The last few months have been rough for us. But it seems that April has fairer weather in store for us. Maybe its the blue skies or maybe its the possibility of finally wearing a nice pair of sandals. We see nothing but blue skies smiling at us when we look at these Chloe Thick Strap Sky Blue Patent Leather Wedge And while we were blue as we could be the skies aren't gray anymore.
Despite America's tendency towards cultural illiteracy most of us are quite familiar with Queen Scheherazade and her One Thousand And One Nights. Perhaps she has stayed with us because she is emblematic of a great American tradition: the cliffhanger and sequal. She is pure proof that good material can lead to a franchise and product extensions. And in this day and age that strategy will certainly keep you alive even when the market can feel like an angry scorned man. We imagine that if Scheherazade were still with us she would be a fan of Sigerson Morrison's new Belle line. In particular these Belle by Sigerson Morrison Thongs with a tidy fringe seem quite Arabian Nights.
Juvenal in his Satire critiqued the citizens of the Roman Empire for caring too little of their duties. The abundance of cheap entertainment and food made them a decadent indulgent state. And so we too have our plentiful goods that lead us towards the evils of "bread and circuses." Every time you find a curiously affordable pair of exciting footwear like these Carlos by Carlos Santana Women's Battle Gladiator Sandals think about why we might have access to these engaging goods. What are we being distracted from? And perhaps it was better when we did not have these low-cost, low-quality, high-availability trinkets. The aristocracy still enjoys its Bottega Veneta Patent Gladiator sandals while we hoi polloi have imitations as distractions.
From Punch or The London Charivari The Tiptoes: "Our matrons have discovered that luxury is
specifically cheaper than comfort (and they regard them as independent, if
not incompatible terms); and more than this, that comfort is, after all,
but an irrelevant and dispensable corollary to gentility, while luxury is
its main prop and stay. Furthermore, that improvidence is a virtue of such
lustre, that itself or its likeness is essential to the very existence of
respectability; and, by carrying out this proposition, that in order to
make the least amount of extravagance produce the utmost admiration and
envy, it is desirable to be improvident as publicly as possible." See also Giuseppe Zanotti High Heel See Through Stilt Wedges
We are confused by wedge boots like this Dior Lace Up Wedge Boot. We have always assumed that wearing a furry boot meant that it was cold outside. And typical accompaniments to cold include ice and snow. And nothing is less likely to produce a sure grip than a teetering wedge.
If you are able to wear a boot like this then chances are you are being ferried about and probably don't need to put on airs about whether or not you need to keep warm with a fur cuff. But then as Benjamin Franklin once said “Better slip with foot than tongue.” And while having a style lapse isn't quite the same as having foot in mouth disease, the mortification can surely be similar. Better walk carefully though!
We personally find ballet a little boring (we are opera fans) but this time of year who doesn't get Tchaikovsky's Dance of The Sugar Plum Fair stuck in their heads? Everyone from middle school dance classes to the Bolshoi ballet get in on the action. And while we are fascinated with the craftsmanship that goes into a pointe shoe we really would much prefer to wear these Lacoste Ballet Flats.
We have pastoral romance on the mind today (for instance an innocent white Clu dress for a would be Greek Shepherdess) so it only makes sense that these Prada Garden Slide Pumps from their Cruise 2008 collection caught our attention. The are literally made for tip toeing through the daisies! Slip them on, put Beethoven's Symphony #6 on your iPod, read Andre Gide's The Pastoral Symphony and try not to swell on the thesis which pertains to evils of romantic sensibility and self-delusion. It might take away from the joy of the purchase. Just pretend you are a goatherd instead!
A great pair of navy pumps should be staple in EVERY woman's wardrobe. Black is basic but navy is classic.
These Cole Han Navy Leather Pumps should do the trick for most. Ad $170 is a fair price to pay for years of wear. Just a tip!
We don't have anything against fur per say. We actually rather like fur coats as frankly no synthetic fiber has ever kept us as warm as our mother's rabbit coat. But when you see a really unfortunate shoe covered in fluffy detailing like these Guiseppe Zanotti Purple Velvet Mink Tie Sandals you can't help but wonder what its previous owner has to say on the matter. 
We hate admitting that we wrote about a knockoff before an original but that is exactly what we did when we wrote up this Abaete Zip Boot instead of these Opening Ceremony Riding Boot with Zipper Details. Two levels of zippers make up this boot; remove lower level to wear as
a shoe, undoing the 2nd zipper above makes for a shorter boot. Versatile!
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