A few weeks ago Nicole was lucky enough to attend a simply gorgeous wedding in a villa outside of Rome. And yes, she reports, an Italian wedding in June is everything one would hope it would be: a positively bella bride surrounded by white blossoms and green grass and sparkling sun rays (and more cheese and prosciutto and Prosecco on hand than you can shake a stick at). The only teeny tiny downfall of the night? The shoe situation. As in, the extremely beautiful heels Nicole opted to wear did not fare well against the grassy lawn on which the ceremony took place, or, for that matter, the graveled drive on which cocktail hour was held. For two hours Nicole couldn’t properly enjoy the perfect evening, as she was quite focused on balancing on the toes of her five-inch heels, so as to not completely destroy the heels.

There have been far worse problems in the history of the world, yes, but how nice would it have been if she’d only learned about Solemates before the wedding? You see, Solemates (if you haven’t already guessed by the photo above or by the leadup story) are these ingenious little plastic things that go on the bottom of your high heel, and prevent said heel from falling into cracks or, you know, sinking into grass. And while we haven’t tried them yet, we thought we’d quickly spread the word to all of you lovelies to ensure each and every last one of you is prepared, shoe-wise, for your next event. Because no girl should have to be thinking about her shoes when she could be mingling or, er, eating cheese.

(Buy yourself a pair–or three–here. And we are happy to report that Nicole forgot about any shoe problems once the celebration moved indoors, and then, later, after a few glasses of Prosecco.)