If The Shoe Fits
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I love shoes. Pretty shoes. Shoes with an open toe and a lovely heel. Shoes with a closed toe and a lovely heel. Shoes in general with a lovely heel. The total look of the shoe is all in the heel for me. The look of the heel can make or break my love of a shoe.
I prefer a medium or low heel shoe these days but in my youth the higher the better. (A high heel makes my calves look nice and my legs look longer than they are but age has its restrictions and my back and my feet can't take all of me thrown up onto my tiptoes.) This is not to say that I don't love flats because I do! I love flats alot! I wear them all the time, daily even! I have my own private love affair with flats because flats are a pregnant woman's best friend and we know I just spend the last 9 months being a pregnant lady!
My favorite heel on a shoe is a sassy kitten heel. It is the perfect medium heel with a bit of a curve, not too low, not too high, and still makes the leg look nice and long. It is a heel comfortable to walk in (if you buy the correct size and do not try and squeeze your size 8 wide foot into a size 6 narrow shoe.)
There are other shoes and heels that I love as much. At the same time I am not a fan of closed toe lace up shoes. As much as I love the sexy look of a long sleek dress boot I just can't force myself into a pair. As much as I love shoes I am very much like MommaK in that I prefer summer shoes, sandles, mules, flipflops, slides, open toes and let your feet breath whisps of a shoe that my husband refers to as 'whimsical shoes' no matter the weather or the season.
Let me just make a little note here to say: If you wear open toe shoes or completely toeless sandles you owe it not only to yourself but the entire human population to have a nice pedicure. No one cares to see crusty, callused, chipped polished, discolored or fungus ridden toe nails on unkempt feet! Choose your pedicurist with caution. Some of these nail places can really mess up your nails and cause damage that leaves an unsightly toe that must be covered up or polished to hide the flaw for several months!
I blame my love of more summery type shoes on having grownup in a temperate climate in Georgia where it wasn't necessary to wear a complete closed shoe more than 2 or 3 months out of the year. Even then that time was puntuated with days of warmth that screamed for the lovely summery shoes to be worn.
So, the other day I was over at Zappos browsing for something new. I found a shoe that I love and hate at the same time. I LOVE the heel on this particular Fluevog shoe but I HATE the upper portion of the shoe. It is hideous! What in the hell is John Fluevog thinking when he could produce such a beautifully stylish shoe with the minstrel heel in the flavor of the 1930's and 40's open toe or even a modern mule style for the upcoming spring season?
There is one saving grace and there is a very slim chance in hell I will ever get the shoe I want with that heel but I am willing to try because ... because John Fluevog accepts shoe concepts from his fans and even offers a way of letting you submit them right from the website.
I am going to pull out my kids crayons and colored pencils and try my hand at drawing the shoe of my dreams with his heel and I won't hold my breath but I will ask you to say a little prayer that one day I might get the shoe I want with the heel I want.
You all are going to help me? Yes?
Yes. O'Kay. Ready. Set. Go ... (Pssst... Start praying now. Please.)
Oh and the fellowship heel as well as the choice heel is pretty damn kick ass too...
Show me a shoe (and handbag) you are coveting.
Kitten heel
Minstrel Heel I love! - the rest of the shoe sucks!
I want this bag so badly -
but, since I just GOT shoes...the bag will have to wait.
http://www.anthropologie.com/jump.jsp?itemID=9645&itemType=PRODUCT&iSubCat=89&iMainCat=64
Angie- I HATE shoes. Hate 'em. Every last one of them. Since I have to wear them I wear Taryn Rose shoes. Or flip flops. From the sublime to the ridiculous. The Taryn Rose are shoes you can really truly wear for a whole day of walking about town without pain- and that's a good shoe. You can find them new on eBay as well as at the dreaded mall (Needless Markup carries them)- well worth the $$$.
Did I mention that I hate shoes?
Oh Angie, I'm embarassed to ADMIT which bag I want, it is so ridiculous.
This is it. The picture does not do it justice. It is adorable in person.
http://www.coach.com/aspx/content/product.aspx?product_no=8165&category_id=68
Also, I have been coveting the Burberry diaper bag. But since I neither have a baby, nor am pregnant, and the bag costs a fortune, perhaps that is thoroughly unnecessary, no?
I love your shoe choices, but I'm not a shoe person. I'm a lazy shoe person, I only buy simple black shoes. So boring.
I have way too many cheap and ugly shoes AND bags... can't stand to spend money on those things but I do indeed covet a pair of Clark clogs that are $80...but I think of all the clothes I could buy my kids and I just can't do it...sigh...being responsible is soooo boring!
Angie, I have been a shoe freak for nearly all my life - at least since I was 12. When I graduated from high school, I had 27 pairs in my closet. Now I have about 25 pairs - but the only ones I ever want to wear are my Clark's slides. They are the most comfortable shoes I have ever owned. As a teenager, I loved 3" heels (even though I was 5'10"). Now, I cannot wear them due to scarring on my foot caused by plantar warts. The most I can manage is a wedge heel about 1 to 1 and 1/2" high. In the summer I wear thongs and slides, and I have to get a pedicure soon, to get ready for spring.
Right now I have no purse or shoes in mind, so I can't show anything to you. Sorry.
I LOVE high heeled shoes. I feel so darn sexy in them. I don't wear them that often though :-(
No time for shoe shopping of late!
Thanks for visiting my blog! I'll be back to visit again soon :-)
I have a pair of Steve Madden mules that I adore. They have thick black wedge soles and the fabric on top is leopard print. They are just kick around shoes and I wear them casually, but I've had them for years and they are soooo comfortable and I can't get rid of them. I am constantly scouring TJ Maxx and other discount stores for a similar, new pair of Maddens (because I REFUSE to pay $100 for a new pair), but so far, no luck.
If I'm not wearing those, I'm in girly kitten heels or strappy sandals.
I have size 10 feeet, Angie, so I have no love affair with shoes. They don't make shoes that look good in size 10.
Generally, I like to wear simple LLBean slip on shoes or nice ladylike tennis shoes.
At home I like to go barefoot. Shoes on these big feet feel heavy.
When I dress up I like a nice low kitten heel or any low heel. I must admit I choose a shoe by the upper rather than the type of heel.
I'm 5' 9" by the way. I think you're taller than me, no? What are you doing with size 8 feet?
I'd rather wear flip flops than anything else (as your picture clearly states - LOL). For Christmas, I received a glove & scarf set from Coach that I wouldn't be caught dead in so I exchanged it for 2 pairs of dressy flip-flops. Now all I need is for my toe nail to grow back and I'll be all set.
Recently my daughter became the same size as me (7 1/2) and I've been wearing a pair of her fuzzy ugg-like clog cast-offs all winter. They dont match half of the things I wear them with them but I don't care.
I'm taking the little one to the mall today to get her some shoes - maybe I'll find a new pair of clogs as well. If I do, I'll show you.
As far as a bag, I'm all set there. As soon as it gets warm enough I'm breaking out my pink Coach bag that I got last year. Can't wait!!
I've got 3 appointments to show today so I'll be out most of the day and this afternoon we are seeing a few homes in the area. Wish me luck!
xo