We have talked before about the fondness designers have for creating children’s garments in adult sizes: the proliferation of adult onesies, dungarees and pants with room for a diaper only serves to reinforce our opinion on this matter. But now the footwear designers are getting in on the act too, creating shoes to complete your dressing like a toddler ensemble. Check out the examples above. On the left is a pair of red patent T bars by Shelleys (which we are fairly sure we had when we were 5). On the right is a pair of the type of summer shoes you would be forced to wear for school in the summer as a child. Not only are they juvenile, they are also ugly. And having been forced into them as a child, why would you want to voluntarily wear them as an adult?
What do you think though? Do you agree with us about the increasing trend for dressing like an infant, or are we completely wrong and do you think these are the most adorable shoes you’ve seen in a long time?
Molina Spot Dress, £145 from Coast; Viyella Petite Spot Print Crepe Dress, £130 from John Lewis; Oscar De La Renta Embellished cotton-blend and satin-jacquard dress, £2,750, from Net-a-Porter; Polka Dot dress from TK Maxx; Alexon cream spot linen dress, £99 from Debenhams.
Polka dots somehow straddle the usually gaping chasm between fun and sophistication, adding interest to a simple shift and making the plainest of jersey dresses far more occasion-appropriate. The beauty of the polka dot is in its versatility – the high street has dresses of every shape and style, suitable for the office, for a dinner date or even for a wedding reception.
Go for full dotty overland like Oscar De La Renta by pairing a spotty dress with a reverse-spot cardigan for the catwalk take on this look.
Our spies spotted Halle Berry at The 31st Annual Silver Rose Gala this week, wearing this bright pink dress, with sparkly silver Christian Louboutin sandals:
The heels of these shoes look like they’d be more at home hanging around someone’s neck than being worn on the feet. Nevertheless, on the feet is where they’re being worn: the feet of Christina Milian, to be specific:
OK, so it’s not exactly “Western”. We don’t expect many cowgirls wore Ralph Lauren, for instance, but given that our experience of cowgirls is strictly limited to spaghetti Westerns, we’re willing to be proved wrong on that one.
Regardless, though, Katherine Heigl’s outfit is rather different from the usual star stylings which pass through The Fashion Police’s holding area, and what we want to know is this: is it refreshingly different, or do you just want to send her back to the old West and be done with it?
