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" Cosmopolitan.com&amp;#039;s Style Editor, Charles Manning, answers your questions about bad weather footwear and how to make your favorite clothes really last. Q: What shoes can I wear in the rain in the summer? A: Assuming that standard Wellington boots are not really your thing, there are lots of rain booties that work just as well as larger rain boots but aren&amp;#039;t nearly as clunky. Melissa makes a really cute rubber ballet flat that&amp;#039;s good for light rain. And the &amp;#039;90s are back, so if you don&amp;#039;t mind your feet getting a little wet, you can always try jelly shoes. Patent shoes are also good in the rain, but only if they have water-resistant rubber soles. Otherwise, they&amp;#039;ll get totally ruined.  From left to right: Clear Glitter Jelly Sandals, TRUFFLE, $19; Pink Rubber Ballet Flats, MELISSA, $78; Lynx Print Rain Booties, LOEFFLER RANDALL, $150  Q: I have an old designer dress that I love and wear all the time, but it&amp;#039;s getting really pilled and starting to look a little beat up. What can I do? A: If the issue is pilling, you can buy a fabric shaver. I use the one below. It&amp;#039;s a pretty small, so doing a whole garment can take a while, but it&amp;#039;s worth it if you really love something and they do make larger ones, which can probably get the job done faster and just as well. I have a cardigan I&amp;#039;ve been wearing for almost 10 years, and it looks as good today as it did when I bought it. Also, it&amp;#039;s kind of cool to watch those annoying balls of fluff just come right off.  Travel Fabric Shaver, EVERCARE, $10 If a fabric shaver won&amp;#039;t cut it, you can always try taking your favorite dress to a professional tailor and having it remade in a fabric of your choosing. You&amp;#039;d be surprised how affordable it is. It&amp;#039;s certainly a lot cheaper than a brand-new designer dress. Just make sure you&amp;#039;re working with a good tailor (this is not a job for your dry cleaner \u2014 better someone who works in the theater or with bridal gowns) and bring swatches of the fabric you are thinking of using before you buy it, so he can tell you if it will drape properly and exactly how much to get.  Q: I&amp;#039;m nervous about wearing an all-white dress. How do I stop it from getting dirty? A: You might not be able to stop your whites from getting dirty, but you can stop them from discoloring or at least slow the process down: 1. Avoid putting on any lotions or creams on days you plan to wear a lot of white. Moisturizers, bronzers, and sunscreens can transfer pigments and oils to the fabric and discolor it. 2. Don&amp;#039;t store white clothes next to dark clothes. The color can sometimes transfer when the clothes are rubbing together in your closet or dresser. 3. Only wash or dry-clean when absolutely necessary and use bleach sparingly. Over-washing can make your whites look dingy, and eventually bleach will start to yellow them.  RELATED: Is It Ever OK to Wear Leggings as Pants? 20 Fashion Rules You Should Resolve to Break 25 Reasons The Golden Girls are the Ultimate Style Stars Follow Charles on Twitter Do you have fashion or style questions? Tweet your questions to our Style Editor @charlesemanning. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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