The Venice Film Festival closed on Sep 12 and three red-carpet looks told the whole story of evening shoes. Laura Dern put black patent slingbacks under pale pink satin, which is a shoe going to a different party. Irina Shayk wore sock boots with a satin lace-up dress on a Venice terrace in September, when the dress wanted a sandal. Kendall Jenner went gold on gold with a slingback sandal under vintage beaded Armani, and there was nothing to fix. Ruby's three fixes are below, every one under $50 and checked on the day of posting.
Look one: pale pink satin and a black patent slingback
Laura Dern's opening-night dress was a cap-sleeve pale pink satin with a full tea-length skirt, and it is one of the best dresses of the festival. The shoe was a black patent slingback kitten heel. Black patent is a hard, shiny full stop under a soft, pale fabric, and on a red carpet it reads as the one thing in the photograph that was not planned.
What Ruby would have sent: a blush satin pointed pump. Satin under satin keeps the whole look in one register, the pointed toe lengthens the leg below a tea-length hem, and the blush tone lets the dress stay the star. The ELEGANTPARK satin pump comes in a nude that reads blush on camera, $45.99 with 2,256 reviews.
Look two: black satin lace-up and sock boots, in September
Irina Shayk's Dolce and Gabbana night dress was a black satin lace-up column, worn on a terrace above the canal. The shoe was a black sock boot. A boot on a Venice terrace in September is a season in the wrong place, and it shortens the leg under a dress that was cut to lengthen it.
What Ruby would have sent: a black strappy stiletto sandal. Thin straps keep the ankle bare, the stiletto matches the dress's sharpness, and the whole look drops ten degrees. The Dream Pairs strappy sandal is $36.99 with 855 reviews.
Look three: vintage gold Armani and a gold slingback. Nothing to fix.
Kendall Jenner wore a 1995 Giorgio Armani gown covered in gold floral beading with a gold slingback sandal. Gold on gold is the oldest evening rule there is, and it works because the shoe disappears into the dress and the whole silhouette reads as one line from shoulder to floor.
What Ruby would send you: a gold glitter strappy sandal on a two-inch kitten heel, which does the same job at a height you can stand in for an evening. The IDIFU gold glitter sandal is $37.99 with 4,635 reviews.
