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OK, I know, I'm a guy...
That's a long way of saying, I never pack more than two pair of shoes. While a guy may be able to get away with one pair of dressy shoes (I make sure that all my slacks go with black shoes), it's certainly reasonable to have two pairs of dressy shoes on a 7-night cruise - choose your wardrobe carefully and you shouldn't need more than that for the evenings.
Packing tip: If you'll have sandals and sneakers, pack your sandals and wear your sneakers on board, since sandals are so easy to pack.
Okay Dave then I must ask you this... Do you (and other guys in general) think that black shoes go okay with KHAKI pants and a polo? Because Me as a girl would think that hubby should take his brown shoes to wear with khaki pants. Right now- that would have him packing more shoes than me!
To answer the rest of the question, I bought a cute pair of strappy black high-heeled sandals that I then made sure all my dinner outfits matched. A few dresses, a pair of black capris with some tops, and a pair of white capris with some tops. So I'm wearing my Nikes, packing the dress-sandals, and 2 pairs of flipflops.
An outfit isn't complete without the right pair of shoes. Look at Cinderella and all the other princesses. I'll MAKE room for all the shoes. After all, this royal family is setting sail on their very first cruise in June 2009. I'll go wthout something else.
Thanks to all who posted such great ideas! I'm going to use them.
Heidi
Okay Dave then I must ask you this... Do you (and other guys in general) think that black shoes go okay with KHAKI pants and a polo?
Black penny loafers with khakis is a classic! Think of khaki as off-white, or off-pale-green rather than light brown, and it all makes sense. Yes, brown or cordovan works fine with khaki, too, but brown is dress-down, while black is dress-up. For dress-down on a cruise, it's sandals for me.
If you Google "wear black shoes with khaki" and you'll find a lot of support for black shoes (although it's certainly not unanimous). The general feeling is the shoes shouldn't be too dressy, as that could be too upscale for khaki. Some style "experts" say "no brown shoes after 6:00pm." A variety of U.S. military uniforms (including US Navy Service Khaki and Working Khaki) call for black.
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An outfit isn't complete without the right pair of shoes. Look at Cinderella and all the other princesses.
To my knowledge, Cinderella had only one pair of shoes, and they weren't very breathable (OK, they were hard to scuff, cleaned-up like a breeze, and could go with any color gown.) While they probably went very well with evening attire, I doubt they were practical for casual wear. As they probably whispered behind her back a few months after the wedding, "Come on! By now we all know how she met the prince, and these are just waaay over the top for Jazzercize!"
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I was wondering the same thing as I looked at some of the outfits I have for our cruise. The good thing is that my DS does not need a lot of clothes, so there will be extra space in his suitcase.
After taking a (non-DCL) cruise with someone who brought along a suitcase just for, and filled with, shoes that were never used, I vowed never again.
If I'm attending formal night, I'll pack a pair of black casual shoes to wear every day as well as for formal night. No sense in packing shoes only to be used for two hours, IMHO. That, and a pair of water shoes are the only shoes I pack.
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