Like the Carvela wedges I showed you yesterday, these Bottega Veneta heels are what you’d call a “statment” shoe. Unlike those blue caged numbers, though, these are much more subtle, and very wearable, with everything but the heel remaining fairly toned down. As for the geel itself, I love it – it would cast a wonderful shadow on a sunny day, too! At first glance, I assumed the wedge was a wooden one, but a close-up look reveals it to be snake-print leather – a nice match for the satin uppers, albeit an expensive one, at £485.
Camilla Skovgaard’s distinctive ankle boots have been popping up everywhere recently, and they’re… well, they’re certainly different, aren’t they? In fact, they look a bit like little animals to me. No, I don’t know why.
These come in various different shapes and colours, but the one thing they all have in common is that distinctive thick, rubber sole, which gives them a bit of a “rugged” look (in so far as a stiletto shoe can ever really be “rugged”), but won’t make them anywhere near as practical as the phrase “thick rubber sole” would suggest. Not that this is a bad, thing, of course: “practical” doesn’t tend to be high on my list of requirement for shoes, but then again neither does “reminds me a bit of a small animal”.
What do you think of these, readers? They retail for around £355, and you can buy them at Net-a-Porter, among other places.
I’ve described these as “knee high gladiator sandals”, but I’m not AT ALL sure that’s what they actually are, because they don’t really look “gladiatorial”, do they? So maybe they’re just strange, cut-out knee-high peep toe boots – a key-word combination that should never really happen in my book.
I have the kind of pale skin that tends to take on the imprint of anythng that rests against it for too long (you know, sock lines, etc), so I wouldn’t wear these even if they were my style, which they’re very obviously not. They areLindsay Lohan’s style, though, and they may be yours too. Are they?
Dior did this kind of cut-out wedge last season, and I must admit, I wasn’t a fan of it then, and I’m still not a fan of it now, on these lace-up boots by Alain Quilici. Of course, I’m not a fan of lace-ups at the best of times, and that’s purely a laziness thing: I had a pair of mid-calf length lace-up boots once upon a time, and I couldn’t wait to get rid of them, because I got so tired of all of the lacing and unlacing involved in wearing them. Like I say, I’m lazy.
These lose points on two counts for me, then, but if they’re you’re kind of thing – and they’re definitely different – you can buy a pair for 910 euros here.
Just to prove that it’s not just the big-name designers who get to experience that sense of deja vu as they see their design crop up with someone else’s label attached, here’s Topshop’s ‘Samba’ cut-out peep toes, and Boohoo’s ‘Lorrie’. Spot the difference? Well, of course, there are lots of differences here, with the colour being the most obvious one, but there are a lot of similarities too - enough to make me do a double-take when I stumbled upon the second pair at Boohoo just a few hours after seeing the same design at Topshop.
Neither shoe is particularly to my taste, but if I had to pick, I’d probably go for the Topshop versions, which just look better quality to me, as well as being a nicer colour mix. If you’re judging them by price alone, though, the Boohoo shoes are a mere £25, compared to the £65 the Topshop versions will set you back.
I’ve described these as “knee high gladiator sandals”, but I’m not AT ALL sure that’s what they actually are, because they don’t really look “gladiatorial”, do they? So maybe they’re just strange, cut-out knee-high peep toe boots – a key-word combination that should never really happen in my book.
