New shoes from Topshop for A/W 2011

Over the past few days, I’ve bookmarked so many pairs of shoes from Topshop to show you, that I figured I may as well just put them all in one post, to save a bit of time!

I’m starting off with these ‘Luxury’ velvet sandals, which are available in pale pink and raspberry:

(Topshop ‘Luxury’, £5: click here to buy)

Now, velvet isn’t one of my favourite fabrics, partly because it always strikes me as a “winter” fabric, and I hate being reminded of winter, even when it actually IS winter. This IS a winter collection, however, and I’d imagine these are intended as party wear, because God knows, satin and velvet won’t last two minutes of a typical British winter, unless they’re being kept safely indoors. They also, however, have a very 90s feel for me, due to the chunky heel and platform, and, of course, the velvet upper. Nineties fashion has yet to start to feel acceptable to me again – honestly, it was bad enough the first time – so I’d give these a pass, but you can click here to buy them for £58.

Here’s something that DOES appeal to me:

(Topshop ‘Studd’, £85: click here to buy)

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of studs on shoes, and these ones also come with a little bow on the toe, which also appeals. I love the blue suede version, but the black would also be a nice addition to the shoe shelves, as they’re so much more interesting than a pair of plain black pumps, but not much less versatile.

(Topshop ‘Sacred’ velvet platform shoes, £58: click here to buy)

More velvet, and I have more or less the same reaction to it as I did to the sandals above. I do like the shape of these shoes, though: I’d just like them better in leather or suede, and in almost any colour but maroon.

(Topshop ‘Piston’ court shoes, £85: click here to buy)

Now this is more like it! After years of disliking metal heels, I’m really starting to come round to them, and I absolutely love the teal suede version of Toshop’s ‘Piston’. The black version, meanwhile, with it’s studded heels, reminds me of Carvela’s ‘Astroid’ pumps, which were also available in black. (I have the green suede version.)

(Topshop ‘Activate’ leopard print boots, £95, click here to buy)

A little bit of leopard print for your winter wardrobe? I’m tempted. Are you?

9 Comments

  • I too, think of velvet as having wintery connotations, but I do like it, I can’t decide what I like best from the two velvet pairs, although usually I would not go for a chunky heeled sandal, the velvet makes me want to make an exception to my rule!

  • I am eagerly anticipating the return of the 90s purely because it’s the earliest decade where I can actually say I still have the clothes I wore the first time round and have been saving them for the precise moment when it becomes acceptable for them to make a reappearance, thus I applaud these velvet shoes for thus potentially heralding that time. I am also going to have to engage every last scrap of willpower not to buy those leopard print heels as there is currently a danger that my entire wardrobe may be turning to leopard print.

  • I absolutely adore the studded ones, although they remind me an awful lot of a certain Louboutin shoe… Would be hard to choose between the blue and the black though.

  • I loved the Luxury ones, but I also looooooooved the Sacred ones (for sure I’ll pick a pair!) and the Piston (I could picture you wearing the green ones) and the Activate I saw last week, but although I looooved them, I don’t know if I should buy them… I guess I wouldn’t have many ooportunities to wear them now, so… let’s see, maybe I change my mind!

  • I love that deep burgundy color on the velvet pumps. Like others, velvet is purely fall/winter, but above all else it is decadent. That red velvet defines decadent.

    And I’m sorry but I can think of no outfit that those boots would work with.

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