There are two things that are very quintessentially not me.
1. Liking Christian Louboutin
2. Hating Expensive Footwear
However the abomination of footwear design that was Autumn/Winter 2009 has made both of these horrors a reality.
Crimes of Burberry
‘Marie Antoinette vomitted suede on my shoes’ by Tabitha Simmons
Alligator Abomination by Givenchy, a steal at £868
We all know that I am not fashion forward. I still watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s for style advice and live in nice jeans, nice dresses and nice jackets. I rarely buy anything that I cannot justify as being ’sexy’ or ‘classic’ on some level, be it a plain white teeshirt or a Bally boot or a Jacobs bag. I don’t really follow trends because I never seem to be able to execute them.
SoI guess heels for me is all about that, sure the girls on Collins St might know that I am wearing Sergio Rossi’s but the guy that said ‘Hot Shoes’ to me in Mr Tulks is the real reason I totter around on them all day.
Call me materialistic and shallow, I often am.
Outfits look better, legs look better, you feel like you look better and I generally feel more confident and more attractive and as a girl this makes me happier.
Yes my feet hurt if I wear them all day but like a skateboarder that knocked out his two front teeth, its an injury worn almost like a badge of honour.
So my beef with AW09 shoes is that they are god damn unsexy.
They are unflattering, clunky combinations of rubber, wood and dark dark leathers that could make Cindy Crawford’s pins look like the body of two walrus.
So as played out as Louboutin is and as ridiculously priced as his shoes are, I would like to make the completely obvious observation that he never stops making classic, simple, flattering and beautifully made high heels. For this he now gets my love, I’m sure he has been waiting for it.
It wasn’t all terrible this season but AW09 was the season of Recession. Everything is fucking black and grey and plum and serious, the Burberry heals being the most apt and horrendous example.
But when the sun shines again in the money world I would like you to whip out your Amex’s and buy me these:
Guiseppe Zanotti for daytime.
Loeffler Randall if we simply must embrace the shoe/boot/sandal trend.
Charlotte Olympia to have forever.
Jerome C. Rousseau for lingerie.
Let’s hope SS10 offers something better.
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4 Comments
Hahaha I really like the first two examples of bad shoes, especially the Burberry ones!.. hehehe but my tastes have always been borderline ugly/extreme… the Givency ones are heinous, Eep!.. But I also LOVE the leopard wedges and red pumps (actually I like all of your HOT picks), I’m a sucker for animal print! Actually I’m just a sucker for shoes!
i think the first ugly shoe is hot! i like ur picks too though. I need to go to a boot camp (pun intended) to learn how to walk in heels, cannot do it. well i can but it fucks me up big time. i agree girls look way hotter in heels but girls look better in flats than limping around like a whore who just got ass fucked when she has to walk around to 8 differnt clubs and exhibitions over 3 different subrbs in one night. Until I have a town car to drive me everywhere I’m gonna have to object.
I will totally teach you how to walk in heels!
Step 1 – invest in good quality, this means no blisters or cuts and they are generally actually quite comfortable.
Step 2 – wear them in until they mould to your foot and use every Party Feet product availble
Step 3 – drink many many cocktails. suddenly you are so good at it you could practically run a marathon.
But I hear you on the walking tip. I usually keep flats at work or wear flats in between work and home or wear flats all day if I know I’m wearing heels out. I need a fucking town car too, but I’ll work on that when I get to NY. They’re everywhere there, I’m sure I can wing one.
I’m all for switching between sneakers and heels when on the way to and from work, but seriously, what is up with those women who wear really bad running shoes with stockings and knee length skirts? At least get something that matches, or some plain black flats, for the sake of taste!