Earn Your Stripes

Everywhere I look I'm seeing stripes! And I'm loving it.

I NEED this bathing suit! Too bad it's already sold out... :(

Prada is going to be making faux fur versions of this!! Yes please!

Congratulations!

The WINNER of the ShoeTease giveaway is ADRIANA (adri17)!!

Congrats!

Stay tuned for more giveaways!! 

xox

Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Some of my favorite images of the late Elizabeth Taylor are the more unexpected ones...

 She's so beautiful just sunning herself. Stunning.

Just a lazy day with James Dean. No big deal.

 She always loved her diamonds

 Insane beauty.

 BEST! hahaha! I love how goofy she's being here. <3

Today we lost a legend. American royalty. One of the last of Hollywood's original greats.

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011

Another Giveaway!

Well well well.... what have we here? Another fabulous giveaway? YES!

Fellow shoe blogger and shoe tee designer Cristina at ShoeTease wants to give one lucky winner (open to EVERYONE, not just US and Canada, yay!) a super cute tee from her line!

This one makes my favorite statement...

If there was one for Crocs I'd wear it every day. haha

She's got all kinds of cute tees for you shoe lovers. Check them out HERE

All you have to do is like ShoeTease on Facebook and leave me a comment telling me which tee is your favorite. Easy peasy!

Goodluck! *Contest ends Friday 3/25 11:59pm pst

xox

Sale Watch: 20% Off Shoes at Dorothy Perkins

As a Monday pick me up, why not treat yourself to a pair of shoes from Dorothy Perkins. There's 20% off until midnight tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd March).

I'd buy these. They're £35 full price which'd mean only £28 with the discount:


Go, look and happy shopping!

Tumblr Roundup

Here's my week of Tumblr posts...


-Breaking in my Daffodils

-Good Morning Shoes!

-New Wedges

-B A N A N A S!

-Leah in Her LAMB Wedges

-Joe's Jeans Wedges

-Chloe Sevigny x Opening Ceremony

-Louboutin Skate Shoes

-Louboutin Wedges

-LAMB Runway Shoes in Our PR Office...

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!!! xoxo

Shoe Of The Day: Dvea by Versace

I have nothing but unconditional love for these.

On the face of it, they're the classiest stripper shoe you will ever see. But look closer. See the colours? Perfect summery sorbet. And the actual structure? Look.

It's like a feat of structural engineering.

There's nowhere you could wear them expect on your yacht moored on the French Riviera for the summer before hopping over to Miami for some end of summer partying. That's EXACTLY what I'm doing this summer.*

If you fancy doing that too, then they'll set you back £675 from Net-A-Porter

* It's exactly what I'm NOT doing this summer. Don't think you could wear them camping in Devon. More's the pity...

New Look

I'm sure you've noticed the new header by now and you're probably like, giiiiirl... make up your mind!
Well, I think I have. I love it and am working to clean up the rest soon. I wanna get my links all cleaned up and nice and neat ;)

I'd like to get a little store going for my amazing t-shirts that I mentioned before and also for my previously loved shoes since FEE-bay is just way too crazy. hehe

So you like??

xox

Disappointed

Oh Prada! Why do you build me up baby just to let me down, and mess me around? ;)

Remember I did that post like forever ago (ok, 5 months ago) about how OBSESSED I was with the runway shoes? Yes. Good times.
Well that post wasn't even half of it. As soon as I decided that I needed them in my clutches I drove my ass over to the Prada boutique and hunted down a sales person and practically begged her to help me out.
"Can't I pre-order them? I can pay now! I neeeeed these shoes!"
I was a woman possessed. Like a huntress stalking my prey... I'd make these shoes my own!

It took THREE visits before someone took me seriously (weird, right? why are you saying no to a sale?) Maybe they mistook my passion as psycho-ness. Maybe because I was 5 months ahead of the ship date. Whatever.

So I pre-ordered 2 shoes a couple of weeks ago, both wedges, without seeing them in person. Going off the runway photos. This wedge in grey with a pink stripe at the bottom (!!!!!)

And a green and black striped one with a peep toe and and orange stripe at the bottom. (can't find a photo)

My Disappointment? Well, sometimes department stores get versions of the shoes before the boutiques do. Makes NO sense but happens all the time. I saw some wedges at Nordstrom and they were less that impressive. Why? The height. The runway shoes were sky high, just how I like my shoes. Like many designers do, to the frustration of people who believe the higher the better, they lowered the shoes that were made for the masses. They look kinda dumbed down and not nearly as exciting. Miuccia has played this trick on me before.

With this shoe (circa 2008)...

That became this shoe for the masses...

Totally different right? Tisk tisk Miuccia.

Now I may be speaking prematurely, and I hope I am. I've only seen the runway heels in person, not the runway wedges so MAYBE they didn't change them too much. Fingers crossed!

I will, of course let you know as soon as I get them in my greedy little hands. 

Shoe Of The Day: Rendezvous by Office

Well aren't these lovely? Sometimes you want a flat shoe that isn't a brogue but isn't all over plain either but you also want it to be classic and stylish. Which is where these would come in.

What would I wear them with? Definitely this skirt from Asos:

but maybe with a navy top of some sort.

Rendezvous flat, £45 from Office

I Heart Japan

Listen, I just want to touch on the subject REALLY quickly because a reader asked why I hadn't yet, and said that I may come off as materialistic and someone who doesn't care about it.

The reason I haven't done a post on Japan is because 1. This is shoe blog that I try to keep light and not at all too serious, and 2. Because I am traumatized. Seriously.

I don't mean to sound stupid or naive but I am super sensitive. I can't even watch the news because when I do I cry and sob and am an instant hot mess. I can't watch scary movies, especially scary movies about the world ending because I will have stress and anxiety and crazy nightmares for months afterward. I am SO sorry for what has happened over there and what continues to happen but I just can't talk/write about it. I won't do the situation justice. There are blogs out there with more information and better writing skills.

So please know that my heart is there even if my blog isn't. There isn't an hour that passes that I don't think of those people and what a horrifying situation they are all in. About how I wish I were the kind of person who could pack up my stuff and fly my ass over there to do whatever I could to help.

If you want an amazing first hand account of what happened from a fellow fashion blogger, check out Rumi's post HERE. She has some great links too.

Thanks for understanding.

Decisions, Decisions...

Let's play "Which Should the Shoe Girl Buy" again! ;)

Which do you prefer, the black on black or the black with chains???

(Iris Van Herpin x United Nude)

DONT FORGET to enter the contest if you haven't already... I'll announce the winner tomorrow! :D

Report Signature GIVEAWAY!!!

You guys! I was so excited to receive an email from the nice people over at Report Signature asking if I'd like to do a giveaway for my readers! I love the opportunity to hook my AMAZING friends up with free shoes, especially when you have such cute ones to choose from. :)


Check out my favorites from the Report Signature lookbook...

I'm loving this wedge!!!

So fresh for Spring!

What's your favorite?

Just follow Report Signature HERE on Facebook and leave me a comment (make sure to include your email address if you're posting anonymously) telling me which shoes you love, and you'll have a chance to win your favorite pair! Awesome right? 

Also, make sure to check out all their current styles on ReportShoes.com where you'll find both Report and Report Signature. 

GOOD LUCK! 

-Contest ends 3/15/11 at 11:59pm-

*US/Canada residents only (sorry!!)

*shoes available in sizes 6-10