Medieval Slippers

Summary of Medieval Slippers

• Recap 13th Century Slippers blog [August 3, 2007]
• Ladies Slipper Source
• Other Slipper Colors
• Rhinestones on Your Slippers
• Peacock Tartan Colors with Beaded Slippers
• Psychedelic Tartans with Beaded Slippers
• Drumlanrig Tartan with Beaded Slippers
• Holyrood Tartan with Beaded Slippers
• Orange Sherbet Tartans with Beaded Slippers
• Matching Tartan Hemlines and Wedding Shoes
• MacLaine of Lochbuie Hunting Ancient Tartan Example

A Medieval slipper, such as this one from the 13th century would compliment any Scottish wedding gown, from early Medieval fashions to the present as first written about at our blog, Scottish Wedding Theme Newsroom.


Image courtesy Book of Costume

These slippers appear to be covered with small and a few larger gems, or is it embroidery? Maybe both. There’s a strap over the instep to add security.

Though made without a sole, a modern slipper could be adorned to match almost any wedding gown.

With Swarovski crystal beads, the color choices are almost endless.

This slideshow displays the beads, suede, and shoe featured in the Newsroom blog, plus a complimentary tartan.

Sources for Ladies Slippers

Slippers like these from the 13th century are available at Very Merry Seamstress shoes.

[The Very Merry Seamstress footwear page is out-of-service. When we know otherwise, it will be posted here]

Very Merry Seamstress appears to have dropped their shoe line. For inspiration and ideas to create your own Medieval slipper, Ninya Mikhaila displays some of her work. There’s ideas there you could adapt in either leather, plastic, or canvas…with some punches and a design layout.

Other Slipper Colors

Other colors of suede from Very Merry Seamstress that would work with the silk and hot chili pepper crystal beads are chocolate rose and rust.

Very Merry Seamstress image	Very Merry Seamstress image
Fire Mountain Gems image	Fire Mountain Gems image

Rhinestones on Your Slippers

Flat-backed rhinestones, for gluing onto shoes, can also be used. Just be sure to use a 2-part epoxy or Jewel Bond™ to apply the rhinestones.

Fire Mountain Gems image

Peacock Tartan Colors
With Beaded Medieval Slippers

For the Peacock tartan theme, the Royal blue suede for the slipper fabric, would add sparkle to these rhinestone colors ~

		Bead images from Fire Mountain Gems, suede image from Very Merry Seamstress, Scottish Odyssey tartan from Lochcarron of Scotland

Psychedelic Tartan Colors
With Beaded Medieval Slippers

The Psychedelic Tartans would blend nicely with these beads on a medium orange dyed satin slipper or the Very Merry Seamstress light grey suede slipper.

		Bead images fromFire Mountain Gems,tartans from the LochcarronHeirloom Collection

Drumlanrig Tartan Colors
With Beaded Medieval Slippers

Drumlanrig with a medium orange or pale yellow dyed satin slipper would look especially nice on a Victorian gown from the mid-1800's, when pale yellow was a very popular color. The Very Merry Seamstress light grey suede slipper would blend nicely.

Swarovski bead images from Fire Mountain Gems, Drumlanrig Heirloom tartan from the Lochcarron Heirloom Collection

Holyrood Tartan Colors
With Beaded Medieval Slippers

Holyrood, named after the castle in Edinburgh, has an unusual blend of blues, purples, yellow, and orange. Still there are many beads that could be added to these slippers for a Scottish wedding theme.

Bead images from Fire Mountain Gems, except Chili Pepper. Holyrood Heirloom tartan from the Lochcarron Heirloom Collection

Orange Sherbet Tartan Colors
With Beaded Medieval Slippers

Wedding shoes, to go with the orange sherbet color theme, could be a medium orange or possible a pale yellow. Another option would be an off-white, encrusted with these rhinestones.

	Tanzanite, Sapphire, Violet Opal, White Opal, Violet, and Fire Opal Bead images from Fire Mountain GemsHeirloom Tartans from Lochcarron of Scotland

Matching Tartan Hemlines and Wedding Shoes

As a reminder from the Newsroom blog [11 Tips for Wedding Shoes, August 3, 2007] always match the color of your wedding shoes with the hemline of your bridal gown. Now when it comes to a tartan, what do you do?

MacLaine of Lochbuie Hunting Ancient Tartan Example

Let’s look at the MacLaine of Lochbuie Hunting Ancient tartan.



The pink and yellow are wonderful colors and you’d probably use them in your ribbons and flowers. If you used either for your shoe color, when you looked at your wedding photo proofs, you’d be thinking “what did the photographer do to my feet…they look huge!” Your feet would look like river barges. But, going with the blue, your hemline blue would blend right in to the shoes, making a continuity of color that would be pleasing to the eye.

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