The Zara website describes these as “party shoes”, and I can definitely see where they’re coming from: they have a definite “evening” feel to them, don’t they? Now, I’ve promised myself I won’t buy any more evening shoes for a long time, because the type of parties I tend to go to are rarely very glamorous, and so glitzy shoes would be destined to spend most of their lives sitting on the shelf. I could, however, easily be persuaded to change my policy for these shoes, because they’re just absolutely gorgeous, aren’t they?
I love that gold, cage-effect upper, and I also love the contrast with the black suede on the heels. These are elegant, glamorous, but still fairly understated, so even without a diary full of parties to attend, I’m fairly sure I could find a way to make them work. In fact, I guess they’d be an excellent excuse to throw a party of my own…
These are £49.99: click here to buy them from Zara.
It used to be the case that the phrase “statement heels” would invariable be used to refer to stilettos, or sandals of some kind, but these days wedges are hitting back, and making some pretty strong style-statements of their own.
These blue ‘Garbo’ wedges by Carvela are about as eye-catching as it’s possible for a pair of shoes to be, with the combination of the bright blue colour, super-high heel, gold accents and cage front all combining to make one hell of a shoe. Whether you like them or not is a whole other matter, of course: personally I think they’re of the “great to look at, wouldn’t actually wear” variety, but if you like your shoes loud, you may just love them. If you do, they’re £150 at Kurt Geiger, and they’re also available in black.
The cage shoe is another trend that just doesn’t seem to want to die this year, here’s the latest take on the trend, from New Look. Despite never really getting into the whole “caged” look, I saw these shoes in-store a couple of weeks ago, and really liked them: the silver ones in particular are much nicer in real life than in the picture, and would make a nice, up-to-date evening shoe, although that could be just my preference for metallics speaking! Another point in their favour: they’re only £15. Bargain.
Well, I guess this is the flip-side to all of the open toed boots we’ve been seeing everywhere this year: closed toe sandals, open on the foot but closed on the toe.
These are available in both black and navy, but neither version is quite working for me. It may just be the angle of the photo, of course, but the entire front of the shoe looks oddly elongated, giving it a bit of a comedy look. Hopefully it doesn’t look like that when it’s actually on someone’s foot! If you want to find out, these are £75 from Topshop.
Yet another take on the cage boot: it’s the trend that just won’t die!
Luckily, it’s also a trend that seems to get a little more accessible with each new incarnation of it, and I think these boots/shoes/sandals from Dorothy Perkins are one of the most easy to wear versions yet. That doesn’t mean I’d wear them myself, mind you – the fact that I wasn’t sure whether to refer to them as boots, shoes or sandals is a pretty good sign that these won’t be gracing the feet of Shoeperwoman any time soon – but for the right person they could be an affordable way to wear this trend.
I love that gold, cage-effect upper, and I also love the contrast with the black suede on the heels. These are elegant, glamorous, but still fairly understated, so even without a diary full of parties to attend, I’m fairly sure I could find a way to make them work. In fact, I guess they’d be an excellent excuse to throw a party of my own…
It used to be the case that the phrase “statement heels” would invariable be used to refer to stilettos, or sandals of some kind, but these days wedges are hitting back, and making some pretty strong style-statements of their own.
Yet another take on the cage boot: it’s the trend that just won’t die!