Trap anklets under their hose? That's just bad. I have a few anklets that I will wear, usually I got them from the beach and I'm wearing them at the beach.

I don't do toe rings, but see no problem with them on others.

Slingbacks and hose, or socks? Umm, I'm gonna pass on this one. I wouldn't, but that's just me.

Of course, I'm new to this whole shoe thing. Yes, I've worn them for years, but I've never really thought about them until recently. Now, I simply love them, and spend a small part of every week in some shoe store or another, drooling. I don't buy many, since I really don't have a place to wear them, but my, it's fun to look!

I make it easy. I don't wear hose. I wear tights with my boots. But I swore off wrestling my body into hose a long time ago. Now I just choose between pants or tights when its cold. Of course I live in the south which means there's not that many days I have to worry about it.

I'm no fashion maven, myself, but here's my take.

Slingbacks with hose, is okay as long as you stayed with a neutral colors.

Toe rings I think are fun. But only one, more than that is truly a fashion no-no.

Ankle Bracelets again, can be flirty and fun, if you again wear... one. AND you're right, never, ever under the pantyhouse.

Mulitple toe rings and ankle bracelets, and heaven forbid, worn together on the same foot, such a Fashion Don't. Put that look together and you're only an Elvis tattoo away from looking at some double-wides.

Speaking as someone short of stature and largish of foot (no, I'm no telling, LOL) I do everything to minimize foot size. Cute (neat, usually black) shoes, no toe rings or ankle bracelets (so as not to draw attention to big feet).

So there you have my feet and shoe policy.

Well, I guess I'm a lot like Grandpa Morris because I live in my Birkenstocks. Only without the socks. In the winter, I switch from my Birk sandals to my Birk clogs and typically add a pair of lightweight socks of appropriate color. Of course, I think that this has caused my feet to grow even more than they did while I was pregnant because I just went up another half a size in regular shoes. (Either that or they're making shoes smaller).

I would say that neutral (tan, beige, etc.) hose with slingbacks are fine. I see that all the time.

Personally, I'm a big fan of ankle bracelets and love to make them. But I generally mostly wear them only in summer (who can see them under pants, anyway?) and they should *never* be trapped under hose. Of course, I never wear hose so this isn't an issue for me.

Cindi, your crack about being only an Elvis tattoo away from looking at double-wides cracked me up.

Dia:

Thanks for the compliment. I am hear to serve - LOL. And its not you babe, just like the print in the newspaper, they are making those darn shoes smaller these days! :-)

So the Elvis tattoo is NOT a good idea? Darn! I thought it was going to look so good.

LC Eileen

*if you do go for hose & slingbacks, better make it a fantabulous combo, or it will suck and look orthopedic. i would make it into a statement with really well-chosen colors, styles, etc.
*toe rings? sure if you're wearing sufficiently sensual sandals and clothing to go with, or if it's some funky sportoid thang to go with a sportoid "i like back-from-the-future-adidas" get-up. otherwise, avoid like bird flu.
*same with ankle bracelets. cannot be at war with the shoe or look, do not strangle under hose, make it striking or strike it from a public look.

imho -- you can get away with nearly everything if you have basic color and texture harmonizing, or deliberately contrasting.