Ow. The Want Monster is worrying me, chomping on my tender flesh and drawing a little blood.
I want this shoe:
I have been wanting this shoe for quite some time now -- since I saw it in the Prada F/W '07 runway show. It's an odd shoe, but I am deeply enamored of it. First of all, I've always loved an ombré effect. Secondly, not only is it ombré, it's ombré patent leather. (And we know how I feel about patent leather, non?) This shoe is elegantly simple -- two large bands across the foot (that are very comfortable, since they're nice & wide and won't cut into your dainty little feets) and a really beautiful slightly underslung heel. Check out this view from the runway:
(My sense of adventure, however, will not be extending to the half-foot tights. Unless I'm taking a modern dance class, of course.)
The heel seems to have been straightened out a little bit for production, which I think is a shame, but that isn't dampening the shoe-lust that is frothing in my soul one single bit.
When I first started talking about this shoe, a few of my friends raised their eyebrows, but I knew, with my unerring Style Spy-dey sense, that this was the shoe of the season; and since then it has shown up everywhere, including this gorgeous spread in Vogue featuring Natalia Vodianova in some pretty darned fabulous evening gowns.
(I just love her -- such a great model.)
What I really love about the styling of these photos is the contrast of the very solid, almost bulky shoe and the long sinuous lines of the gowns. It's a great proportion, and very happening right now. There are a lot of good anchor shoes out there this season -- look at all the ankle booties and high-heeled oxfords popping up with skirts and dresses.
The shoe is so very much the thing that Nine West has already ripped it off, to pretty good although not-quite-spectacular effect. Usually it takes them a season to get to something -- witness their version of the satin Miu Miu mary janes from spring.
So this is going to be my big shoe purchase this fall (in a size 39, in case anyone wants to send a belated birthday present). It's going to take a while to get to it, but I'm determined. With these and my as-yet-unearthed perfect pair of red ankle booties, I'll be set.
What are you looking at for the fall? Any must-haves?
Photos: Saks.com, style.com
2 comments:
I'd been lusting after those for a while with the smoky rose to grey ombré but when I saw them in person yesterday at Neimans I had to restrain myself from licking the display.
The grey ombré Stewies for the NM centennial are great too, but I'm just not sure they'll do anymore.
Those are gorgeous!
I haven't started making fall wish-lists yet, plus my footwear budget for the month has gone the way of athletic/outdoors footwear...but those are gorgeous!!!
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