These are possibly a bit much. Very slightly OTT. I mean, with a corsage that big, you’ll never have to wonder whether anyone’s noticed your shoes yet, will you? But maybe that’s your aim? To wear a totally extravagant, can’t-be-ignored, show-stopping pair of red heels? If so, here they are: they’re by Karen Millen, they’re £140, and you can click here to buy them.
What do you think of these, though? Is the corsage too large, or is it just right? Personally I think these would have to be worn with something very simple: not just to allow them to stand out in the way they deserve, but because too many fussy details with a shoe like these could just be overwhelming. It’d be a classic, plain-cut dress for me, then, but what would you wear with them?
I’m going to do this post back-to-front, and show you the heels of these shoes first:
Well, that we enough to convince me to take a closer look, so what about the front?
Purple is one of my favourite colours, so the front view gets the Shoeper Seal of Approval too: I really like the two-tone – sorry, colourblock - effect, and think these would make a very pretty pair of dress shoes, great for something like a wedding or other special event.
You can tell Spring is in the air, can’t you? So many shoes are turning up on my radar in the brightest of bright colours, and I couldn’t be happier about it!
These ones are from Karen Millen, who I haven’t featured recently, but who’ve just released a Spring/Summer collection full of shoeper goodness! These particular shoes are £140, and I love the combination of pink and purple: click here to buy them.
Definitely not the most practical ankle boots you’ll see this winter, but perhaps one of the more interesting ones. These are £199 at Karen Millen, and I think the laser-cut uppers could look good with some contrasting hosiery underneath them: just save them for a dry day!
I’ve already shown you one pair of totally extravagant shoes today, so I figured I may as well show you another: after all, what’s a couple of pairs of extravagant shoes between friends?
Thankfully this pair isn’t quite as much of a bank-breaker: in fact, they’re “only” £135, which sounds downright cheap to me after those Casadei’s I showed you earlier today. This is a slippery slope to be going down, though, so moving on…
Karen Millen describe these as “necklace” peep toes, presumably because they look like they have a particularly sparkly necklace attached to their heels. This is what I think of as a “Marie Antoinette” kind of shoe: it’s very conspicuous, very flashy… but I still somehow quite like it. Huh.
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.
I think these are definitely one of the best examples of lace on shoes I’ve seen lately, and given that we’re entering into a season which seems to contain a whole lot of lace-effect shoes, that’s saying something.
Of course, it’s mostly the bow that sets these apart from the rest. Without it, they’d still be pretty, but they probably wouldn’t have made me stop and look at every available photo of them, as I did earlier today. Here’s my favourite:
Wouldn’t you just love to look down and see those? If you would, just click here - they’re £120.
Tassels tend to fall into that category of Things People Either Love or Hate, With No In-Between, although, having said that, I’m now going to instantly contradict myself by saying that while I used to be firmly in the “Hate” camp, I’ve recently discovered an appreciation for our fringed friends that leaves me firmly on the fence.
Where do you stand on these Karen Millen sandals? The bright colours make these hard to ignore even without the embellishment, and the yellow colour in particular is a little on the blinding side. I really like the shape of these, though, and the contrast of the patent heel against the wooden platform is a nice touch, too.
