Now is the time to flaunt your sum­mer style, Ferris stu­dents, start­ing with the right pair of shoes.

I under­stand most guys really do not care about sum­mer fash­ion, but just remem­ber to not wear socks with your san­dals and you will look just fine, but no guarantees.

Girls, if you were on cam­pus at all this past year, you will under­stand me when I say we had a very long win­ter. I am pretty sure stu­dents were wear­ing their win­ter boots until the end of April. Personally, this was extremely depress­ing, because those open-toed shoes, cute heels, boat shoes and my favorite Roxy flip flops were buried deep in my closet. I am sure yours were too. So with this beau­ti­ful weather we rarely get to see, it is time to step up your shoe fashion.

Instead of wear­ing your typ­i­cal black Old Navy flip flops every­where, invest in a pair of sum­mer wedges or new stilet­tos. We have only a few months to wear our favorite sum­mer shoes, so you bet­ter be out there wear­ing them.

The newest fash­ion for spring and sum­mer shoes are wedges with bright col­or­ful straps. Some have cork bot­toms, while oth­ers sport many dif­fer­ent designs. Wedges tone your calves and give you a few extra inches; plus they are com­fort­able. Mix and match with your favorite sum­mer dress and spend the day look­ing and feel­ing great. It is exactly what I intend to do.

If you are not a girly girl and do not plan on ever wear­ing heels, check out the newest styles of flats. There are so many styles these days, there should be no rea­son to not have styl­ish sum­mer shoes fit for your per­son­al­ity. Flats come in all dif­fer­ent styles from bal­let, prep, mil­i­tary, nau­ti­cal, leop­ard to even ribbon-tied shoes. Take a day trip to the near­est mall, as you were plan­ning to do any­ways, and pick out your per­fect sum­mer pair. If you are the aver­age poor col­lege stu­dent, like myself, hit up Target, Kohls or Payless.

Decorate your older used flip flops to make them stand out in a sum­mer kind of style. Use hot glue guns to add fake flow­ers to the tops, tie on rib­bons, use fab­ric or even add jew­els. There are so many ways to make your feet look greatly acces­sorized; there is no rea­son to not start flaunt­ing your newly designed flip flops or your newest pair of sum­mer shoes.

With only so many days left of wear­ing open-toed shoes here in Michigan, make the most of them. Don’t be lazy, go shoe crazy and don’t for­get to paint your toes. n