I’m sure most of my regular readers know by now that Jeffrey Campbell shoes are not my style AT ALL. In fact, it would probably be fair to say that I’ve loathed almost everything the brand has to offer this year. (Almost everything.)
Still, even I have to admit that the man has a way of grabbing the attention, and I didn’t think these shoes should be ignored: not least because I have a feeling that they could be dangerous if angered. These fall into the category of “Shoes That Look A Bit Like Boats”. It’s a mercifully small category, and I’m sure Mr JC is probably responsible for quite a bit of it, now I come to think of it.
Anyway, these are called ‘Lotus-Met’, and they have a 6″ heel with a 3″ platform, which the brand claim is the equivalent to walking on a 3″ heel. When you put it like that, it doesn’t sound too bad, does it? Anyone up for the challenge? Anyone? Click here if you are…
I think it’s fair to say that Jeffrey Campbell has gone too far now, don’t you?
These are $159.99 at Modcloth, were almost sold out at the time of writing, and will almost certainly be sold out by the time you read this, but you can click here if you want to find out.
A few weeks ago, my dad suggested that if there was a shoeper-villian of the shoe world, it would, of course, be called “Lex Shoether”, after Lex Luther. He’s right: and I think these Marc Jacobs sandals are true Lex Shoethers, because while the front is unoffensive, if uninspiring, the heel… oh, that heel! It looks likes something a little kid would put together on the craft table in a fit of boredom one day, doesn’t it? Visit the Marc Jacobs website and zoom in on the heel to see what I mean.
The fact is, however, that these are $840. Which is an awful lot more than I’d be prepared to pay for something that looks like the product of craft hour. If you DO like them, however, you have two choices:
a) Make your own version, out of a pair of old sandals, some sticky tape and the leftover tinsel from last Christmas.
b) Click here and hand over $840. The choice is yours.
Now, I don’t know about you lot, but if I paid almost £1,000 and got a pair of these shoes to show for it, I’d be pretty annoyed. In fact, even if I got BOTH of them for that price, I’d still want to try and punch myself. And it’s not that they’re ugly… well, not exactly. OK, the ones on the left are pretty ugly, to be honest. It’s more the idea of paying that much money for shoes made from straw. And which look like… this.
Is it just me, readers? The shoes on the left are £992 at Saks, while the ones on the right are $850 at Neiman Marcus. Do either of them take your fancy?
If anyone can give me a plausible explanation why sneakers need to have kitten heels (or indeed, need to be denim) I will… well, I actually won’t do anything. I’ll be interested to hear it, though.
