Fashion question - asking for my wife…

[johnbob7]

She asked me to post the following question:

 

Do women wear nice open toe sandals to dine in restaurants? Given it may be 50 degrees F outside.

[gold1953]

absolutely!

 

[cangelmd]

Definitely… although I wear them less if it’s cold outside.

[Northern Aurora]

I do!  

[johnbob7]

Thank you all for your quick responses! You possibly saved me a sure to be expensive shoe shopping trip!

[CHEZMARYLOU]

Oh NO, 50 degrees outside is way too cold for open toed sandles.  Better head to the shoe store. 

[davekathy]

1 hour ago, johnbob7 said:

She asked me to post the following question:

 

Do women wear nice open toe sandals to dine in restaurants? Given it may be 50 degrees F outside.

A lot warmer inside the ship.😉

[RichYak]

22 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

Oh NO, 50 degrees outside is way too cold for open toed sandles.  Better head to the shoe store. 

To be fair, they were silent on whether or not socks would also be worn.

[mom says]

Unless she's planning on spending hours outside after dinner, then open toe sandals are fine. They do have heat on inside the ship.

[lola2013]

Absolutely! 

[Dancing Shoes]

My dress shoe is an open-toe sling back that I will wear.  Can't decide if I want to bring canvas tennis shoes for other nights or an open toe/closed back sandal.  It will be Alaska.  Start packing soon.

 

[letsgogogo]

11 minutes ago, Dancing Shoes said:

My dress shoe is an open-toe sling back that I will wear.  Can't decide if I want to bring canvas tennis shoes for other nights or an open toe/closed back sandal.  It will be Alaska.  Start packing soon.

 

Since you said you can’t decide… 😏. Canvas tennies perfect for daytime and evening at the buffet. Less so for MDR in the evening or specialty restaurants. 

[Dancing Shoes]

Thanks for the help.  I will be wearing jeans on non-chic nights.  

 

[chemmo]

The only place you need closed toed shoes is if you are invited to a helipad sail away.

[Scottishclover]

Just back from out first cruise on Celebrity and to be honest I was slightly worried about what to wear in the evenings given all the differing opinions on this forum. My advice- wear whatever you want, whatever you feel comfortable in, really nobody cares.  I have worn open toed sandals on cruises to Baltic, Norway and Alaska with no problem. Out of all these cruises, Alaska was most casual.  I do find you need a cardigan/long sleeves though as the public areas can be really cold with air conditioning. Maybe we are just not used to it -  funnily enough air conditioning isn’t really a thing in Scotland 😂

[davekathy]

10 hours ago, Dancing Shoes said:

My dress shoe is an open-toe sling back that I will wear.  Can't decide if I want to bring canvas tennis shoes for other nights or an open toe/closed back sandal.  It will be Alaska.  Start packing soon.

 

Canvas tennis shoes/sneakers are good anytime, any where no matter the venue or itinerary. 

[davekathy]

10 hours ago, Dancing Shoes said:

Thanks for the help.  I will be wearing jeans on non-chic nights.  

 

Jeans are perfectly fine on any evenings including on evening chic. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by davekathy

[Homosassa]

8 hours ago, chemmo said:

The only place you need closed toed shoes is if you are invited to a helipad sail away.

Also on a behind the scenes tour and on some excursions.

[WorkerBee74]

8 hours ago, chemmo said:

The only place you need closed toed shoes is if you are invited to a helipad sail away.

 

I've seen people mention this before... how does one get invited to this?  Do you need to have a certain CC level?  (If so I can forget it as October is our first Celebrity Cruise 😛 )

[Denny01]

11 hours ago, Dancing Shoes said:

Thanks for the help.  I will be wearing jeans on non-chic nights.  

 

Jeans are fine, but if its a Caribbean cruise, jeans are pretty heavy for daytime use. I take lighter pants that are OK most nights and slacks for Chic. Just me. 

 

Den

[davekathy]

1 hour ago, Denny01 said:

Jeans are fine, but if its a Caribbean cruise, jeans are pretty heavy for daytime use. I take lighter pants that are OK most nights and slacks for Chic. Just me. 

 

Den

Agree. I don't even take jean (Levi) shorts on our Caribbean cruises. Light weight shorts. Some are cargo style shorts and some are regulars style shorts. Dockers every night in the MDR for me. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by davekathy

[Dancing Shoes]

I am sailing Seward to Vancouver.  The OP who was asking for his wife indicated that it would be 50 outside.  I presume they may be going to Alaska or ?.  I would not take jeans on a Caribbean cruise either.  

[realnice46]

I never wear closed toe shoes. Open toes rain or shine and even in the snow.  Wear what makes you comfortable.

[Peteymil]

19 hours ago, Dancing Shoes said:

Thanks for the help.  I will be wearing jeans on non-chic nights.  

 

That's what we did. For chic nights we wore jeans but maybe just a little dressier top.

Some people talk about jeans being too heavy, I don't know what kind of jeans they are Wearing but my jeans are no heavier than any other pair of pants. Besides the point you are inside and sometimes the air conditioning is really turned up.

[techteach]

I need to go and unpack all of the black dresses and beautiful ____insert name____ scarves I have packed for “chic” night. BTW - I don’t do chic - elegant/classic yes. This is a HUGE topic in the Cunard forums causing threads to be closed after 4 pages of posts. Better get upstairs now…oh…what to take? What to take?