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Hilary Duff in Charlotte Olympia striped platform pumps

by Shoeperwoman
4
| Celebrity Shoes, Designer Shoes, High Heels, Pumps/Court Shoes
September 6, 2011

I spotted these shoes at Louisa Via Roma yesterday, but figured I didn’t have a good enough excuse to show you them, given that I’ve featured so many pairs of Charlotte Olympia platforms here recently. (I know, it’s never really stopped me before, but sometimes I do think about these things!)

Today, though, I came across this photo of Hilary Duff wearing the very shoes, while out and about in Brazil, and that was all the excuse I needed! I know the Charlotte Olympia platform is always a source of controversy amongst Shoeperwoman readers, but I’m getting to like it more and more (Actually, Sarah Jessica Parker has been wearing Charlotte Olympia shoes almost exclusively while she’s been on London promoting her new movie recently, and every time I’ve seen photos of her, she’s confirmed how much I love this style of shoe.) and if I was rich, I’d snap these up in a heartbeat:

As I’m not rich, however, I’ll just have to content myself by admiring them on other people. Here’s one more for the road:

Shoes: Charlotte Olympia 150mm suede striped pumps
Price: £567.58
From: Louisa Via Roma: click here to buy them.

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Tagged charlotte olympia, hilary duff, platforms, stripes
Charlotte Olympia ‘Verity’ green felt shoes with lips

by Shoeperwoman
5
| Designer Shoes, High Heels, Pumps/Court Shoes
August 31, 2011

I sense a theme creeping into today’s posts. First I discovered those Office wedges, which I thought looked like they belonged on a cartoon character, and now I find these Charlotte Olympia pumps, which don’t even look like REAL SHOES to me. Not even a little bit. In fact, when I first laid eyes on them, I assumed I was looking at one of these shoe ornaments you sometimes see.

It’s not just the green felt upper (Great colour, strange fabric choice for a £400 shoes), or the little pair of red lips sitting atop the vamp: it also has something to do with the strangely elongated shape, which… well, it just looks odd to me. Maybe it’s just the angle of the photo, and these would look perfectly normal in real life? What do YOU think?

(Click here to buy a pair.)

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Tagged charlotte olympia, green shoes, lips
Charlotte Olympia ‘Cat Face’ velvet pumps

by Shoeperwoman
6
| Designer Shoes, High Heels, Pumps/Court Shoes
August 17, 2011

Hmmm. The issue of Footwear With Faces continues to be a controversial topic here at Shoeperwoman.com, and, once again, I have a feeling that these Charlotte Olympia ‘Cat Face’ pumps may divide opinion, in the same way as Marc Jacobs’ famous mouse flats, and the various other face-bearing footwear I’ve shown you.

These shoes are actually rather more subtle than the name “Cat Face” may suggest, and while they do, indeed, have a cat’s face right on the front of them, the fact that it’s attached to a simple black pump goes a long way towards making these less gimmicky than might otherwise have been the case.

Do you like them, though? Well, there’s no denying that they’re playful, whimsical, and all of those other words that tend to be attached to shoes that come in the shape of cats, or mice, or other cutesy animals. Personally, I prefer my shoes NOT to be staring up at me every time I wear them, but that’s just me, and while I wouldn’t buy these (probably not even if they weren’t $795), I don’t actively dislike them, either.

What do you think?

(Click here to buy them at Neiman Marcus)

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Tagged cats, charlotte olympia, shoes with faces
Shoe Deja Vu: Banana shoes by Charlotte Olympia and Jeffrey Campbell

by Shoeperwoman
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| Shoe Deja Vu
July 20, 2011

Charlotte Olympia’s ‘Bananas is My Business’ shoes didn’t exactly get a rapturous reception when I showed you them a few months ago (Although I actually tried these on last month and was rather smitten with them, I must admit), so I’m going to take a wild guess that Jeffrey Campbell’s ~~shameless ripoff~~ version of the style won’t be too popular either.

To be fair to Jeffrey Campbell, his Fruit Bowl Shoe isn’t exactly the same as the Charlotte Olympia version – and is significantly cheaper looking too, I think: no one’s ever going to mistake it for a Charlotte Olympia design, are they? Still, you have to admit, the placement of the fruits seems too similar for this to be a co-incidence. Both shoes feature watermelon on the toes, bananas on the sides, strawberries at the heels…. add the wooden platform and heel, and, well, it’s a poor show from Jeffrey Campbell, in more ways than one.

What do you think of this case of Shoe Deja Vu?

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Celebrity Shoes: Charlotte Ross in Charlotte Olympia ‘Carmen’ platform wedges

by Shoeperwoman
4
| Designer Shoes, Wedges
July 19, 2011

I’ll be honest: I had to Google Charlotte Ross. (She’s an American actress, in case you’re also in the dark at this point: you can read more about her here.)

I definitely didn’t have to Google her shoes, though, because these are instantly recognisable as the Charlotte Olympia ‘Carmen’ wedges I showed you last month:

I was really pleased to come across a photo of someone wearing these, because I was curious to see what they’d look like on a foot. Setting aside the fact that Charlotte has obviously fallen victim to The Curse of the Too Big Shoes, which aflicts many a celebrity, I still like the shoes – and I still think they look a bit like boats. In a good way, though.

I also like the way these look worn with a white dress – a very summery effect.

What do you think of Charlotte wearing Charlotte?

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Charlotte Olympia Polly Cavallion calf hair pumps

by Shoeperwoman
8
| Designer Shoes, High Heels, Pumps/Court Shoes
July 14, 2011

I just had to show you these.

I know this particular Charlotte Olympia silhouette is familiar to all of us by now, and that the stuck-on platform isn’t a favourite of many of you, but red and leopard print is one of my favourite combinations ever on a shoe, so these were just crying out to be featured.

And I know this is a shoe blog, not a dress blog, but I found these shoes in Net-a-Porter’s ‘New In’ section yesterday, and while I was there, these Victoria Beckham dresses cried out to be featured, too:

Well, who was I to resist them?

Charlotte Olympia Polly Cavallion calf hair pumps, £665: click here to buy them.

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Tagged charlotte olympia, leopard print, platforms
Charlotte Olympia ‘Piano’ platform pumps

by Shoeperwoman
4
| Designer Shoes, High Heels, Pumps/Court Shoes
July 11, 2011

For those who like their shoes quirky – or who just really like the piano – here’s Charlotte Olympia’s ‘Piano’ platforms, which come complete with a piano keyboard on one side!

I’m not generally a fan of what I think of as “novelty” shoes, but I think these ones are just subtle enough to work. The black and white colour scheme goes a long way towards playing down the “novelty” aspect, and if you happen to a piano-playing shoe lover, well, these are definitely the shoes for you. Or they are if you have £650 to spare, anyway.

Do you? Click here to buy them, if so.

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Tagged charlotte olympia, piano, platforms
Charlotte Olympia ‘Carmen’ raffia platform wedges

by Shoeperwoman
6
| Designer Shoes, Wedges
June 21, 2011

Yes, it’s raffia again. I’m afraid so.

Before you roll your eyes and click away, muttering, “Not another pair of raffia shoes!” though, just take a proper look at these:

Is anyone else reminded of a ship?

I know the massive platform on these means they won’t be to everyone’s taste, but I think they’re amazing, and totally the kind of shoes I’d want to put out on display if I was lucky enough to own them. The fact that they’re $823 means that’s never going to happen for me, but if it can happen for you, just click here to buy them!

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Tagged charlotte olympia, platforms, raffia