Fashion Conundrum

I have a problem.

(OK, I have a lot of problems, but for the sake of everyone's sanity, I'm choosing just to focus on one minor issue at this moment)

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to style these beauties:

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I feel like it should be simple enough. They're the Kincade platform pumps by MICHAEL Michael Kors (I don't have a stutter, I swear); they're also gorgeous, and surprisingly comfortable. Sounds easy enough, so why can't I figure them out? I have worn the shoes once, when I volunteered at a wine- and food-tasting event here in town that required me to get pretty gussied up, but when it comes to making them work in a more casual or slightly-more-than-casual setting, I'm at a total loss. I've tried pairing them with office attire as well, but they're just on this side of too-skanky-for-the-office, so again, no dice.

If you have suggestions, please send them my way! I'd really love to wear these more than the two or three times a year I get super dressed up (and let's be honest, I already have several other pairs of shoes in rotation for those occasions). I'll be sure to post photos if someone can help me find a winning combo.

Thanks, friends!

Oh, and on a related note -- for you ladies (and gents) in the KC area: Have you heard they're opening a Michael Kors AND an H&M on the Plaza this year? I can already hear my wallet crying! (And how did I not know a Sur La Table had opened there, too? I'm so behind the times.).