Ever since finding the wedding dress, I've been on the lookout for red shoes to wear with it. They have to be red for a number of reasons, not least being that it'd be fun to have a splash of color with my outfit.

One of the advantages of shopping for red shoes is that it's a pretty fast process, both online and off. Color filters speed things up a fair bit, and it's pretty easy to spot red shoes in a store and go straight to them to check them out! Of course, the downside is that the selection was really, really limited. The other problem was that I had a very specific shade of red in mind, and it was proving difficult to find in a style that would suit a wedding.

Time was also a factor. The shoes will also be matching other aspects of the look that we can't start on until after we get them.

In the end, the solution was clear: Shoes of Prey. I'd first heard about the website from a colleague who was also getting married and was having blue shoes made for her wedding. I didn't really want to go this route because it's hard to know what the colors look like in person versus on-screen, but then they send you 5 samples for $15. And once I saw the fabric, I knew we had to go for it.

Given that they are pretty customisable and will be made to suit my feet (from individual sizing for each foot in both length and width), the price is totally reasonable - under A$200! Including shipping! In 4 weeks! Shoot, that's pretty damn competitive if you're talking about shoe-shopping here in Australia.

That's not saying they'll be perfect in every way, but it'll be close. And if it's too far from perfect, they seem to have a well-reviewed returns policy!