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Cinderella Me: the designer shoe-hire site

cinderella me Cinderella Me: the designer shoe hire site

Love designer shoes, but hate designer prices? Don’t we all. Cinderella Me, however, is a new site which aims to give us access to some of our favourite designer footwear for a fraction of the price on the box. The catch, however, is that you’re hiring the shoes rather than buying them, so you will have to persuade yourself to part with them at the end of the week!

The idea is similar to some of the designer dress hire companies that have been around for a few years now: you choose the shoes you want from a selection on the website (They carry brands like Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, Dior, etc), and they’re sent to you to wear for a week, at the end of which time you send them back, ready for the next person. Prices are around £80 per week, although some shoes cost more and some cost less.

Now, I know what you’re thinking here, because I thought it too: what about hygiene? After all, the idea of wearing shoes that God knows how many other pairs of sweaty feet have already occupied isn’t exactly appealing is it? Worry not, though: the site goes to great lengths to assure clients that each pair of shoes is carefully cleaned and sanitised before it’s sent out, so the shoes should look and feel as good as new.

What does everyone think of this idea? Is it something you’d like to try, or would you rather just either save up the money and buy the shoes outright, or take the £80 and spend them on a pair of less expensive shoes instead?

Take a look at the Cinderella Me website here.

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Shoe Challenge # 24: Bowled Over

not my bowling shoes Shoe Challenge # 24: Bowled Over

What: Dune Olsen pumps
When: Friday, May 7th, 2010
Where: Bowling with friends
With: Ancient jeans (Dorothy Perkins), tank (Topshop); blazer (New Look)

Bowling. If there’s a more difficult activity to dress for, well, I don’t know what it is. And I don’t think I want to know. Let’s face it: bowling shoes are ugly. Nothing looks good with them. Nothing. Certainly nothing I own, anyway, because it was only as I opened my wardrobe last night to get ready to go bowling with my friends that I suddenly remembered that I only own skinny jeans. No boot cuts. No wide-legs. Just skinnies. (Actually, I do have some trousers with wider legs, plus a single pair of straight-leg jeans, but they’re all cut to wear with heels, and look even stranger rolled up than the skinnies do.) And skinny jeans + huge white flat lace-ups does not a good look make. Mind you, I’d say that NOTHING makes for a good look when combined with bright white, lace-up flats, so I was forced to just suck it up, roll up the legs of my jeans and accept that I was going to look like I’d gotten dressed in the dark for a couple of hours.

To make up for this humiliation, I wore the most impractical shoes I own to the bowling alley:

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Dressy flower heels from New Look

satin bow sandals Dressy flower heels from New Look

You just can’t beat New Look when it comes to cheap n’ cheerful party shoes, can you?

These flower-fronted sandals are just £30, and while they’re probably never going to go on to become your favourite shoes in the world ever, given the limited amount of use evening shoes get in my house, that seems like a pretty reasonable price to me. These are also very cute, and combine a strappy upper which helps tone down the flower decorations a little, and make these very wearable. I like the pale gold versions, which will go with everything, but the black should prove versatile too.  Get them here, if you agree.

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Nautical style wedges from Miss Selfridge and Miss L Fire

nautical wedges miss selfir Nautical style wedges from Miss Selfridge and Miss L Fire

As you can probably tell, I’m really enjoying Miss Selfridge’s shoe collection at the moment. They seem to share my enthusiasm for all things nautical and nice, and these navy espadrilles would be the perfect addition to my summer shoe wardrobe: look, they even tap into my love of ribbons and stripes!

Another good thing about Miss Selfridge, of course, is their affordable pricing: these are £40, and you can buy them  here. ( Having seen them in person last week, I can confirm that they’re much nicer in real life than they look in the photo, too.) If you want to really go overboard (no pun intended) with the nautical theme, meanwhile, these red and white stripey wedges are by another shoe-making ’Miss’ - Miss L Fire:

nauticsl stripe wedges Nautical style wedges from Miss Selfridge and Miss L Fire

(£55, Dollydagger)

These are actually a bit too much even for me (I know: you didn’t think ANYTHING could be “too nautical” for me, did you?), but I reckon that between them the Misses Selfridge and L Fire have the nautical trend more or less covered when it comes to wedge shoes. I STILL haven’t found a replacement for my beloved Matalan canvas wedges so far, though, and time is running out: panic!

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Friday Night Louboutin Fix: Christian Louboutin Bow T Dorcet pumps

christian louboutin bow sho Friday Night Louboutin Fix: Christian Louboutin Bow T Dorcet pumpsThese shoes tortured me last summer. The Neiman Marcus I always visit when I’m in the States had them in ivory, and even if they hadn’t been so obviously bridal, the price would still have placed them way out of my league (they were $895), but they were so beautiful that every time I was near the store I would go in and pick them up, just to stroke them. Why yes, I DO have a problem!

They’re now down to $361 at Barney’s, so it’s no wonder that they’re sold out in most sizes. (Sorry if I just got your hopes up, there.) These would be the perfect evening shoes, so if you do manage to get your hands on a pair, treat them well, and tell them Shoeperwoman says “hi”…

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High nautical espadrilles from Next

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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River Island mid-heel peel toes in nude and red

nude red peep toes River Island mid heel peel toes in nude and red

My heart did a little leap of joy when I saw these shoes. Not only do they check all of my current boxes for Perfect Spring Shoe Material (colour choice, peep toe, bow), they also have a mid-height heel, which I know will please those of you don’t like your shoes too high. With that said, these heels are around 3″, so they’re not super-low either, although the concealed platform should make the heel feel more like 2″ than 3.

The “nude” colour is actually a very pale pink, which would pass for nude on me, anyway: I’m not sure whether I like it or the red colour best, though, which means I’d probably want to buy both of them…

Edit: I’ve just realised they’re also available in baby plue. Oh, decisions!

They’re £44.99 at River Island.

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Blue suede and patent wedges by Moschino

blue moschino wedges Blue suede and patent wedges by MoschinoTime for our regularly-scheduled Moschino shoe of the week!

No, I jest: I didn’t actually intend to write about Moschino every week, it’s just worked out that way because Yoox seem to have had a huge delivery from this brand, and more than a few of the styles have been catching my eye. These blue suede/patent wedges are the latest shoes to jump up and shout, “Hey, Shoeperwoman! Over here!” while I was browsing the Yoox website. The colour is one I’ve been really loving recently, and I also love the cut-out shape of the uppers. Finally, the mix of fabrics is also interesting, and the suede helps to make the shoe look a little more expensive than would possibly have been the case if they were all-patent.

Like them? They’re £230 and you can buy them here.

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