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Category Archives: SandalsChristian Louboutin Suede and Leather Criss-Cross Colorblock Sandals
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If you’re wondering what to wear on Valentine’s Day (or what to buy to celebrate the end of the Shoe Challenge at the same time!), Dune have handily named these heart-print sandals “Valentine”, to steer you in the right direction.
I’m not much of a fan of wearing hearts on Valentine’s Day (or any kind of “themed” dressing, come to think of it), but I’d happily wear these at any time of the year: I love the heart print and the cute little bow!
If you’re the type who likes your shoes to match your handbag (I know this is very frowned upon by some!), there’s even a little heart-covered clutch bag to match:
Awww!
Both of these are available from the Dune website: click here to buy them.
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There’s an obvious bit of Shoe Deja Vu going on here between these Buffalo sandals, and Miu Miu’s polka dot platforms from last summer: the bright green upper, the crossover front, the ankle strap and the platform. Nevertheless, they’re not identical: the Buffalo version adds a blue platform, and uses slimmer straps -there’s definitely no danger of them being mistaken for Miu Miu, but I’m rather taken with them all the same, as you can probably imagine. Well, green, polka dots, bright blue – it’s like they were made just to tempt me.
While we’re on the subject of polka dots, temptation, and Buffalo, here’s another pair from their summer collection which caught my eye:
Although I’m not a huge fan of flat shoes, I always like to have at least one red pair in stock at any given time, and I wear them until they fall apart, red being one of my shoe “neutrals”. These ones are super-cute, and will add a touch of fun to even a dull pair of jeans…or shorts, or whatever else you want to wear them with.
You can click here to view these, and the rest of the Buffalo collection, at Spartoo.
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This is the second pair of Jimmy Choos I’ve shown you this week (and I may as well warn you now, there will probably be more: I’m really liking what I’ve seen of the Spring 2012 collection so far), but when a Shoeperhero stumbles upon kryptonite, she loses all powers of resistance, and can’t be held responsible for her actions…
Which brings me to Jimmy Choos ‘Brigitte’. I absolutely adore these shoes. For me, these are everything that’s wonderful about summer shoes: I’ve always been a sucker for gingham print, with its promise of picnics and sunshine, and it’s vague 50s vibe, and the way these sandals knot at the toe and ankle is just perfect. They’re fun, fabulous, and oh-so-summery… and they’re £650. Which is the only downside that I can find here.
I don’t love these quite as much as I loved Christian Louboutin’s gingham print Greissimos from last summer, but I do love them a LOT. Gingham: it’s absolute kryptonite, for sure!
Jimmy Choo ‘Brigitte’, £650: click here to buy.
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I don’t know about you, but I tend to think of LK Bennett as a very understated kind of brand: their shoes are beautiful and elegant, true, but they’re not often what you’d call “exciting” – or, at least, not until now.
These coral and silver ‘Romance’ sandals are the kind of shoes that instantly made me go wow… and start feverishly dreaming up excuses to wear them. I’m still drawing a blank with that for the time being, but if you’re not, you need to know that they’re also available in black…
…and that they’re £245.
What do you think of them?
LK Bennett ‘Romance’: click here to buy
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Well, these are just as sweet as cherry pie, aren’t they? And there was obviously no possible way for me to avoid saying that, once I’d read the name of them: sorry.
These are the latest offerings in my continuing quest to bring you shoes that don’t have skyscarper heels: these come in at 3.5″, which isn’t exactly “low”, either, but is still a good bit shorter than the 5″ platforms we see so much up, and isn’t it nice to see a cute design applied to a lower heel?
I , of course, like the polka dots, and I also like the little berry decoration on the toe (Which looks more like a blackberry than a cherry to me, but hey, let’s not pick hairs. Or even fruit.), which is something a little bit different.
They look nice on, too:
Fancy a pair? These are £45, and you can click here to buy them at Schuh.
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Every time I look at these Jimmy Choo sandals, I find myself wanting to say “hubba hubba”. Which is honestly weird for me, because if you knew me in real life, you’d know that I NEVER say “hubba hubba”.
Apparently I do now, though, because these shoes? Fabulous. Also, expensive. We’re talking £724, here. Worth it? Well, I’ll let you decide…
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OK, I think I’m just going to have to re-name myself “Striperwoman” here. Is that OK with everyone?
Look, it’s not really my fault. Well, OK, it IS my fault. But am I slightly less to blame than I usually am for showing you lots of pairs of stripey shoes. You see, fashion seems to be going through one of those stages at the moment where it has aligned perfectly with my own personal tastes. The stores are just FULL of stripes, polka dots and the colour green. It is TORTURE for me, seriously. I mean, I know stripes and polka dots are always around in some form or another, and green has been quite prevalent too over the past couple of seasons, but at the moment I feel like I can’t visit a retail website without adding about 10 more items to my Wish List: or to my “To Be Blogged” list at the very least.
Which brings me to these River Island sandals. They have stripes. They have a bow. I wish they didn’t have a raffia platform, but they do, and I will live with it. They have a red twin, which…
…I really don’t like at all, actually.
The blue version, however: the blue version I would happily wear, even although there’s a good chance they’d made my ankles look like tree trunks. I think I’ll put that theory to the test next time I’m in River Island…
If you want to put it to the test RIGHT NOW, however, they’re £65, and you can click here to buy them.
And just in case you don’t believe me that fashion is deliberately trying to taunt me right now:
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Oh, hai, green, midi length dress, which also has polka dots!
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