PORN!!!
Now that I’m getting my routine back, I think that I can get back to your regularly scheduled shoe porn!
So - it’s that time of the year again - time to talk about Fall trends.
Oxfords are big again this year - but with more cutouts, which is lame. I love the women’s oxford heel, along with other trends from last year that were supposedly “manly” (the tweed), but I hate, hate, hate this:
However, other big trends this fall include a more vintage look and Mary Janes - both of which trends I definitely approve of. Some of my favorites from Piper Lime:
I love the detail inside the shoe and on the inside of the heel. They’re so classic & elegant.
Another good one:
Again, I like the color contrasts, and the T-strap on this one is very pretty.
However, the best are from my personal favorite “just out of reach” designer Bettye Muller:
The heel is so pretty - a nice, wide heel that would add a lot of stability. I’m also a huge fan of Mary Janes, so these, along with the detailed leather work on the toe, are the perfect shoe. Except, of course, that I am still on a shoe moratorium, and these are $400, which even in non-moratorium times are beyond my shoe budget.
Does anyone have any burning shoe questions? Recommendations? Good shoe bargain experiences? Size 6 shoes that you are dying to give away? Let me know!
Related posts:
- PORN!!! Today is a special day in shoe-porn land. Piper Lime...
- The Return of PORN!!! I know that you have all been so sad, because...
- PORN!!! I have some delightful shoe porn today, courtesy of my...
August 13th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I TOTALLY agree with you on the Nine West oxfords. I think they look great on other people but I tried on a pair last year and could NOT get into them. They were so uncomfortable, too that I was literally in pain from 2 laps around Macy’s shoe department.
Now I want to shop for shoes!! :o)
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 13th, 2008:
If I’ve made you want to shop for shoes, them my work here is done!
[Reply]
August 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I abhor the high heeled oxford trend. I don’t know why, but it rubs me the wrong way!! (as opposed to Johnny Gill, who rubs me the right way)
Did anyone catch that joke? Crickets? Okay, anyway….
Sorry I didn’t make it to your shindig, where I would have helped consume the guac and you’d be free of leftovers. I wasn’t expecting to be in town, and then when I was, my bro and sister-in-law asked me to babysit, and I often have to turn them down due to the never-in-town-ness that is my life… so anyhoo, I said yes and had a date with the cutest 4 year old on earth.
In other news…
Your domestic abilities astound me. I could use some lessons, pronto.
Canning? Gardening? Baking all weekend? I need to take a page from your book.
Finally, I can’t wait to bikram-it-up with you and Miss A, and will absolutely do so in 2 weekends!!
Oh - and the blackberry bushes on my running route line the 12 mile loop at Sauvie Island. Don’t go pick them all. Or if you do, may I request that you bring some cobbler to my crib?
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 13th, 2008:
ha! funny jokes about singers!
Although I would never choose a 4-year-old over wine & guac, I understand that often people do. I don’t understand it, but I certainly can’t argue with it!
I will make sure you invite you to my upcoming cheese-making & tamale-making parties, and then you can absorb some of my disgusting domesticity.
I am also excited to see you at bikram in a couple of weeks. The Portland bloggers are totally going to take over that class.
I suspected Sauvie Island was your locale! I will not pick all the berries - and anytime you want, I will make you a cobbler.
[Reply]
August 14th, 2008 at 7:41 am
5 years ago I would have said ICK to all of those.
now? I adore.
what does THAT say?
typetypetypeZAPPOS.COMtype
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 14th, 2008:
I think it says you’ve had positive personal growth. My love of shoes has really developed in the last 5 years, too - mostly due to the influence of my dear friend Margaret.
[Reply]
August 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I heart the t-strap shoe in the middle and actually have some similar shoes (minus the t-strap). They have a sassy, 40’s vibe to them. I too am on a shoe moratorium and it saddens me greatly!
“Portland Bloggers Overtake Local Bikram Class” tonight on the 11 o’clock news… Can’t wait. I think it’s awesome that you guys met through blogging and get to hang. And when I say, “I think it’s awesome” what I mean is: “I’m insanely jealous.”
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 14th, 2008:
you should come hang out with us. We wouldn’t even have to do Bikram, although we certainly could. A little yoga, a little run (see how I snuck that in there - you know you want to), and a little martini.
[Reply]
August 14th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Shoes huh? I may be the only female on the planet not really into shoes! I get all excited about fall running shoes and crocs and flip flops and stuff but somehow, really real shoes, doesn’t excite me! Am i weird???
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 14th, 2008:
Not liking shoes doesn’t make you weird - although I can’t speak to your overall lack of weird.
We’ve all got different things.
[Reply]
August 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Oh i’m weird, just in other ways i guess!! I will do a blog post on my weirdness someday! Maybe, in list form!
But, the shoes you showed here are kinda nice! Just not for me!! Maybe someday i will try 6 inch stilettos?? Yeah right, i would trip the minute i stood up!!!
[Reply]
gazelle reply on August 14th, 2008:
I have never actually fallen while wearing heels, but have fallen while wearing sneakers, flip-flops, bare feet, etc. I think I’m more careful in heels or something. I would start with 3″ stilettos, though - safer!
[Reply]