How to wear lace up shoes Clemence Poesy style

Oxford lace up and brogues style shoes are trending for summer 2014! But they are really conservative, classic and so masculine. I had a problem incorporating this shoe style into my wardrobe for such a long time until I started to draw inspiration from Clemence Poesy, who is a master in wearing them the right way. Do you want to know how wear lace up shoes Clemence Poesy style?

Clemence Poesy style

Clemence Poesy attending the ‘The strange city’ Exhibition by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov at Monumenta 2014 : Dinner to benefit ‘Naked Heart Foundation’. Held at Grand Palais on May 13, 2014. @purepeople.com

For her recent appearance at a gala held at the Grand Palais she chose a pair of brogues style Oxford lace up shoes to finish her look while almost every other woman around her might have been in heels. She went for a quite classic shoe, rather than a modern make over with heavy studs, open toe, pink or other feminine colors. She combined it with a mens style trouser casually cuffed up to the ankle, added a printed T shirt, an oversized black coat sleeves pushed back to the elbows and finished with an oversized clutch. Quite masculine? She added little feminine counterbalance in the form of red nail polish and the T shirt is likely not to be made of cotton but of silk instead. I totally adore how she transforms the big coat, cropped boyfriend and Nike trainer or Birkenstock sandal trend we see too often these days into her own style.

Clemence Poesy style

Clemence Poesy attending Chanel fall 2014 presentation in Paris, photo@thefashionspot.com

Another incredible example of how to wear brogues Clemence Poesy style was her look for the Chanel fall 2014 presentation earlier this year. Here she chose an ultrafeminine just above the knee Chanel tweed skirt, dressed it down with a casual cashmere pullover and counterbalanced the skirts femininity with a pair of buckled brogues. Although, I guess its difficult to make this look work for an average woman, I love this approach to wearing a Chanel skirt.

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Clemence Poesy attending Chanel Couture presentation, photo@fabsugar.com

A totally different approach to wearing conservative men s style shoes was chosen by Clemence Poesy for another Chanel presentation. Here she mixed a short girly dress with the masculine buckled shoe thus ginning the outfit a really tomboyish spirit.

Which one is your favourite? Do you like to wear brogues style shoes? How do you style them?