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  1. Shoeperwoman

    Shoe Accessories: Dogeared silver high heel necklace

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    | Shoe Accessories
    April 26, 2009

    shoe pendant Shoe Accessories: Dogeared silver high heel necklaceIf you just can’t justify one more shoe purchase this month (and let’s face it, sometimes even I find it hard to justify another pair), here’s a little something that might help tide you over until pay-day.  You won’t be able to wear this little silver stiletto on your feet, sadly, but you will be able to wear it around your neck, and proclaim your love of shoes. Think of it as a handy way to drop hints to people about the kind of thing you might like to get for your next birthday. Or, if you have a shoe obsessive friend, it could make a nice gift for her, too.

    It’s by Dogeared, and it’s £27 from My-Wardrobe.

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    Confusing Shoes: Alessandro Dell’Aqua cutaway long boots

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    | Boots, Designer Shoes
    April 25, 2009

    peep toe boots Confusing Shoes: Alessandro Dell’Aqua cutaway long boots

    Every Superhero needs a good pair of boots, but like my friends at The Fashion Police, I have to admit that the current trend for boots with peep toes just leaves me cold. Literally. I mean, my toes would be cold in them, wouldn’t they? But here’s the thing: my legs would be warm. All the way up to my knees, in fact. Now, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I rarely find myself thinking, “Goodness, my legs are freezing, but my toes are so warm! If only there was a boot out there that could cater to those two conflicting needs!”

    Strangely, though, the boots that cater to those needs DO exist, and these Alessandro Dell’Aqua cutaway long boots are just one example of them. From a distance, they look like your average pair of high heeled knee boots, and nothing wrong with that. Take a closer look, though, and:

    boot peep toe Confusing Shoes: Alessandro Dell’Aqua cutaway long boots

    Yeah.  Now we have ourselves a completely different boot. And while I wouldn’t quite spear these with my stiletto and throw them into space, the way I would a pair of Crocs, say, I wouldn’t give them space in the Shoeper Shoe Closet either. Would you?

    BUY: Alessandro Dell’Aqua cutaway long boots, £710

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    Shoe Deja Vu: Topshop’s ‘Samba’ and Boohoo’s ‘Lorrie’ shoes

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    | High Street Shoes, Shoe Deja Vu
    April 24, 2009

    toshop boohoo knockoffs Shoe Deja Vu: Topshops Samba and Boohoos Lorrie shoes

    Just to prove that it’s not just the big-name designers who get to experience that sense of deja vu as they see their design crop up with someone else’s label attached, here’s Topshop’s ‘Samba’ cut-out peep toes, and Boohoo’s ‘Lorrie’. Spot the difference? Well, of course, there are lots of differences here, with the colour being the most obvious one, but there are a lot of similarities too - enough to make me do a double-take when I stumbled upon the second pair at Boohoo just a few hours after seeing the same design at Topshop.

    Neither shoe is particularly to my taste, but if I had to pick, I’d probably go for the Topshop versions, which just look better quality to me, as well as being a nicer colour mix. If you’re judging them by price alone, though, the Boohoo shoes are a mere £25, compared to the £65 the Topshop versions will set you back.

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    Shoeperwoman’s Shoes: Office’s ‘Love Me Tender’ nautical heart peep toes

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    | High Street Shoes, Shoeperwoman's Shoes
    April 24, 2009

    office love me tender1 Shoeperwomans Shoes: Offices Love Me Tender nautical heart peep toes

    As soon as I saw these shoes on the Office website, I knew I had to make them mine.  Sure, they’re about as kitsch as it’s possible for a pair of shoes to be, but I love a bit of kitsch. I’m also a sucker for anything even vaguely nautical (the blue and white stripes count) and the love hearts on the toes? Sold, to the shoe superwoman with the thing about love hearts on shoes.

    The shoes duly arrived, and are every bit as lovely as I thought they’d be. The uppers are actually a thick canvas fabric, which surprised me slightly because I hadn’t bothered to use the “zoom” function on the website, such was my haste to add them to my shopping cart. They’re super-summery, though, and I’ve been wearing them with faded jeans, tulip skirts and, when the weather gets a little bit better – hopefully sundresses too.

    You’ll find some pictures of what they look like on after the jump…

    Buy: Office ‘Love Me Tender’ peep toes, £60

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    Valentino red patent stiletto peep toe shoes with bow

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    | Designer Shoes, Peep Toes
    April 23, 2009

    valentino bow peep toes3 Valentino red patent stiletto peep toe shoes with bow

    If you’ve read any of my other blogs, you’ll already know that I love me some bows. Quite a lot, actually. In fact, show me a show with a big ol’ bow stuck to the front, and I’ll generally show you my credit card in return. This is lucky for me (although not so for the aforementioned credit card) because there are a LOT of shoes around at the moment in this style. A LOT.

    The absolute King of the Bows, however, is Valentino, and these red patent peep toes are a perfect example.  The bow on the front of these is definitely one of the more extravagant out there, and that makes these instantly recognisable:  in fact, I’m sure I recognised them being worn by the model in the advert for the new Dove deodorant a few weeks ago – take from that what you will.

    Of course, such shoes don’t come cheap: you can buy these direct from the Valentino website, but they’ll cost you £410.

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    Christian Louboutin glitter platform pumps

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    | Designer Shoes, High Heels
    April 23, 2009

    christian ouboutin glitter Christian Louboutin glitter platform pumpsI thought long and hard about which shoes should be the very first ones to be featured here at Shoeperwoman.

    Clearly these shoes would have to be special. They would have to be head-turning,  jaw-dropping, and all of those other phrases that imply “Whooaa, look at those shoes!” They wouldn’t necessarily have to be the kind of shoes you’d wear every day, or even on a regular basis, but they would have to be the kind of shoes I’d happily put up on display here at my secret hideout, when I wasn’t wearing them. They’d have to be shoe kryptonite – the kind of footwear that will easily destroy both my willpower and my sanity.

    In other words, they would have to be Christian Louboutin’s glitter platform pumps.

    These fulfill all of the criteria outlined above, plus they’d make me feel like a princess. A slightly OTT kind of princess, sure, but a princess all the same.

    By my very favourite designer, they’re $745, and you can buy them at Saks.