I spotted these shoes at Net-a-Porter last week and had to share them with you: not because I particularly like them, you understand (for some reason, a huge white platform instantly makes me think “Spice Girls”), but because they’re pretty unique. At first glance, I assumed they were wedges, but closer inspection reveals them to be stiletto mules, which have a strip of tulle stretched between the heel and platform.
The heels themselves are also rather interesting:
I rather like this effect, mostly because the buttons remind me of my wedding dress, which had a row of buttons down the bodice (although mine were square, not round). I also like the delicate flowers at the heels, and on the arch of the sole.
Where would you wear them? Net-a-Porter have a suggestion: “Wear them as the focus of your look for a contemporary summer wedding,” they say. To this I would add an important clause: ONLY IF YOU’RE THE BRIDE. I can only really see these working as wedding shoes, can’t you?
What do you think of them?
Rosamosario Tulle Over Art appliquéd silk-satin sandals, £630: click here to buy them.
I kind of hate them. With a vengeance.
These totally belong in a boudoir of some glamorous, glamorous woman, who would wear slippers with 5 inch heels…
LOVE them they would have been amazing with my 50s wedding dress but way too expensive!
I’d like to see your wedding dress.
They make me think stripper-bridal-nylons-fetishist. I’m really not a fan!
I think they’re very pretty but largely impractical. Definitely bride only.