I’m going to take a rough guess here that when you saw the words “Miu Miu” and “sequins” in the title of this post, these shoes probably weren’t what you were expecting.
Miu Miu is, indeed, known for sequins, but the brand generally tends to attach those sequins to shoes with a much higher heel. This time, however, they’ve gone for a low, block heel, which would generally be a huge turn-off to me – my rule of thumb for heel-height tends to be “go high, go flat, or go home” – but actually, I’ve been seeing a lot of little 60s-style shift dresses around lately, and I think this kind of height and look is perfect for wearing with that particular style.
Of course, the sequined uppers also help here: I don’t think anyone could accuse these shoes of being “frumpy”: not when you’d be looking down on this:
The biggest sticking point with these, then, would have to be the price: they’re $890, and you can click here to buy them from Net-a-Porter.
I’m sure you all remember Carvela’s ‘Glam’ platforms: not just because I showed you them just a few weeks ago, but because they’re definitely one of the more memorable of this year’s shoes, what with those sequinned uppers and shiny gold platforms!
if you do remember ‘Glam’, then I’m sure you’ll have instantly recognised the “inspiration” behind Chockers’ very similar ‘Dorothy’ platforms. These also have the sequins, the bow and the platform, but they come in a little cheaper at £35.
What do you think? Does the lower price make you more likely to try them? Does the copycat design bother you at all?
I have no idea who would wear these shoes, or, indeed, how they’d wear them, but if you’d be happy to give it a try:
1. You have my utmost respect.
2. Please would you join my Shoe Challenge? I think the world needs to see the photos of these shoes in action, and the outfit that would accompany them!
Until that happens, however, we’ll just have to content ourselves with the product shots:
WHOA. Sorry, these seem to have rendered me even less articulate than I usually am. I mean, they’re like the footwear equivalent of a disco ball, aren’t they?
Would you wear these? What would you wear with them? Do tell…
(Oh, and if you want to buy them first, click here to get them from Sarenza, where they’re £116.28)
Well, OK, maybe you can think of a few others. And maybe they wouldn’t all necessarily be complimentary, because, after all, that’s a whole lot of sequins right there. But still:
Erin bought herself a pair of these Irregular Choice shoes while she was in the UK last month, and I’m totally envious, because I think these are absolutely gorgeous! That extravagant, sequined flower on the front is the obvious talking point here, but I also really love the colour of these shoes. There’s something very decadent about them, too, which is Irregular Choice at its very best.
These are currently down to £40 in the Schuh sale, but they’re low in stock, so if you want to grab a pair, you might want to do it fast…
So, earlier this year, I won a competition (I know!) and the prize was a Karen Millen gift card. Which I still haven’t used, because, in keeping with the premise behind my Shoe Challenge, and also a similar kind of wardrobe challenge I’ve been doing for the past few months, I thought the sensible thing to do would be to resist the lure of the beautiful eveningwear currently available on the website, and wait until something came along that I’d actually get the chance to wear.
This dress was hard to resist. It was very, very hard. I may even have wept, a little. But, “Shoeper,” I told myself, “Be strong! Resist the lure of the dress, because you know perfectly well that unless your life changes dramatically at some point in the next few months, and you suddenly become the kind of person who goes to glamorous parties every night of the week, you will never, ever wear it. And even although it wouldn’t actually cost you anything, it would still be a waste. Also: as soon as you spend the credit on a dress you’ll never wear, you just KNOW a dress you WOULD wear will come along, and you won’t be able to afford it because you used up your gift card. So step away from the screen, and leave the poor thing alone.”
So I did. And then, two days later? Along came the matching shoes. Oh, THE SHOES! So pretty! So sparkly! So totally the kind of thing I love! But… navy. And also: dressy. So very, very dressy. Don’t get me wrong: I LOVE navy. For day wear, I’m obsessed with navy. I’d be obsessed with it for evening wear too, except I never buy evening wear any more, on account of the whole “never wearing it” scenario outlined above. And as gorgeous as they are, the dressy nature of these shoes would make them really difficult for me to incorporate into the challenge, sadly, which means one of you guys will have to step up to the plate and buy them, just so I can enjoy them vicariously through you. Any volunteers?
Remember Kurt Geiger’s ‘Dolly’ shoes? The ones with the sequins? And the BOW? They were gorgeous, but they were also £100, and, all too soon, they were sold out.
These shoes from Oli, however, are only £25, and while, OK, they do look less expensive/fabulous than the KG versions, they’re in exactly the same style, and won’t be as hard on the credit card. With pay-day still feeling very far away right now, that has to be a good thing…
The biggest sticking point with these, then, would have to be the price: they’re $890, and you can click here to buy them from Net-a-Porter.
Erin 
