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Tag Archives: multi-strapTriple buckle peep toe shoes from Matalan
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This one could be pushing it slightly on the comparison front, as there are a few big differences between these two shoes, but I definitely experienced a sense of deja vu when I looked at Faith’s ‘Linky’ sandals, so here they are!
They remind me of Christian Louboutin’s ‘Differa’, only with one less ankle strap, and a slightly different arrangement at the toe. Faith have also used a snake-print leather, although they’ve kept the red sole (which they have on all of their shoes, not just these ones). These are available in silver and black, and are £80. The Louboutins, meanwhile, are no longer available, but would’ve set you back $1, 495. Ouch.
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I’ve admired these red satin shoes from Office so many times now that I was sure I’d already written about them. I haven’t, though, so I’m going to rectify that by showing them to you know. I think these are the perfect evening shoes, especially for those of us with a weakness for red. I love the mix of satin on the uppers and leather on the straps and toe, and the colour gives them lots of impact. If they weren’t satin, they’d be great for daytime wear with a pair of black tights underneath, but as they are, they’ll be excellent for dancing the night away, no?
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These shoes fall firmly into the “I’d never, ever wear them, but somehow I can’t stop looking at them” category. Like many occupants of that particular category, I actually think there’s something quite ugly about them… and yet still I look. I probably wouldn’t have look at all, mind you, if it wasn’t for the shot of them actually being worn, which appears on the French Connection website, and demonstrates just how eye-catching these shoes are in the flesh. Chunky, strappy and with a bit of an fetish-wear feel to them somehow, which isn’t exactly what I’ve come to expect from French Connection, but that could just be me.
If these are exactly what you’re looking for, they’re £140 and you can buy them here.
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Hmm. I know you’re all probably expecting me to be drooling on my keyboard right now, purely because these shoes have bows, OMG, bows! on them, but actually… no. I’m not loving the current “as many bows as you can fit on the straps” movement in shoe design. Not at all. And OK, there are only three bows on these Chloe sandals, but they still look a little bit fussy to me, and the high leg bothers me, too.
Of course, all of this is academic as far as I’m concerned, because these are an astronomical £900. If that’s just pin money to you, though, you can buy them at Net-a-Porter.
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Remember my Matalan ruffle shoes? The ones with the four straps on each shoe? Well, shocking confession about my general laziness coming up here, but I’ve already discovered the big drawback about those shoes: it’s the fact that every time I want to wear them, I have to fasten eight separate buckles. And then I have to unfasten them all when I want to take them off again. It’s not a deal-breaker, obviously, but you definitely wouldn’t want to wear them to go shoe shopping, put it that way.
Still, it could be worse. There could be EIGHT straps on each shoe. Sixteen straps in all. Like these ‘ACDC’ shoes by Carvela, for instance. Not only would you not want to wear them for a shopping trip, they’re probably not a great choice if you’re the kind of person whose always running late, either, because I’m guessing you can’t get these babies on in a matter of seconds.
As for the way they look meanwhile: well, personally I think I’m a four-strap-ma kinda girl. Any more than that just seems excessive to me, and the high leg on these gives them a bit of a gladiator style too, so I’ll pass. If you love them, however, they’re £150 at Kurt Geiger.
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I don’t think there’s anything particularly “surreal” about these shoes, but I DO think there’s something rather lovely about them – and I’m not just talking about those green suede uppers, which were always guaranteed to win Shoeperwoman points.
This is another example of that multi-strap style I was talking about yesterday, and like the Schuh courts I featured, these also come in a bright, jewel colour. I think the open toe and shiny hold trim makes these more of an evening shoe, but you could probably also get away with wearing them with tights when the colder weather sets in. They’re £70 from Topshop.
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For a long time now we’ve been seeing platform shoes where the platform looks smaller than the actual shoe, so here’s the exact opposite of that idea: a shoe where the sole looks too BIG for it.
These are by Givenchy, and to me they have a slightly cartoonish look about them, almost as if the wearer of the shoe just stepped in a small, black puddle. On balance, I think I prefer the smaller size of platform (assuming that a platform that actually FITS the shoe isn’t an option, and right now it doesn’t seem to be), but I do like everything else about the shoe – well, everything except the price, that is. These are 750 euros from Louisa Via Roma.
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