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    Shoeper Shoe Challenge #17: Beach Birthday

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    | Flats, Shoe Challenge, Shoeperwoman's Shoes
    April 11, 2010

    shoperdog Shoeper Shoe Challenge #17: Beach Birthday

    What: Blue canvas Matalan flats
    When: Sunday, April 11 2010
    Where: Seacliff beach, East Lothian
    With: jeans (River Island), sweater (Topshop), jacket (New Look), sunglasses (Gucci), bag (Accessorize)

    It’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow, but we’ll all be at work unfortunately, so we celebrated today with champagne and chocolate cake on our favourite Scottish beach. The weather was beautifully sunny and Spring-like, but it was actually much chillier than it looks, so I was glad I decided NOT to go with the skirt and tank top I’d originally put on, and stuck to jeans and a sweater! We did a fair bit of clambering about over rocks, so flat shoes were the order of the day too.

    I’m so happy that the warmer weather has arrived (I can’t belive it was still snowing just a couple of weeks ago!), but I’m starting to panic a little about the Shoe Challenge: I finally packed away my winter clothes and got out my summer ones on Friday, and I was seriously alarmed by the number of summery shoes I have, and just a few short weeks to wear them in! (And actually less when you consider that I’ll be on holiday for three of those weeks, and will only be able to take a capsule shoe wardrobe with me!). Looks like I’ll be wearing a lot of sandals and peep toes over the next few months!

    More photos under the jump, and even more over at my personal blog, if you’re particularly interested…

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    High nautical espadrilles from Next

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    | High Street Shoes, Uncategorized, Wedges
    March 26, 2010

    nautical espadrilles High nautical espadrilles from NextHaving been favourably impressed with Next’s summer shoe selection earlier this week, I decided a further rummage around the site was in order, and that rummage turned up these little nautical espadrilles. I don’t actually own any espadrilles: they’re a style that’s never really held much interest for me, partly because a lot of them can look very clumsy, and partly because they really deserve to be worn on perfect, summery days, and there just aren’t too many of those in this neck of the woods, unfortunately.

    I’m still not totally convinced I need to add a pair of espadrilles to my shoe closet, but if I was going to buy a pair, these would be the ones I’d go for. Well, there’d be no way I could resist those stripes, would there?

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    Office Be My Sailor nautical canvas slingbacks

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    | High Heels, High Street Shoes
    March 24, 2010

    office be my sailor shoes Office Be My Sailor nautical canvas slingbacks

    Oh, NO.

    I kinda wish I hadn’t seen these shoes now. To see them is to want them, you see (or, at least, it is when you love stripes. Did I mention that I love stripes? Oh, only a million times, I see.), and they’re £70, which is just a little much this close to pay day. They’re VERY nautical, too, and I’d imagine will probably end up being the 2010 version of Office’s ‘Love Me Tender’ peep toes, which also had canvas uppers and lots of stripes.

    These ones are called ‘Be My Sailor’ and also come in a black and grey leopard print. I wish they’d be MY sailor…

    Buy them here.

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    See by Chloe red nautical denim rope wedges

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    | Designer Shoes, Wedges
    February 17, 2010

    red chloe wedges See by Chloe red nautical denim rope wedgesLast summer, I bought a pair of red canvas wedges from Matalan – in fact, I wrote about them here. They cost me £12, and it was one of the best £12′s I spent last year, because those shoes were hardly off my feet all summer. I wore them so much that by the time I dragged them out for my holiday to the Canary Islands in December, they were already starting to look the worse for wear. I took them with me anyway, and, once again, they rarely left my feet, which means that THIS summer I find myself badly in need of a replacement.

    These Chloe wedges aren’t going to be that replacement. Because if I had £166 to spend on canvas wedges, I’d probably be reclining on a chaise somewhere right now and having my servant dictate this post. I do like them, though (although not as much as my Matalan versions, it must be said. Go figure.), and if, like me, you’re a fan of the nautical look, you’d probably find that these would get a lot of wear, once the warmer weather comes along.

    I, meanwhile, am just REALLY hoping Matalan do another version of their wedges this year…

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    Michael Kors candy striped, cork soled peep toes

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    | Designer Shoes, Peep Toes
    July 29, 2009

    michael kors shoes1 Michael Kors candy striped, cork soled peep toes

    It’s been at least a day since I last showed you a pair of shoes that could be described as “nautical”, so here’s a pair of Kors by Michael Kors peep toes that are about as fresh and summery as a shoe gets. While there’s nothing dramatically different about the design here, these are just lots of fun, and will be equally good at brightening up a pair of jeans or a summer skirt.

    These are down to £109 at Yoox.com, and, somewhat unusually for Yoox, there are still quite a few sizes left. Get them here.

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    Nautical topsider stilettos from Charlotte Russe

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    | High Heels, Sandals
    July 6, 2009

    While I was on vacation, I found myself almost being led into temptation by these Charlotte Russe platforms:

    charlotte russe Nautical topsider stilettos from Charlotte Russe

    They don’t seem to have them on the website, but they were only about $30, were available in red, blue and black, and had both stripes AND bows on them. (And bits of tissue paper in this case but that’s because they were fresh out of the box and I was too lazy to remove it.  Paper not included, needless to say). BUT they were… well, they were just a little bit ridiculous, with a platform and heel that was far higher than it looks in this picture, and I didn’t think I’d get much use out of them, so I did something I hardly ever do, and put them back. (Then I went and bought Louboutins, so I guess my powers of resistance aren’t that great…)

    While I was searching for them on the Charlotte Russe website, so I could show you something better than a blurry phone picture, though, I came across these, which I just KNOW would’ve been coming home with me if they’d had them in-store:

    topsiders Nautical topsider stilettos from Charlotte Russe

    So cute. So cheap. ($26.99) So also-available-in-black. (Did some law come out in the past two weeks about all shoes being available in red, blue and black, by the way?) And, of course, so much more wearable than the huge platforms.

    Charlotte Russe don’t ship to the UK, so these will never be mine, but if you’d like to make them yours, you can buy them here.

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    Rope front high heeled mules from River Island

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    | High Heels, High Street Shoes
    June 3, 2009

    riber island rope mules Rope front high heeled mules from River Island

    Tap, tap: is this thing on?

    Well, I think my internet connection is working again, but then, I thought that yesterday, too, only for it to drop out just as I was about to publish a post here. And then when I came back to that post today? The shoes I was going to show you were sold out. Gah. Blame Virgin Media, folks: I certainly am!

    Anyway, rather than write lots and lots of words only to lose them again, I’m going to let you fill in the blanks yourself about these rope mules from River Island. You know the drill by now: “Blah, blah, nautical, blah blah, peep toe, blah blah, want them, etc.” All I’ll add to this is that although I know a lot of people find high heeled mules difficult to walk in, I personally really like them, and consider them to be a bit of a summer staple. If you do, too, these ones are £39.99 from River Island, and come in red and navy.

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    Shoeperwoman’s Shoes: Red wedges and Sailor dress

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    | High Street Shoes, Shoeperwoman's Shoes, Wedges
    May 22, 2009

    red wedges1 Shoeperwomans Shoes: Red wedges and Sailor dress

    Well, as predicted (by me), I went back to Matalan and bought the red canvas wedges I wrote about a couple of weeks ago.  And which turned out to be £12, not the £8 I originally thought they were. Ah, well.

    I actually bought these as a pair of cheap shoes I can wear on holiday and not care if they get ruined, but then I also took delivery of this little Criminal Damage Sailor dress, so I thought I may as well just nautical it up, because, no, I’m still not over that, apparently.

    Anyway, the shoes are super-comfortable: I love wedges for holidays because they give me a bit of height but are almost as easy to walk in as flats. These ones come up really small, so I had to go down a size: I’m normally a UK 4, but had to buy the size 3, which fit perfectly. And given that they were only £12, and the dress only £10, I have an outfit for £22: bargain!