Can a cream color sneaker be just as versatile as white?
I do like the look of sneaker with dress for summer. ![]() ![]() This is the cream shade I am leaning toward in the New Balance 550: |
Because cream look yellowed/old/dirty.
White looks crisp. |
I think they serve the same purpose as white. Very neutral. |
I think those NB are too yellow. Slight off white with grey and not yellow undertones would be better with summer colors IMO. |
+1, the shoes OP posted look a bit dingy to me. I even run my white sneakers through the wash to keep them looking clean. Pairs better with cute summer outfits. |
Thank you PPs what type of outfit works best with cream sneaker. |
Canvas off white looks better than leather, which tends to just look like a dirty or old white. |
The cream chuck taylor high tops (the ones with the red stripe) are great. But I still prefer white sneakers in general.
https://www.converse.com/shop/p/chuck-taylor-all-star-classic-unisex-high-top-shoe/M9006MP.html?pid=M9006MP&dwvar_M9006MP_color=natural%20ivory&dwvar_M7650_width=standard&styleNo=159484F&pdp=true&cgid=womens-high-top-shoes&vgid=M7650 I love white sneakers with summer dresses. |
Can't you just google this and look for outfits you like? |
Op here. I did and all of the shoe shades come back to white. That’s actually where I found the images I used. So I figured I would post here. |
Honestly I think most people are picking white because it's what's trendy, so it codes as looking better. Looking outside of trends, I think you're right that cream is a versatile and attractive color. It's just not the thing that is in style right now.
Also white Keds have been a thing forever, and I - not a fashion historian or someone who is especially fashionable - think that perhaps some of the white sneakers with dresses in summer thing stems from that. |
But...can't you just wear those outfits with your cream sneakers? White and cream aren't so different that you have to use an entirely different color palette with them. |
Op back. That’s somewhat to my question. Why exactly white is so commonly selected over cream. I was curious if it is that cream looks poorly paired with a colorful dress or why are people not choosing the beige/cream sneaker figuring maybe I am missing a reason and thank you to each of you Pps for your points of view too. I don’t mind the off white shade but would not want people to think they were simply old dingy shoes which raises a good point also. |
Those NB shoes look very old man orthotic in cream.
I wear cream slip-on canvas sneakers with pretty much everything; the color is similar to the Chuck's a pp linked to. Off white just looks dingy to me. And white is too high maintenance. I walk, Metro, or bus everywhere so they'd just look horrid. Cream hides scuffs easier and not hard to get clean. |
The 550s look super old man orthotic in plain white too, but they're in right now. I actually think the cream isn't as bad in that regard. |