As with Charlotte Olympia, Nicholas Kirkwood’s trademark style of platform tends to divide people, with most either loving or hating it. I’m firmly in the “love” camp, as I am with most of Kirkwood’s designs, and I really like the sweet, summer style of these pink and white “leaf pumps”, which are currently available to pre-order at Nordstrom.
These are £664, so they’re very much out of my budget, but they’ve got me dreaming of summer, and all the things I’d wear them with. These are actually two shoe colours I probably wouldn’t buy if the shoes were just one or the other, but together they’re just about perfect, with the white toning down the bright pink, and the pink livening up the basic white.
There are four words in the description of these shoes that made them guaranteed to appear on Shoeperwoman.com sooner or later. Those words are: Valentino, red, bow, studs. Any one of those on their own would be enough to make me take a second look, but put them all together, and what do you get? Well, you get these shoes, of course! They’re actually pretty understated for studded shoes, but that’s no bad thing when it comes to shoes you’ll wear until they fall apart. And pay $845 for.
Anyone who’s a regular visitor to both this site and Dorothy Perkins will probably have been expecting these to pop up here sooner or later: I mean, they’re practically jumping up and down, shouting, “Shoeperwoman! Shoperwoman! Over here!” aren’t they?
Well, here they are, and obviously I love both the blue and coral colours, and the polka dot platforms and bows. If I could make just one small change, I’d have skipped the chunky ankle strap, and make them slip-ons instead, but I guess the strap does add to the chunky look these have got going on.
What do you think? They’re only £40, and you can click here to buy them at Dorothy Perkins.
Are these shoes krazy – sorry, I mean crazy – enough for you? Maybe a little bit too crazy, actually, what with the orange/pink/yellow/blue mix? Well, OK, how about a slightly less neon version?
These are Office’s ‘Krazy Paving’ peep toes, they’re £78, and while they’re not the kind of shoes I’d buy, they are the kind of shoes that would make me stop, pick them up, and maybe even try them on, just for the hell of it, if I saw them in store.
Anytime I see the word “asymmetric” on the Zara website, I get my hopes up that they’ve re-released those amazing pumps which sold out last year. Alas, I don’t think that will ever happen, but in the meantime we have these pink asymmetric peep toes to enjoy. These aren’t the same, of course, other than in the shape of the sides, but they are a lot of fun, and if you happen to have a hot pink hole in your shoe collection, £29.99 will allow you to fill it with these.
Click here to buy them: and, actually, if you could all join with me in wishing really hard that they one day re-release my dream shoes, that would be awesome…
I spotted these shoes at Net-a-Porter just before Christmas, and have had them on my Shoeper List ever since. I’ve also spent a fair bit of time, well, just looking at them, basically. But enough about that.
I really like the vague 70s vibe of these, with the chunky front and the wooden heel, and the curved peep toe. I think they’ll look particularly good in summer, but the tomato-red upper will work year round, and they’re the kind of shoes that could even look good with tights, if you like that look.
