June 2, 2011

Let's Get Some Shoes Part 2 of 2

Okay, just like last time, we're gonna start out slow and then build up to CRAZY. SHOES SHOES SHOES. AHHH. I'm really hyper this morning, I apologize.


Yes. Yes this is good. Can't you just imagine some girl with beehive hair and a mod minidress dancing around to The Beatles in these shoes? You can. I know you can.


I'm sure it won't take you long to discover this, but I have something of a teeny tiny absolute obsession with  the womenswear/menswear overlap. As a result, these shoes put me in veritable spasms of style rapture. That phrase makes no sense, but I think you get the jist of what I'm trying to say. Maybe. A little bit. Or not at all, who knows, I don't.


Adorable. Strictly adorable. I imagine that these would look amazing paired with a short floral dress. Spinning around in a field would also be involved.


Oxford heels are another obsession of mine, and I do have a pair, but while mine are saturated in black patent leather shininess, they sadly do not possess a silhouette this fabulous. BRB, drooling. This is embarrassing. MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG NOTHING TO SEE HERE JUST ME, BEREFT OF DIGNITY. 


Now, the colour green is my mortal enemy, but I think I could manage too bury the hatchet if it meant I could add these beauties to my collection.


I also have a pair of white boots similar to these, courtesy of Urban Outfitters, but again, the silhouette of my shoes positively pales in comparison with these. Also, mine are looking completely dilapidated from overwear, whereas these are in downright glorious condition. Anyone feeling generous? Just saying.


Ah, my old friend, the T-strap sandal. Now in stunning fuschia suede. Wunderbar (pardon my German, again, I should really stick with English).


Once upon a time I was under the impression that everyone knew about Land's End. Since then I've been proven wrong, so I'm going to preface my next statement by telling you, dear reader, to visit the link first. Done? Okay good. Anyway, these beauties were apparently birthed by Land's End. Who knew that store could be this rad? And all this time I thought they specialized in naval themed summer wear.


I feel like more people need to know these exist. How did these ever go out of style?


Forget black flats, all those "10 things every woman should have in her closet" guides really need to include a pair of mustard yellow, cut-out ankle boots. Deep down inside, you're agreeing with me.


Also, every woman should really have a pair of multi-coloured slingbacks in her closet. I just wanna take a moment to draw your attention to the way all the colours in this photo are so garishly mismatched, yet work so beautifully together. Why can't mankind be this cooperative?



Just wanted to take a couple seconds to remind you all that there was a time not so long ago (when the teenagers of today were born) when shoes like these were popular. Let this knowledge wash over you. Done? Okay, let's move on to true gems of my search.


Are these men's shoes, are they women's shoes? You know, sometimes a pair of shoes reaches such a height of amazingfulestness that it really doesn't matter anymore. They become timeless, sexless wonders of footwear, and all you can do is bask in their glory and hope that your feet (and your wallet) can handle such beauty. Okay I'm done.


Floral Doc Martens. The best things to come out of the 90s, hands down. 

That concludes my highly undignified lusting over vintage footwear... OR DOES IT? DUN DUN DUUUN.

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