If you want to do the backwards-heel thing without being a Marc Jacobs enabler, Y-3’s got you covered. Y-3 Wedge$750 on eLuxury Marc Jacobs Backwards Heel$1,100 on Net-a-Porter Last month, my dear friend Fernando von Bakonstein was perplexed by this style. Fernando ponders a shoe in Paris Speaking of shoes, Jildor has lots of gladiator…
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Great Minds Think Alike About … Boots
Here’s a photo taken in London by Face Hunter this week: And here’s a photo taken by me in Paris last month: Now I want to know who makes these boots! UPDATED TO ADD: It’s not the same person. Check out my original post. For the record, I heart these boots. They looked clownish to…
Browsing Bluefly
If you’re size 9.5 or 10 and looking for a pair of gladiator sandals, Bluefly has this spiffy Michael Kors model.Size 9 fringe lovers need to see these Pradas. If you want flower feet like WendyB, there are a few options. The sandal below is nice. Here are two more: a black pump and a…
Fairy Feet and Other Photos
As I walked by the Prada store today I noticed some interesting shoes in the window. Fairy feet! I hope the dye doesn’t bleed like it does on the Fairy Bag or people will be very unhappy. Elsewhere today, I saw these flowers in a window box. Spring has sprung And gorgeous blogger/client Alice Olive…
Awkward Fashion Moment
Trying to display flower feet and plaid combination
Accessories Hunter in Paris
OMG, you guys! I’m totes like the Sartorialist. Check out the cool tights on this girl on the bike. Seen outside the Louvre, while getting iHog ready for his photo op This lady had some eye-catching boots. Outside the Grand Palais Here’s a better shot of them. Voila!
YSL Getty Wedge
I love the “dripping paint” effect on this shoe. It’s available in brown at Barneys for $690. The black pair is listed on Bluefly for $469, but don’t get too excited: there were no sizes listed in the dropdown menu when I looked.
Mystery
Why do I have 100 hits from people searching for “Clarence Bradley and Geico”? Well, here’s where I mentioned that. On a completely unrelated note, aren’t these shoes divine? Barbara Bui shoes at Shopjake.com
Old Shooz and Final L.A. Photos
While I was agonizing over what to do with my nu shooz from L.A. (see the second update at the end of this post), I was reminded that I’ve been meaning to share a photo of a favorite pair of old shooz. These Patrick Cox shoes were my first pair of wedges. I think I…
Nu Shooz
Yesterday, I was annoyed by an anti-flower-feet article in the New York Observer. The article, which is heavy on sarcasm but short on funny, also slammed chunky platform wedges, peep-toe booties and — worst of all — gladiator sandals! The Emperor agrees with me. “Wendy, it vexes me. I’m terribly vexed by this article.” Not…