to replace a neutral (silver = grey, and gold = camel) and also elevate an outfit as the sheen makes the outfit dressier than a matte fabric.
Mix metallics with colours in your palette, or for a more subdued look, with other neutrals from your palette.
Have fun mixing metallics with more relaxed garments (like I’ve done with this bomber jacket and metallic silver skirt), so that it’s totally daytime-appropriate. Maybe you already have something that shines in your wardrobe that you’ve been keeping for the evening but you could pair with jeans or other more relaxed clothes and get more wear from them?
Metallic Shoes and How to DIY Them Easily
Now many of us, may not want to wear it in garments, as shiny metallics are pretty unforgiving as shiny fabrics draw attention and make areas appear larger, instead, you might like to wear it in a shoe or boot (and some jewellery), and it’s a particularly great colour if you have grey or white hair.
You could go out and buy a pair, but maybe, if you’re like me and you own a bunch of black shoes, or other colours or neutrals you don’t really wear, then this is a great opportunity to get out the Angelus Shoe Paint and turn them into a fabulous metallic pair.
What’s great about shoe paint is that it covers the colour completely, so it really doesn’t matter what the original colour is as
I recently painted two pairs of boots and a pair of black sandals into different shades of silver, one a brighter lighter silver, the other boots and sandals into a pewter silver and I’m just loving them.
Originally the knee-high boots were a taupe, great when I had blonde hair, but less relevant now with my silver white locks, as shoes in your hair colour area are a great all-purpose colour and will go with every outfit as you’re already wearing that colour in the outfit. One small bottle of silver paint was enough to do two coats on these boots.
These short ankle boots were black and I decided to paint them a darker metallic silver they go so well with denim jeans they’ve gotten lots of wear since I painted them.
These boots below were a warm grey, I bought them because I was looking for grey shoes to match my hair, but they were always too dark and a little too warm so I decided to paint them in the same pewter metallic paint as the boots above and I’m getting so much more love from them now! And one small bottle of pewter was enough to do these two pairs of boots and pair of sandals. A little goes a long way!
What You Need to Paint Your Shoes
The best thing about painting shoes is you can turn any colour into another colour. It’s not like dying where you have to remove dye to dye over if you’re trying to change black to a different colour. The paint just covers whatever the original colour was.
Painting shoes is super easy, all you need is a stripper, which takes off their current top coat, then the paint of your choice, and then a sealing top coat.
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Are you inspired to paint your old shoes and boots into metallic shades? If you have golden blonde hair think about a soft gold sandal to wear in the summer. If you’re a striking redhead go for a copper boot or sandal as a staple in your wardrobe.
