You know how bloggers are always saying things like, “I spat coffee over my keyboard when I seen it!” or “I let out a little scream at the sight of them!” and you know they didn’t REALLY do those things, they’re just saying it for dramatic effect?
This isn’t one of those times. I actually DID let out a gasp and an “OMG” when I came across these Nicholas Kirkwood sandals. Luckily the dog was the only person (shut up, he is too a person!) in the room at the time, and he’s used to me talking to myself, so I think I got away with it.
I feel like gasping again every time I look at them, though. I mean, don’t you? I want to look at them all day, then I want to sit up late and look at them some more. And I want to buy them in every colour, even the multicoloured snakeprint, which I’d normally hate.
These aren’t available to buy yet, but that’s probably a good thing, given how much they’ll cost…
OK. My Australian readers often complain about the expensive/non-existent shipping for shoes from the UK retailers I feature here, so just to show that it works both ways, here’s some Aussie Shoe Kryptonite!
These wonderful peep toes are called ‘Deco’, and they’re by an Australian brand called Siren. Siren does actually ship internationally, but it costs $60AUS, and when you factor in the import duties we’d pay here in the UK, it makes the $139.50 price tag increase quite a bit. This is a shame, because these shoes are absolutely gorgeous, and are available in such a wide range of colours that I can’t possibly pick between them, and have had to show you them all, in the gallery below.
I also couldn’t quite choose between ‘Deco’ and their sister-shoe, ‘Mizzy’:
These have a similar shape, but as you can see, the platform is covered, and the heel is more slender than the one on the ‘Deco’ shoes. I genuinely can’t decide which style I like best, so I’ve included a selection of colours from both styles in the gallery, and you can choose for yourselves!
‘Mizzy’ is $129.95 AUS, and you can click here to buy them.
Move over Giuseppe Zanotti, I have a new favourite red suede wedge.
Shoes just don’t get much better than these red Alexander McQueen wedges, do they? The curve of the heel is just absolutely stunning, and the bright red suede is the perfect choice of upper. I could look at them all day, couldn’t you?
Oh course, they are $930. You didn’t really expect they’d be much less, though, did you?
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Want to buy them? Then click here, you lucky, lucky, girl…
By now, my regular readers are probably all well aware that the designs I’m most likely to identify as Shoe Kryptonite often tend to have certain characteristics in common: curved sides, slender heels, gorgeous colour… a lot like these Casadei pumps, in fact. Because not only do these have that sexy, curved side, just take a look at that heel:
Isn’t that a show-stopper? The way it tapers at the top gives these shoes a delicate, and somehow dangerous look, which I find completely irresistible. Or which I would find completely irresistible if these weren’t £435.75, that is. I mean, a heel like this a work of art:
Oh, and the rest of the shoe isn’t bad either, no?
Like them? Click here to buy them from Luisa Via Roma.
I’m sorry I can’t seem to be more articulate here, readers. But I love these shoes. I loved them last year, when Miss KG released them in grey and pink. And I love them even more now that they’ve brought out this red suede/black polka dot version, which really lives up to the name ‘Minnie’.
To be completely honest with you, my heart actually sank a little when I saw these beauties. “Oh God,” I thought. “I’m going to want to buy those, aren’t I? But I can’t justify buying them right now, so I’m going to have to wait until next month, when I just bet they’ll be sold out in my size. And then I’ll be doomed to spend the rest of my life searching eBay for them, and will probably end up paying more than the £80 they’re selling for.”
Thus the prophecy is written, oh readers. Will these shoes still be in stock by pay day? Will I buy them? You’ll just have to wait and see. (I know, it’s like a cliffhanger in a soap opera, only not as good.)
If you’re not prepared to wait, however, you can click here to buy a pair. Just please, please don’t buy all the size 4s?
(Don’t think I haven’t noticed that this is the second piece of Shoe Kryptonite to be produced by Kurt Geiger this month. I think they’re targeting me. They’re trying to destroy my shoeper powers by destroying my bank balance. And they’re succeeding!)
“Sexy 100″ isn’t just my opinon of these shoes: it’s their actual name. It’s a good name, too, I think: well, it doesn’t really get much sexier than this in the shoe world, does it?
These are actually sold out at Net-a-Porter right now (and no wonder), but you should still be able to pick them up in larger department stores or Louboutin boutiques. Click here to see some more images in the meantime…
