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Never Is the Next New Thing

Buh-Bye, Louboutin. Hello, lolShoes.

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I ordered these Louboutins back in July, I think. Whenever they first appeared on Net-a-Porter. Imagine my surprise when they arrived yesterday!

Of course, they don’t fit. Now I have to send them back. It’s easier to take the One Ring back to Mount Doom than it is to return something to Net-a-Porter. Wish me luck!

“Look at those shoes she posted up there, Sam.”
“She’s going to have to fight a Balrog to return those, Frodo.”

UPDATED TO ADD: Interesting! Either Net-a-Porter peeps are big blog readers, or Sam the hobbit was secretly using my computer to contact them, because I got an email from Net-a-Porter about my need for a return even though I hadn’t said anything to them yet. I was intrigued by a comment they made: “…our delivery was severely delayed by Christian Louboutin, a situation over which we had no control.” I had been intending to cancel my order for these shoes, but didn’t bother because I figured they’d never turn up anyway. My theory was that Net-a-Porter got suckered into showing a Louboutin design sample that was never going to be put into production despite the orders taken on it. That happened to me once at Louis Vuitton; that bag just never happened. Even more fascinating: the note from Net-a-Porter was quite pleasant, without foolish comments about how I have to force the DHL guy who picks up the shoes to “inspect” them before taking the package (something that DHL doesn’t want to do, trust me). Maybe Net-a-Porter fired the Balrog who used to run customer service.

UPDATED AGAIN: In happier shoe news, I AM keeping the shoes below even though they’re not as divine as fish feet. I already posted this lolShoes photo on my emergency backup blog originally, but I’m migrating all the backup stuff to the main blog.

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  2. I need to never order shoes online. I can barely find shoes that fit in the store so online is just ridiculous. Unless I find fish feet. Then I will have to take a chance.

  5. What a shae: those are great shoes. I’m with you tho: shoes never fit me. And congrats on getting unfrozen. LG xx

  7. YAY!!! You’re back, that’s cool! Sorry the boots don’t fit, drop dead gorgeous. All the best!

  8. I so wanted those in the grey/white/black version. They didn’t even stock my size! So I didn’t get them. I’m bummed they didn’t fit you! I so loved them too.

    Luv
    Poochie

  14. Sex-AY lady! You “Make My Day!”. Check out my blog, but no obligation to pass on, I just want to tell you that I’d go ga-ga if you and your blog go missing!!

    Thanks for keeping me company all this while.

  16. Oh no, they look so incredible! Well, at least you now know the Net-a-porter folks are followers of your blog and are responsive to your opinion.

    It makes me think a bit better of them, what with other big retailers completely ignoring blogger opinion (ahem, *Target*).

  17. YAY for the freed blog! And yay for those incredibly amazing CL shoes too, how I drool over those red soles

  18. But what about those Halstons that NaP is getting, all two designs? Will they be able to deliver? Will hell freeze over and frogs rain from the skies above?

    Well, dammit about those shoes. I wanted to see how you’d wear them.

    I have had a run of luck buying shoes from eBay, and then luck ran out. I thought I could wear a 9.5, but it turns out only my right foot could.

  22. I really feel like the flower foot is the all-occasion shoe, WendyB. You could wear that with anything, and it’ll never match.

    I love it.

  24. BB, Apparently because Louboutin couldn’t produce them! Interesting, isn’t it?
    Mash, thank you! Glad to be back.
    Liberty, thank you! And because of the shoes, I tend to buy any shoe that I like that fits me even if I don’t “need” it at the moment. Because who knows when one will fit next?
    Susie, I know! And I have to fight a balrog to do it!
    Lynn, thanks for cheering me on.
    Poochie, aren’t they beautiful? I was hopeful when I took them out of the box. On the other hand, since I just got flower feet, I wasn’t as concerned as I might have been before.
    Jen, I heart those boots.
    LBR, but they weren’t red, so not too much of a loss.
    C&C, but at least I have flower feet!
    Fashion Tidbits, easily! I have feet like Barbie…always on my toes.
    Jenn, thank you. I’m good at wasting everyone’s time too!
    Lynn, that made MY day.
    Elisabeth, please! Wipe off the shoes or I won’t get my refund.
    Angela, I really wonder why I got that email. It must be magical hobbit help.
    Miss Woo, I’m so relieved to be back.
    Suzanna, for a second I was like, frogs from the sky would be kind of fun. But then I decided it would get old really fast.
    Floppy, yep, they have to go back. Uncomfortable shoes are harmful to my mental health.
    Patent & Imelda…there is no denying their beauty.
    Val, I’m going to quote you in an upcoming post.
    Jennine, now I feel really paranoid. Both Google and Net-a-Porter are going over my posts with a fine-toothed comb.

  26. wow, so pretty, me likey. wish a humble stud like me cud have sext shoes like that.

  30. You are a brave woman…ordering shoes online…and being able to walk in shoes with heels like the Loubs…I am in awe…

  31. Those shoes are wonderful things to behold, weird seeing them ouside a magazine or ad campaign. Lovely, even if the Loub’s are going back.

  34. Isabel, no no…the Louboutins are going back and the Pradas are staying.
    Hebden, I think I really need to stay away from online shoe ordering from now on.

  37. Ooooooh, I love the Prada flower shoes! I can’t order shoes online either, having huge (41) feet and being too lazy to bother returning stuff.

  38. Lolshoes! Even better than any other lol-iteration I’ve seen so far.

    Must do a version of this…