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Rupert Sanderson black and gold ‘Hera’ wedges

by Shoeperwoman
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| Designer Shoes, Wedges
May 23, 2012

When I was a little girl, my mum had a pair of black patent wedge sandals which I used to sometimes put on and try to walk around in, even although they were several sizes too big for me. Since then, I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the black patent wedge, and these ones by Rupert Sanderson are particularly appealing to me because they use one of my very favourite colour combinations: black and gold.

The heel on these comes in at just under 4″, and the shiny patent upper is topped with a large gold disk, which matches the heel. This is a very dressy take on the wedge, and these are the kind of shoes you could wear to work, and then afterwards, for dinner or drinks. And while black and gold may not seem like a particularly summery combination, just imagine the way that embellishment on the toe would catch the sun!

These shoes are £474.30 at Spartoo (who’ve actually just taken delivery of a batch of Rupert Sanderson footwear, all of which is on sale, so worth checking out if you’re a fan of the brand): click here to buy them.

Tagged black shoes, rupert sanderson, Spartoo is a sponsor of Shoeperwoman.com
ASOS Sunrise suede effect wedges

by Shoeperwoman
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| High Heels, High Street Shoes, Wedges
May 21, 2012

Suede and raffia has (somewhat surprisingly) been one of the most popular combinations for wedges this summer, and ASOS’s ‘Sunrise’ pumps are one more example of that trend. At just £30 per pair, you can take it as read that the uppers are simply suede effect rather than the real thing, but as well as making them a little more affordable, it also makes them a little more practical -suede and raffia aren’t the hardest wearing fabrics for shoes, so at least this way you’ll worry less about ruining them!

I like the bright colours, the low heel and the almond toe on these and I also like the fact that they made them in my two favourite shoe shades; red and green!

[Click here to buy these at ASOS]

Tagged ASOS, green shoes, red shoes
Alaïa Paille Glamour embellished raffia and suede wedge sandals

by Shoeperwoman
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| Designer Shoes, High Heels, Wedges
May 11, 2012

If, like me, one of your first orders of business every morning is to load up the Net-a-Porter website and drool over the beautiful shoes you find there, you won’t be the slightest bit surprised to find these Alaïa wedges featuring here today. These were definitely the stand-out shoe of yesterday’s new product drop, and although the $1,765 price tag puts them firmly into the “fantasy” league for most of us, the sight of them definitely helped brighten up a dull Thursday morning for me.

These feature a raffia upper (another reason why the price tag is too high for me – raffia just isn’t a fabric I can keep looking fresh for very long!) with suede trim and gold studs. The wavy trim is obviously the main feature of these shoes, with the 6.5″ heel coming a close second:

Want a pair? You can click here to buy them at Net-a-Porter.

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Tagged Alaïa
Sigerson Morrison ‘Dali’ wedge sandals

by Shoeperwoman
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| Designer Shoes, Wedges
May 10, 2012

I’d actually earmarked these shoes to show you a couple of weeks ago, but they sold out almost instantly, so I didn’t manage to get round to it: obviously I’m not the only one who liked them, then!

These are by Sigerson Morrison, and I think they’re another great example of how to do perspex on shoes right. The plastic section on the wedge heel here is anything but tacky, and instead helps to give the shoe a very modern, stylized kind of feel. The two-tone upper, meanwhile, is also muted enough to make sure these look sophisticated, rather than stripper-ish, which can so often be the fate of perspex-heeled shoes.

These are available in very limited sizes at Shopbop (click here to check if yours is one of them), but I also spotted a version with a blue upper at Barney’s, and you can get those here.

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Tagged perspex heels, sigerson morrison
Blink gingham wedges in red and blue

by Shoeperwoman
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| High Heels, High Street Shoes, Wedges
May 9, 2012

My obsession with gingham print continues… I think I probably have a little bit too much of it in my closet right now, if I’m totally honest, but there’s no such thing as “too much” when it comes to shoes, so here are Blink’s platform wedges, which come in your choice of blue or red gingham print.

Once you get past the inevitable picnic blanket/OMGPLATFORM comments that these initially bring to mind, you’re left with what I tend to think of as a “vacation shoe”. I wouldn’t get a whole lot of use out of them here at home (or not unless the weather took an unexpectedly summery turn, that is), but they’re the kind of shoes I can’t do without on a summer holiday, when I want to be able to walk a lot, but still wear shoes with a bit of height and a bit of “oomph” to them.

I’d go for the red version, because it’s my perfect summer neutral, but the blue is also cute. They’re £50 per pair, and available at Debenhams: click here to buy them.

Tagged blink, cork soles, gingham
Topshop ‘Palais’ layered metallic wedges

by Shoeperwoman
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| High Heels, High Street Shoes, Wedges
May 3, 2012

In my ongoing quest to show you all the mint shoes in all the world, I somehow managed to overlook Topshop’s ‘Palais’ wedges. I’m correcting that now, because although these are a little too “Friday night at the disco” for my tastes, they are definitely show-stoppers:

That’s a whole lotta look, isn’t it?

These obviously won’t be to everyone’s taste – I think they have a bit of a Terry de Havilland feel to them, with the layered wedge, but the slightly orthopaedic look of the criss-cross upper puts me off a little.

These are £85 at Topshop: click here to buy them.

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Tagged mint shoes, Topshop
Pour la Victoire ‘Mai’ wedge pumps

by Shoeperwoman
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| Designer Shoes, Wedges
May 1, 2012

In my ongoing search for nude wedges, one of the shoes I’ve been admiring recently is Pour la Victoire’s ‘Mai’ pumps. The ‘sand’ version of these is a little darker than I’d ideally like, but these do come in a range of other fabulous colours, including bright blue, coral, and fashionable neon yellow:

Of all of these, the blue is my favourite, although I suspect the “sand”, pictured at the very bottom, is the one I’d find myself wearing most often: I love brilliantly coloured shoes, but it’s always the “boring” ones I end up wearing most often!

Pour la Victoire ‘Mai’ wedge, $250: click here to buy them at Shopbop.

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Miss Selfridge ‘Windsor’ nude corsage wedges

by Shoeperwoman
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| High Heels, High Street Shoes, Wedges
April 30, 2012

My search for neutral coloured wedges continues with Miss Selfridge’s ‘Windsor’ wedges. These caught my eye over the weekend, not just because of the colour (or the lack of colour?), but because of the pretty little bow on the toe, and the woven sole. These say “summer picnic” to me, and would be the perfect sidekick to a sun dress, or even a pair of shorts: comfortable enough for a stroll in the sun or a spot of sightseeing, neutral enough not to detract from the colourful prints we tend to see at this time of year, and pretty enough to satisfy my shoe-loving soul.

One word of warning: although these are described as “nude” on the Miss Selfridge website and look nude in the photo above, I noticed that one of the user reviews on the site says they’re more of a gold colour in real life (Aside: don’t you just love websites which allow buyers to post reviews of the items? I’m always disappointed when a site doesn’t have these now – they can be indispensable if you’re wondering which size to go to, or what the colour/fabric is like in real life). That wouldn’t necessarily put me off, because I have a large space in my heart for gold shoes, but it might mean you’d be better checking these out in store if you think it would bother you.

If you want to go ahead and order online, however, they’re £48 and you can click here to buy them.

Tagged miss selfridge, nude shoes