If you´re wondering what shoes to wear with a tiered dress, check out these fourteen outfits for inspiration.
I have a love-hate relationship with tiered dresses. I love wearing tiered mini dresses; especially those with big tier ruffles that create almost a flare hem. On the other hand, I mostly avoid midi tiered dresses and I`m choosy when it comes to tiered maxi dresses.
My feelings towards tiered midi dresses stemmed from my experiences in my teenage years. Our family was extremely financially challenged at the time and we couldn´t afford to buy clothes. When I was around thirteen to fourteen, my peers were wearing fitted t-shirts, jeans and sneakers, while I wore my mom´s hand-me-down tiered midi dresses with sandals. Because I was very thin as a young girl, those dresses looked baggy on me.
My mom had a collection of many beautiful vintage dresses. On hand-sight, those dresses were a gem. But as a teenager, wearing my mom´s clothes made me the target of bullies.
But I loved wearing most of the dresses my mom gave me, except the tiered midi dress. It had a straight sillhouette with tiers at the bottom of the skirt. The short sleeves were puffed, decorated with a beautiful huge button on each side. Actually, thinking of that dress, I would have liked to wear it now with a pair of nude strap high heels. The only thing is, I would need to overcome the negative feelings and memories associated to that dress.
As I grew up and had the funds to explore my personal style, I realized that I actually love the tiered dresses with A-line flares. But I stick to either the mini or the maxi.
Now when it comes to wearing tiered dresses, it´s important to remember that the tiers of the dress really stand out. And choosing the right shoes to wear with the dress can complement it beauty.
1. What Shoes to Wear with a Tiered dress: Platform Sandals
If you have a printed tiered midi dress and you´d want to wear it in summer, pair it with some platform high heels in a color that matches your dress. If the floral print is already striking, keep your accesories to a very bare minimum. Let your bright plaform shoes be the star accessory for the look.
2. Oversized Maxi Tiered Dress with Flat Boots
An oversized tiered maxi dress is perfect to wear with some flat boots, provided that the hems of your dress aren´t touching the ground. If you´re petite and the dress will drag on the ground when worn with flats, then by all means opt for boots with high heels. But just like the style on #1, match the color of your boots to your printed dress.
Worn with a black leather jacket, this look is perfect for fall or spring.
3. Midi Tiered Dress with Ankle Strap Sandals
For a fun, girly look, paid a midi tiered dress with some flat sandals with lace straps that can be tied around the ankles. This style of sandals were one of my favorites when I was in my twenties, wearing it with almost any dresses in summer.
4. What Shoes to Wear with a Tiered dress: Lace-up Flat Boots
Lace-up, flat ankle boots are also gorgeous to wear with a midi tiered dress. Experiment with colors. For example, if your dress has botanical print, try matching it with dark maroon shoes.
5. Cami Midi Tiered Dress with Slide-in
Any tiered dresses wil look cute with a slip-on pair of sandals. This is for a really comfy and casual summer look.
6. Tiered Midi Dress with High-top Sneakers
For women who love monochrome, look for a black, long tiered dress and wear it with a pair of white high-top sneakers. Then add a white clutch to complete the mono look.
7. What Shoes to Wear with a Tiered dress: Sling-back Pumps
For a formal look, go for a midi tiered dress with long sleeves. Choose a dress with fine print, and if you can, something with a strap belt. The aim here is to keep things girly, with a nod to summer, but nothing exaggerated. Finish the look with a pair of stylish, sling-back high heels.
8. Tiered Maxi Dress with Ankle Boots
If you´re wondering what shoes to wear with a tiered dress in winter, this is it. Go for a dark print tiered maxi dress with long sleeves, and then wear it with high heeled black ankle boots. With this dress, you can easily layer with thermal undergarments.
9. Tiered Mini Dress with Slides
This outfit defines my go-to summer look when it comes to what shoes to wear with a tiered dress. I prefer a mini, and worn with comfortable slides.
10. What Shoes to Wear with a Tiered dress: Chucks
It´s the sweet feminine dress meeting street style. If tired of looking girl all the time, all you have to do is swap the heels or the sandals with some high-top sneakers.
11. Tiered Mini Dress with Sneakers
And of course, it´s not only the midi dresses tha you can wear with sneakers. The mini tiered dress can be worn with sneakers too!
12. Tiered Dress with Ballerinas
Dresses like this helped me overcome my dislike of midi tiered dresses. I love the three-quarter sleeves; I always find them elegant. The small self-tie at the bust is also very pretty. A deep v-neck gives the wearer an illusion of a longer neck. The billowy midi-length dress has an A-line shape which I find to be really pretty. And the abstract print is feminine, not too bold, and perfect for any season.
So what´s the shoes to wear with a tiered dress like this? Well, a simple pair of nude ballerinas.
13. What Shoes to Wear with a Tiered dress: Ankle Boots
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Are you wondering what jewelry to wear with a beige dress? Actually, if your beige dress has already those beautiful pink dot accents, you don´t need any jewelry anymore. Simply add a pair of beige or nude ankle boots, and a beige handbag.
14. Tiered Mini Dress with Knee-high Boots
Add this to my preferred ways of wearing a tiered mini dress – with a pair of beige riding boots.
I can hear you asking, Is April too late to wear riding boots? Actually not! Especially if you´re gonna wear it with a sexy and feminine mini dress.
15. Tiered Ruffled Dress with Flat Strap Sandals
For a more dramatic look, choose a dress that´s tiered from head to toe with bold, vivid print. And since this is already a bold dress, partner it with some flat, thin-strapped sandals in black. Wearing black footwear will highlight the colors of your dress.
So what do you think of tiered dresses? Do you prefer it short or long? And what shoes to wear with a tiered dress so that it suits the season and keeps you comfy shile stylish?