Karen Millen’s footwear has proven to be a little like the buses for me this year: I didn’t see anything I liked for ages, and now lots of beautiful shoes have come along at one - first there was those beautiful lace peep toes from last week, and now I found these gorgeous little diamante numbers.
Diamante shoes can be really difficult to get right, and can end up looking a tad “rhinestone cowboy”. These ones, however, create the effect of snowflakes scattered all over the uppers (or is it just me who thinks that?), and it gives them a lovely, winter-appropriate effect.
Like them? They’re £199 and you can click here to buy them.
Pretty, special-occasion shoes, for only £45? Well, I don’t mind if I do: after all, there are lots of similar styles around at the moment for significantly more money, and although it’s hard to tell what the quality would be like in person, they certainly look the part in the photo.
Affordable price-tag aside, these have just enough diamante sprinkled on the bow and platform to make them stand out, without being tacky. They’re the kind of shoes that could be the perfect party companions for a long time to come, too.
These are also available in silver, and you can buy yourself a pair at Dorothy Perkins (who currently have a sale on, meaning I probably wouldn’t be able to stop myself slipping a little extra something into my basket too. Well, if you’re paying for shipping anyway…)
Don’t you just hate it when you find a pair of shoes that are perfect in every single way… but one? I love almost everything about these Rene Caovilla sandals, but the one thing I don’t like is something of a deal-breaker: it’s that fussy little metal heel sticking out of the bottom of the “wedge”. Now, granted, metal heels are one of my personal pet hates, so perhaps other people will be able to look past it to the beautiful shoe beyond. I’d have loved these even more with a different heel, but if this one works for you, you can pick up a pair here, for £365.
Aruna Seth shoes belong in that special category of beautiful things I will probably never own because I just don’t have the kind of lifestyle to do them justice. These beautiful butterfly-front peep toes, for instance, look like they belong on the red carpet, or at some kind of exclusive event at the very least - although I guess you could always wear them to clean the bathroom/do the ironing in too, if you really wanted to. I won’t tell if you don’t.
If you do have an event to wear them too, or feel like inventing one just for the hell of it, they’re £435, and you can find them here.
ASOS have tried their level best to place temptation in my way with these shoes: they’re red, they’re sparkly, they have bows on the front, they’re an affordable £45. Just about everything I like in a shoe, really, but…. somehow they’re just not going it for me. I think it may be the concealed platform, which makes the front of the shoe look too chunky for the delicate bow, but whatever it is, these are nice, but not nice enough to have me reaching for the credit card. They’re also available in black, though, and I actually think they work better in that colour – take a look at the ASOS website and see for yourself!
I swear shoe manufacturers are doing this just to torment me: everywhere I look there are gorgeous bridal styles, and I, as an old married woman, can’t wear any of them!
These ones from Dune are actually too cute to be hidden under a long dress, so I’d be tempted to pair them with a shorter style if possible, or to just make sure my toes peeked out the bottom of my dress at every possible opportunity. They’re £99, and you can buy them from the Dune website.
Every time I visit the Dune website, I head straight to the “Glitzy Glam” section. It’s the one with the most extravagant shoes – the ones I’d probably never have the chance to wear, but which I like to look at, anyway. These ‘Jin’ boots fall into that category. The diamante bows on the ankles give these a very dressed-up look, but for those of you worried about cankles – or who just don’t like bows – it looks to me like they’re probably detachable, leaving you with a simple black suede boot.
These shoes are particularly well named, I think, because I don’t know about you, but j’adore. I suspect that’s probably the reaction Dune were expecting when they chose that particular name.
In the continuing bid to attach bows to places other than the toe, they’ve put these ones on the heels, and given them a generous sprinkling of diamante, too. The result is a special-occasion shoe that combines a simple shape with a bit of pizazz, and which also comes in black, should you prefer it.
Aruna Seth shoes belong in that special category of beautiful things I will probably never own because I just don’t have the kind of lifestyle to do them justice. These beautiful butterfly-front peep toes, for instance, look like they belong on the red carpet, or at some kind of exclusive event at the very least - although I guess you could always wear them to clean the bathroom/do the ironing in too, if you really wanted to. I won’t tell if you don’t.
Every time I visit the Dune website, I head straight to the “Glitzy Glam” section. It’s the one with the most extravagant shoes – the ones I’d probably never have the chance to wear, but which I like to look at, anyway. These ‘Jin’ boots fall into that category. The diamante bows on the ankles give these a very dressed-up look, but for those of you worried about cankles – or who just don’t like bows – it looks to me like they’re probably detachable, leaving you with a simple black suede boot.
These shoes are particularly well named, I think, because I don’t know about you, but j’adore. I suspect that’s probably the reaction Dune were expecting when they chose that particular name.