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Archive for the ‘Shoeperwoman's Shoes’ Category
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge # 12 – Transitional
What: River Island studded ankle boots Most Scottish people seem to have a natural resistance to the cold, which means that although there are still patches of snow on the ground around Shoeper Towers, every time I go out I’ve started to see lots of people in strappy tops, bare legs, open toe sandals: summer clothes, basically. It never fails to amaze me, because although I was raised here, I seem to be completely missing the gene that makes people impervious to the cold: in fact, as I said in this post, I’m permanently freezing, even in summer, so I always find these transitional periods a challenge. Spring is my favourite time of year, and I much prefer Spring/Summer fashions to Winter ones, but while everyone else is already wafting around in pretty dresses and summer shoes, I’m still shivering in my winter woolies! Today was Mother’s Day here in the UK, and we took my parents for a stroll round a local antiques fair/indoor market they love. This is my nod towards transitional dressing: a lightweight tea dress peeping out of a trench coat, but still worn with tights, cardi and ankle boots. I can’t wait for Spring to arrive properly! (I entrusted my camera to Shoeperman on this trip, which means there are very few photos of my actual SHOES here. Ahem. I did take some shots of these boots back when I got them, though, which you can see here.) Monday, March 8th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #11: Old FaithfulWhat: Back vintage style boots, New Look 4am. That’s what time it was when I finished work last night. It was 4:30am by the time I finished taking my makeup off, shutting down the computer and generally faffing around, so at least 5am by the time I actually got to sleep. Let me tell you, I am neither a morning person OR a night person: I just like my sleep, and I haven’t had nearly enough of it today, so don’t be deceived by the photo above – I’m jumping for joy because the Oscars are over for another year, but I’m also absolutely shattered. And also: grumpy. Because of my late night, I decided to stick with an old favourite when I was getting dressed this morning: these boots are the black version of the brown boots I wore here, and, um, one half of which I wore here. Like the brown versions, they’re an old faithful, and are super-comfortable. Especially when I wear both of them at the same time (ahem)… Sunday, March 7th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #10: Oscar Night
What: New Look pink patent bow platforms It’s one step forward and one step back today as far as the Shoe Challenge is concerned, because although I DID wear these shoes this weekend, and can thus cross them off my list, I also BOUGHT them this weekend, which means I’ve made no actual progress at all. Whoops. I’m not going to be too hard on myself, though, because I think the shoes in question are worth the lack of progress. I actually bought a pair of these in black a couple of months ago, and have been wanting the pink ones ever since, but it was only when I actually saw them in person, and realised that they’re such a pale shade of pink that they almost qualify as nude, that I realised I couldn’t possibly leave the store without them. For some reason, this style comes up really, really small. I have lots of shoes from New Look, and they’re almost all a size four, but I had to go up to a UK 5 for both these and the black versions: the size four was absolutely tiny, but the size fives fit perfectly in both the black and the pink, so I’m assuming this style just runs very small. Tonight is Oscar night (Which I’m going to be live-blogging for The Fashion Police), so I decided to go with a classic, vaguely Hollywood-inspired outfit, which also helps tone down the five-inch heels a little. The fluffy dog accessory helps, too… Tags: 5 inch heels, new look, pink shoes, platforms
Posted in Shoe Challenge, Shoeperwoman's Shoes | 12 Comments » Saturday, February 27th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #9: Snow Problem
WHAT: New Look over-the-knee tassel boots This is the reason for the lack of Shoe Challenge posts this week. Yup, it snowed. AGAIN. It’s now officially the worst winter since records began, and as well as being utterly depressing, and forcing me to cancel lots of the plans I’d had for this week (We’re not snowed in, but I don’t like driving in the snow), it’s also making the Shoe Challenge a little more, er, challenging than usual, because these boots are the closest thing I have to “sensible” snow wear, so they’re basically never off my feet at the moment. They’ve definitely been the best value-for-money shoes I’ve bought in the past year! (There are some better photos of them here, if you particularly want to see them.) Actually, even without the snow, the challenge is getting much harder. I think the most important thing I’ve learned from it so far is that while I have a LOT of summer and evening shoes, I don’t have a whole lot of winter ones, and tend to stick to my faithful black boot collection when the weather is cold, wet and miserable. Which is basically all the time. Something to bear in mind the next time I decide to go shoe-shopping, I guess! Monday, February 22nd, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #8: Blue Monday
What: Nine West cork-soled platforms I’ve actually worn these shoes a couple of times recently, but today was the first time I had a chance to take a photo of them! They’re by Nine West, and are clearly a “homage” (ahem!) to Christian Lououtin’s Bruges pumps. I bought them in the States a couple of years ago and wore them a lot in the first year I had them, although they’ve been out of regular rotation until now! What are you wearing on your feet today? Saturday, February 20th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #7 – Can we live through February?
What: Vince Camuto cowboy boots February is my least favourite month of the year, and although it is at least the shortest month, this year it’s felt particularly long and cold, and I just can’t wait for it to be over. The harsher-than-usual winter we’ve been having here is continuing to restrict my wardrobe choices, too: we’re still getting regular flurries of snow, and although they’re not sticking around for too long, when it’s not snowing it’s raining or sleeting, or just generally being cold and miserable, and when the weather’s like that, there’s not much for it but BOOTS. These ones are by Vince Camuto. I picked them up in TK Maxx a few years ago: I can’t remember how much they cost, but I know it wasn’t very much, so although the toes are a little pointier than I’d like, I allowed myself to be seduced by the colour anyway! Of course, after all of my complaining about the dark days of February, today dawned gloriously sunny, so I grabbed the opportunity to actually, you know, leave the house for once. Roll on Spring… Tags: cowboy boots, vince camuto
Posted in Boots, Shoe Challenge, Shoeperwoman's Shoes | 7 Comments » Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #6: You spin me right round…
What: New Look black ankle boots Readers, take it from me: if you ever find youselves thinking, “Oh, hey, I think I will spin round for this photo, it’ll be fun,” don’t do it. Just don’t. Because you’ll make yourself feel really, really sick. And will end up with dozens of photos of your own knickers, from all those times when your skirt flew just a little TOO high. Let’s not even mention the fact that I spun so fast one of my arms apparently flew off. OMG, WHERE IS MY ARM?! (Also: I’m not actually waving at you all in the picture on the right – or not intentionally, anyway – but, um, hi anyway!) Anyway. Nausea-inducing or not, this dress was made for spinning in. I got it for £5 in the H&M sale a couple of weeks ago, and even although it’s too big for me (I’ll be having it altered soon) and is clearly a summer dress, I couldn’t resist wearing it this week. I made it a little more wintery with these black New Look ankle boots, which aren’t particulalry exciting in themselves, but which have seen a lot of wear in the year or so I’ve owned them, and which are the sixth pair of shoes to be “rescued” in my Shoe Challenge. Now I need to go and lie down… Tags: ankle boots, new look, prom dress
Posted in Shoe Challenge, Shoeperwoman's Shoes | 9 Comments » Monday, February 15th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #5: Be My Valentine
What: Red Matalan ruffle shoes (with ruffle removed) Shoeperman and I don’t really do the whole “gifts and cards” thing on Valentine’s Day, but we WILL take any excuse to eat out, so last night we had dinner in the middle of a lake. In a restaurant, I mean: I don’t think these shoes would’ve coped well with a rowing boat, somehow… The shoes in question are my red Matalan ruffle shoes, worn with the ruffle removed, and with my new obsession: POLKA DOTS! You can probably expect to see a lot more dots around here as the year progresses. A LOT more. Don’t say you weren’t warned. What did everyone else do for Valentine’s, if anything? And, more importantly, which shoes did you wear? Tags: matalan, matalan ruffle shoes, pencil skirt, polka dots, red bow belt, red shoes
Posted in Shoe Challenge, Shoeperwoman's Shoes | 10 Comments » Friday, February 12th, 2010New Shoes! Red platform shoe boots from Dorothy Perkins
(I did try to take a picture of the actual shoes, but the perpetual lack of daylight here at this time of the year makes it really hard to get the colours to come out right, and luckily there was still a photo of them on the Dorothy Perkins website.) So, these become pair of shoes # 75 in my collection, and thus ends The Week of Four New Pairs of Shoes. I wonder what pair # 76 will be? Tags: dorothy perkins, platform, red, shoe boots
Posted in Boots, Shoeperwoman's Shoes | 6 Comments » Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Shoeper Shoe Challenge #4: Brown vintage-look boots from New Look
What: Brown vintage-look boots from New Look Comfort clothes for a miserable grey February day, mostly spent working! These boots came from New Look, about two years ago now, and I liked them so much I bought them in black, too. I love the casual, vintage look of them, and they’re also one of the most comfortable pairs of footwear I own: anytime I’m planning on doing a bit of walking, these boots (or the black versions) are the ones I’ll reach for. Or, knowing me, I’ll reach for ONE of these boots, and one from a totally different pair… How’s everyone else getting on with their shoe challenge? 
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Shoe Challenge: Pairs of shoes: 76 Worn so far: 12  |
