You may be experiencing a slight sense of Shoe Deja Vu right now. Don’t worry: if you sit down and take a few deep breaths it will pass, as you realise that, yup, it’s another Miu Miu-inspired peep toe with that distinctive flared heel.
These ones are from A|Wear, which means that they’re definitely a lot more affordable than the designer versions, at £45. They come in bright red and blush-pink patent – two colours guaranteed to give me a headache as I try to decide which pair to go for – and you can click here to buy them.
I know there are quite a few Mary Jane fans amongst my readers, so just for you, here’s a pair of bright blue MJs by A|Wear!
My own main problem with Mary Janes is that the style can look rather childlike at times. Not here, though: the high heel and correspondingly high platform ensure that these look nothing like your old school shoes (unless you went to a much more interesting school than I did, that is!), while the colour… I don’t even need to tell you what I think of this colour, do I?
If you’re not a fan of blue, these also come in pink. They’re £45, and you can click here to buy them.
Spartoo is one of only a handful of UK retailers which stocks Steve Madden shoes, so if you’re a UK-based fan of the brand, it’s a good site to keep an eye on. I live in hope of the ‘Prechis‘ (every time I type a Steve Madden model name, I feel obliged to point out that it’s HIS spelling, not mine!) platforms I love so much coming into stock, but until they do, here’s a shoe for the Mary Jane fans among you!
These are called ‘Bellahh’ (groan!) and are another example of a certain fashion trend which I actually can’t bring myself to type out one more time at this point, so let’s just say it starts with “colour” and ends with “block”.
Trendy they may be, however, but a Mary Jane never really goes out of fashion, and the fact that these use black as their main colour also helps to keep them classic.
These are £128, and you can click here to buy them at Spartoo.
I don’t look at the Forever 21 website nearly often enough. It’s not that I don’t WANT to look, you understand: it’s just that there’s SO! MUCH! STUFF! that it can be hard to wade through it all and find what you’re looking for. That’s why I was particularly pleased when I clicked onto the site this morning to find that they’d helpfully placed the photo above right slap in the middle of the homepage. It was almost as if it was shouting out to me. “Shoeperwoman! Over here! Green shoes! Come and get ‘em!”
One problem, though: I went in search of the green shoes, and…I couldn’t find them. I did find them in teal:
And in leopard:
But no green. Boo!
I’m assuming the green version will be available online soon, though, or they wouldn’t be using a photograph of it in their marketing, so don’t lose hope, little Shoeperstars, because these shoes are only £21.71, so if you love them, it won’t be too hard to make them yours.
Until the green version arrives, you can click here to buy them in teal or leopard print.
It’s been a while since our last round of “Heroes or Villains”, so what better way to pass a hump-day? Other than actual shoe shopping, obviously? I can’t think of one, so without further ado, let us decide whether these ‘Pickle’ Mary Janes from ASOS are Shoeperheroes or Shoepervillains!
These shoes have a classic, Mary Jane shape, but come with an unusually high vamp, a thicker-than-usual heel, and a top-to-toe heart print. They’re the kind of shoes which are either unbearably cute or, well, just plain unbearable, depending on your point of view. Are they cuter-than-cute, though, or are they just sickeningly twee? That’s where you come in…
As for me, well, I always struggle a little with Mary Janes in general, because I think that unless the designer is very careful to give them a “grown up” feel, they can look very childish – especially with the addition of a cutesy print. The Mary Janes I like most tend to place the strap down towards the toe, as opposed to across the base of the foot, like these ones, and I think its the shape, rather than the print, which may be the downfall of these. Let’s find out, though:
What do you think? Shoeperheroes or Shoepervillains?
These shoes will no doubt be familiar to those of you who subscribe to the Kurt Geiger email service, and as soon as that message arrived in my inbox, I knew I was going to have a lot of trouble resisting them. They’re called ‘Bella’, and they’re well-named, because they truly are beautiful, mixing blue suede uppers with a green trim, strap and bow. Or at least, I think they’re blue: the KG website actually describes them as purple, and they do look purplish on the site itself. Hmm, I think I may have to check these out in person, strictly for research purposes.
Blue or purple, though, I think the colour combination is a great way to make a simple shape really pop, and they’ve gone straight onto my wish list. If you want to add them to yours, too, you can click here to view them on the Kurt Geiger website, where they’re currently retailing for £140.
P.S. For those of you who followed yesterday’s saga with the person who was using my photo and website banner on their Facebook page, I just wanted to quickly update to let you know that the person has now removed the photos and apologised. She claims to be “an admirer” who just liked the photos and didn’t realise she was doing something wrong by using them.
I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to think of Mary Janes as a rather “sweet and innocent” kind of style. These ones? Not so much. Oh, there’s nothing particularly outrageous about them, granted, but that towering heel and platform makes for a very strong silhouette, and while the colour isn’t the brightest blue around, it’ll make a nice alternative to black, and is a shade you don’t see a whole lot of.
If you’re not convinced, however, worry not: these are also available in a very unusual apricot shade, as well as in brown, off-white and black suede. Here’s the apricot version:
I can’t quite make up my mind about it. What do you think?
Well, the shoes actually arrived last week, but I wanted to give you more than a couple of quick photos of them, so here, courtesy of Shoeperman, is a quick video to show you the shoes:
So, as you can see, these are pretty eye-catching, with their bright, suede uppers and colourblock design, which combines purple, pink and gold. They have a three-buckle Mary Jane strap, and although the heel is very high, at 14cm, the combination of the similarly high platform and secure ankle strap means that they’re much easier to walk in than you’d possibly expect.
I ordered my usual size, which fits perfectly, so I’m very happy with them.
Thanks again to Sarenza for allowing me to be part of their brand ambassador programme, and have the opportunity to try out these wonderful shoes! If you’d like to buy a pair yourself, meanwhile, you can click here to do it.
