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Archive for the ‘Shoes’ Category
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
 Jogging pants with heels: you like? As we noted (with no small amount of concern, we might add) earlier this month, the December issue of UK Vogue informs us that sweat pants are THE trousers to be seen in this season, and that every well-dressed woman will be wearing them – not with sneakers, though: with heels.
The image above, from ASOS.com, is the first evidence we’ve found of this “trend” in action, but far be it for us to doubt what Vogue tells us, so we wanted to ask you: what do you think of this look? It’s lounge wear-meets-office-wear, casual-meets-dressy, comfort-meets-formal, er, jogging pants meets stilettos, but do these contradictions make you jump for joy and yell “At last! Now I get to wear my old sweatpants ALL THE TIME and call it ‘fashion’!” or do you just give a small shudder and say, “Only if you paid me, and it would depend how much?”
We know what WE think, but what do you think, ladies and gentlemen of the Fashion Police jury?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Sometimes we think Ugg have an awful lot to answer for. When they became popular, it was like the floodgates were opened for new varieties of ugly boots to come surging in. “If they’ll buy one brand of bug-ugly boots, they’ll surely buy another!” the shoe manufacturers seemed to say, and the shoe manufacturers were right. Years down the line, not only do we still have Uggs in our lives, we also now have Mou boots, made from goatskin. Just in case there was any doubt about that, look, they left the tails on!
(Note: probably not ACTUAL tails. But still.)
These are certainly plenty ugly, and we’re just not convinced that the chunky sole will do anything AT ALL to prevent that cream fur turning the colour of mud once you’ve been out in them for more than a couple of minutes, but just to make matters worse, Net-a-Porter suggest these are “weekend staples” which should be worn with “trackpants”. We can only hope they just forgot to type the words “IN THE FASHION POLICE JAIL, SUCKERS!” at the end of that sentence.
What do you think, readers? Could you be seduced by these? If so, they’re £255 at Net-a-Porter.
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Would you all mind just talking amongst yourselves for a few minutes? We’re busy gazing at these shoes. Both of them. Sure, the Louboutins are shinier and sleeker, but the Dune versions are only £85, which is a big saving on the circa £400 you’d have paid for the Louboutins, if they were still in stock.
Of course, quite apart from anything else, these are a good example of Shoe Porn, which means we’re going to have to confiscate them. Poor us. It’s a hard knock life, sometimes.
Monday, November 16th, 2009
 Oh, Marc. Marc, Marc, Marc. Look, if you absolutely MUST stick shoes to boots, in a devlish bid to convince us that the wearer is, in fact, wearing a pair of black court shoes (and we’re not saying you SHOULD, by the way), you could at least make the boot part have the same approximate shape as a leg. Because these don’t look like shoes and tights/socks -they look like shoes and SACKS. Sacks, Marc. Who wants to wear sacks on their legs? WHO?
Is it you, readers? Do you want to wear sacks, but be able to say they’re “boots”? If so click here, and have £258 at the ready.
Marc Jacobs boots, £258
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
 You know you haven’t visited the Faith website for a while when you load the page and discover that the shoes have grown a head of hair in your absence – and it’s gone grey.
Long, silver hair is what we’re irresistibly reminded of when we look at these ‘Cheveuxt’ peep toes, which retail for £85. Actually, they’re made of lots of very fine chains, which we’d imagine will be the centre of attention when you hit up the dance floor at this year’s party and make those bad boys swirl!
Does that tempt you to buy them, though? If so, you can pick up a pair here: but don’t forget to tell us what you think of them first!
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Feet just shouldn’t have faces. They have no need of them. Or not as far as we were concerned, anyway. It looks like Dolce & Gabbana disagree, though, because if you wear these suede wedges, you won’t just be two-faced, you’ll be three-faced. You’ll also be kept awake at night by the thought of those creepy faces sitting inside your closet, making the shoes look almost like they’re alive. Alive and about to EAT you. Or maybe that’s just us.
We do like our shoes to have a bit of personality, but these have taken it too far for us, , although we confess that we would be interested to see what they actually look like like on a foot. What do you think of them? If it’s love at first look, and you can’t wait to have them in your life, they’re £709 and you can buy them here.
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Despite being made from plastic, Vivienne Westwood’s ‘Lady Dragon’ shoes for Melissa were one of the big hits of 2009 selling out repeatedly. They’re now available in these four new colourways, none of which have found much favour with Shoeperwoman readers, who weren’t impressed at all. What do you think, though, fashion jury? Are you fans of these new colours, or would you rather see them consigned to the fashion jail?
These are all available from Epaulet, where they’re $149 per pair.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Whoa. It’s like a normal shoe suddenly developed one hell of an inferiority complex and decided to prop itself up by whatever means necessary, in order to become bigger and better than all the rest.
Well, it’s certainly bigger: the heel is 16cm (over 6″) and the platform 6.5cm (2.5″), but are these shoes better than regular shoes? You know, ones that don’t appear to be on stilts? Even as the seasoned heel wearers we are, we know we’d risk serious injury on these, but if you fancy seeing what the weather’s like up there, they’re £744 at Far Fetch.
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
It’s been a while since we were last forced to arrest a fashion impostor, but these Giuseppe Zanotti boots are so clearly trying to pass themselves off as shoes that we had no choice but to swoop in and cuff ‘em.
Just to add insult to injury, these aren’t just boots-pretending-to-be-shoes, either: they’re PEEP TOE BOOTS pretending to be shoes. You know, so that you can look like you’re wearing a pair of sparkly peep toe shoes with a toe-less leather sock? Just like you’ve always wanted? No?
If this does sound like a good look to you, these are £869 at Far Fetch.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Go Jane have been a little more careful than Steve Madden when it comes to “being inspired” by other designers work in the ankle boots arena: there are enough differences between their boots and the Giuseppe Zanotti originals for them to stay out of trouble, but just enough for it to be clear where the influence has come from.
The biggest difference of all, though? Well, the Zanotti boots are $1114.80 at Colette, while the Go Jane versions are just $29.40. Get them here.
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