Showing posts with label high heels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high heels. Show all posts

11.4.09

IS THIS LEGAL?!


REAL

KNOCKOFF...THESE LOOK REALLY GOOD! I WOULDN'T ROCK THIS BOOT BUT GOOD DETAIL...

REAL

UM, NOT SO MUCH... IF ANYONE HAS SEEN THE EUGENIE'S IN PERSON THEY KNOW THEY AREN'T MADE FROM SUEDE ('POSE TO BE SATIN!) AND THE SWAROVSKI'S ARE A BIT SMALLER AND DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY WERE APPLIED BY DROWSY WORKER...

SO, AS I PERUSED THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY THIS EVENING I STUMBLED UPON A SITE OFFERING LOUBOUTIN'S FOR $175 AND LIKE A TRUE SKEPTIC I THOUGHT, PSSSSHHHT, TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. AND OF COURSE I WAS RIGHT! THEY'RE KNOCKOFFS, GOOD KNOCKOFFS BUT KNOCKOFFS NONETHELESS. NOW, IF THATS HOW U GET DOWN THEN HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME IN CHECKING OUT THE LINK CUZ THERE ARE SOME GOOD PICKINS BUT IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND PAID TRIPLE (AND SOMETIMES QUADRUPLE!) FOR YOUR LOUB'S THEN GRAB A BOX OF KLEENEX, WIPE AWAY THOSE TEARS OF REMORSE, AND TRY AND CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT OWNING "THE REAL THING" REALLY MAKES YOU SUPERIOR... WELL THAT IS WHAT YOU THINK, RIGHT?

SCREW THAT! A SHOE IS A SHOE, A CUTE SHOE IS A CUTE SHOE AND A WELL-MADE, BEAUTIFUL SHOE IS AN INVESTMENT WORTH HOLDING ONTO UNTIL THE END. I'M NOT COMPLETELY AGAINST BUYING KNOCKOFFS, CHEAPIES OR ANYTHING ELSE SOME PEOPLE ASSUME IS BELOW THEM BUT I'M ALSO FOR PURCHASING A PIECE OF FASHION HISTORY THAT I CAN EVENTUALLY PASS ON TO MY FUTURE CHILDREN OR MY GODDAUGHTER. AND WHILE CHRISTIAN IS SOMEWHERE FILING SUIT WITH HIS OVER-PRICED LAWYERS, I SIMPLY CANNOT AND WILL NOT KNOCK THE HUSTLE...

9.4.09

WE LIKEY????

NINA RICCI SHOES FOR FALL 09...



ME LIKEY!

11.3.09

WE LIKEY????

"I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

ALEXANDER WANG

NICHOLAS KIRKWOOD FOR RODARTE

PROENZA SHOULER

PRADA

PRADA

LANVIN

ISABEL MARANT

19.2.09

Introducing... Nicholas Kirkwood!

Nicky Kirkwood's shoes are absolutely divine. With a futuristic appeal, his uses art as his muse to create shoes that border on architectural masterpieces and sculptures of art. Already being dubbed as "the next Louboutin", the British shoe designer has showed much promise in his own line as well as his collaborations with Phillip Lim, Rodarte, Chloe and Gareth Pugh.
















Stockists include:
USA
Aura
Santa Monica, CA
Tel: +1 310 451 0181Bellhaus
Wainscott, NY
Tel: +1 631 537 5050Capitol
Charlotte, NC
Tel: +1 704 552 8987Jeffrey
Atlanta, GA
Tel: +1 404 237 9000Jeffrey
New York, NY
Tel: +1 212 206 1272Nordstrom
Costa Mesa, CA
Tel: +1 714 549 8300Nordstrom
Chicago, IL
Tel: +1 312 464 1515Nordstrom
Dallas, TX
Tel:+1 214 231 3900Nordstrom
San Francisco, CA
Tel: +1 415 243 8500Seven New York
New York, NY
Tel: +1 646 654 0155Wynn Hotel
Las vegas, NV
Tel: +1 702 770 7000

10.2.09

OOOOH LA LA!

ZANOTTI WOVEN PLATFORM SANDAL $695

THOMAS WYLDE JACA CHAIN LEGGING $670

TADHKENT BY CHEYENNE SLOUCHY BOOT$600

MAWI CRYSTAL BRACELET $555

LOUBOUTIN ARIELLA TALON BOOTS $890

DRIES VAN NOTEN CLUSTER BALL NECKLACE $2800

MCQUEENELVIE PATENT LEATHER TOTE $1,800 AND CROC HEART-SHAPED PEEP TOES $1,500:


ALESSANDRO DELL AQUA SUEDE GLADIATOR SANDAL $700, FLOWER BOOT $800, AND BUSTIER TOP $300: