Even though warm spring weather hasn’t arrived everywhere (outside my window, for example), I’m dying for new sandals, and the Clarks Rejoice Arial in Platinum, part of the Clarks Artisan collection, is a style that’s at the top of my list.

For some reason, metallics have been beckoning to me: They’re so much lighter and brighter than the brown and black shoes and boots that I live in from October through March, yet they’re not as glaring as pure white. (Generally speaking, I don’t adhere to that outmoded no-white-before-Memorial-Day rule, but I haven’t worn white footwear—aside from Keds® sneaks—since a pair of dangerously high cork platform sandals I owned in high school. Thought I looked pretty cool…right up until I twisted my ankle in front of a bunch of uber-popular seniors. BUH-bye, sandals of death.)

Anyhow, I want something a little dressier that I can wear to work or at the weekend with a cute denim skirt, and, of course, I require a wide width. As added bonuses, not only can I freely accessorize with gold or silver jewelry if I want to be all matchy, but, because the Clarks Rejoice Arial is a slide, I’m able to shave a few precious seconds off the time it takes me to get out the door. (Don’t pretend you don’t know what I mean. You, you there in back, trying to pretend you’re not always running a half-hour late…I’m talkin’ to you!)

Whaddaya think? Pretty cute, right? Just don’t buy all the size 9 wides until I get a pair.