Shoe Shew

It’s not my intent to enable. But if any of you are in *need* of a pair of ankle boots, ballet flats, espadrilles, flip flops, high tops, low tops, moccasins or mules, pumps, sandals or slippers, may I recommend where I’ll likely buy all my shoes for the rest of my life: yoox.com. It’s an Italian online shopping site with offices and operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong. yoox.com ships to 100+ countries and offers free shipping on orders of $150+.  


DODO' LE PARISIENNE

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

In addition to fashion, yoox offers home furnishings/accessories, gifts and art but I’m stuck on the shoes. It’s a little sad to expose my shallow soul as almost every pair of shoes I’ve received from the splendid source has made me deliriously happy (such as the purple brogues above or the four pairs below).  

INK
now sold out, sorry!

HUNTER
now sold out, sorry!

GIORGIO ARMANI
now sold out, sorry!

DANIELE ANCARANI
now sold out, sorry!

Most are Italian of delicious leather and lovely workmanship. I haven’t returned much and from a couple experiences, I’d vouch that “returns are fast and easy and customer care is best-in-class.” Though you only have 20 days to make your returns so you can't dither for too long.

PRETTY NANÃ
these are fun



MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA 22
these are weird



JOHN BAKERY

DUCCIO VENTURI BOTTIER



PATRIZIA PEPE
now in size 8 only but only $69 before the discount!

From now until March 31, you get another 10% off on fashion (and that means shoes too!) by using WINTERSPRING10 in the yooxcode box when checking out. Plus, ebates is offering 9% right now for yoox.com!  

MARC JACOBS

I think I can understand how Imelda ended up with all her shoes.

Marching Forth

I've always thought March Fourth a commanding day: Go forth ... and step to it! So it seemed a good day to make a return to blogland after an unintentional break (let's just say the trail took a bad turn and let's just say it didn't make for a good look lol).


Though not the Shrimp Creole/Pork Chop Tchoupitoulas/Bread Pudding Soufflé with Whiskey Sauce
I had at Commander's Palace more than two decades ago, it's today's colorful lunch. Yummy.

It's also Mardi Gras, a day for celebration a day for a people party a day for purple so why not a post? (And I'm not masquerading to keep you in the dark about why I've been MIA, I'm only protecting the worry stones of someone very dear. It'd serve no positive purpose for him to know. Even if things turned out OK.)

Getting back to purple, and posts.



These are full brogues aka wingtips. They are pretty perfect.
One could easily post on what makes perfect shoes or why brogues are brogues
and what makes them full, semi, quarter or longwing ...

It was cool enough today to wear a sweater, so a purple one was in order (the colors are more intense IRL). I love the pattern and it's of good cashmere. {sigh I know I am so very very ovdue on that cashmere exposé I've promised, yet another post to come} It's way oversized as this is XXS, think it's an intended look. {another post idea: what is TTS?} I liked it and the look is better IRL even if I couldn't get a good OOTD selfie.

If the reverse side of a sweater looks anything like the above, be very gentle when pulling it on or off. Especially if over a shirt and for heaven's sake don't be wearing rings or bracelets while doing so. The yarn can easily catch on a button or a piece of jewelry and break if you continue the process. Speaking from experience.

Speaking of experience, 100% attention 100% of the time when driving (dad was is right, don't take anything for granted).

 

Give me another P ... some patience. It will take a little time to catch up with all of you. I've missed you, my friends.

Twinkle Toes

When lovely Shopping with M posted about the Bijoux bow ballet flats, they looked so pretty on her feet I started stalking them endlessly though I hadn't noticed them before then. After a couple months of absolutely no luck, imagine finding these:

 Yes, this is one of my infamous handbag dust cover shots.

Look at the bling:

Ha! My shoe has more sparklies than yours.

And no cheaping out beneath the top layer ... love that.

They even made wearing Vera B-ish jeans kinda cool:

Well ... maybe not:

But I could not help but stared a lot at my feet all day:

Here's the best part: nice leather shoes, quality bling, wide enough and comfy out of the box ... and costing only a fraction of the price of the Bijoux even on sale with a big percentage off.

 

I know, I know. You're singing "tell me more, tell me more!"

(That song from Grease, silly.)

If the blinged-out ballet flats aren't to your liking, what about these (leather upper, lining and sole) for $45?

Or these suede cuties, also $45?

How about these very ladylike lambskin lovelies for $55?

Or these all-leather lace-ups for $59?

 

Like my friend, Blue Booby, you could hop over to yoox.com and go crazy ... they have 132 pages of shoes, showing 120 pairs each page, ranging from $18 to $2,795.

 

I kidded BB about being her personal shopper but note the Yoox friend-referral program ... for example, if you send your email address to me at tiffanyrose57@gmail.com and you (if first-time shopper) bought something within 60 days, accessing through the email link sent to you, I get $35 credit in my account. Isn't that great incentive?

 

But that is not why I'm telling you this ... I LOVE that site for pretty or funky or fun or needed shoes that are quite affordable, especially when they have the big sale like they do now on Spring-Summer shoes. And! Until Sept. 10, you get another 10% off of sale prices like those above by using YOOXSALE10 in the YOOXCODE box when you check out.

 

Yoox delivers to more than 100 countries around the world, free shipping on orders of $150+. Most of the brands are unfamiliar to me but then, I'm not really up on brands designers. I've loved everything I've taken a chance on, including discovering how wonderful Daniele Ancarani (and a few others') shoes are for my wide feet.

 

The scary thing: I could end up the poster child for

Gigi's A Thousand Sixty Pairs.

Shoe-sketch and Sequins

They used to call me Imelda.

Someone put up a framed print of

racks of shoes right outside my office.

Of course I had to have the shoe-sketch scarf.

It's loosely woven of 62% wool and 38% silk.

Lovely and light. Good for all seasons.

A nice neutral to wear with just about anything.

Girly, girly and cute, cute, cute for shoe lovers.

(They must know there are a zillion of us because with it on promo price

and an extra percentage off, it's still not sold out yet.)

But prone to snags.

So as another bit of advice following this and that,

put it in a bag or wrap a T-shirt around it if packing.

Otherwise the suitcase zipper might catch it

as I did my navy polka-dot scarf. :(

I knew stuffing the scarf unprotected was dangerous.

But I was in a huge hurry.

In my hotel room packing at 3 when I had a 3:40 flight.

 

Eek!



It's Superfine !

First, apologies to those irritated by belt loops without a belt.

This was the morning of the first full day of my most recent business trip

and I had not yet finished dressing (the belt and jacket went on later).

I was at a conference where business attire meant

closed toe shoes and matching pieces to a suit.

One of two suits I purchased this year made its debut, along

with my favorite blouse of late and shoes put to the true test.

 

Since those horrible wool-eating moths got to one of my pant suits,

I had decided to give the superfine cotton a try.

Though cotton isn't top of mind for suit material, I went for it

thinking it might not be the first choice of those buggers.

 

I like the fabric. Very much.

It's weighty and has a nice hand and drape.

It's of 100% cotton and true to the words from the copywriter (from space),

there's a hint of stretch to it.

 

But! As can be expected from 100% cotton, it wrinkles.

Here's what the trousers looked like after

a very full day of conference activities.

I don't mind when natural material behaves like natural material.

Such as when I noticed quite a bit of wear on the leather soles

of these wonderful shoes. I'm certain 100% soft and delicious

leather is a big part of why they are tradeshow-tested comfortable. 

 

I will always prefer natural fibers to manmade.

So imagine my disappointment when I stalked and finally found

my size in another version of my beloved top

and learned the solid colored ones are of rayon, not silk.

 

With a pout, I deleted two of those from my cart.



Chie Cha-Ching

So these are actually the first pair of Chies I own,

though I told you about those first.

I can't believe I actually have two pairs since I thought Chie Mihara
shoes are priced way beyond what I'm willing to pay.

But! I found shoescribe.com and these babies were mine.
Hint: I'm a straight to the sale section kind of shopper.

Here's what's shocking: The heels are 3.25" but I thought

"tradeshow shoes" the first time I put them on.

My wide forefoot had plenty of room, my toes were happy.

 

After wearing them an entire workday to be certain,

I wore them to work a conference.

If you have ever staffed a tradeshow (as opposed to attending a conference),

you know that's the true test for whether shoes are comfortable.

 

I was on my feet for probably 12 of 14 hours one day.

Walking up and down stairs, going from one end of the show floor to the

next exhibit hall to the next, coordinating with TV crews and reporters,

attending a meeting and a reception and ...

 

At the end of the evening, I did not want to rip the shoes off.

Oh I was tired and my feet were just a touch sore, but I did not feel like

cutting my feet off as I have thought with other shoes.

I love these and they lived up to my initial expectation.

 

As for the outfit ... I know some of you are thinking 

attire for when the leaves turn and the temps are cooler.

Well, our leaves fell; big clumps of pine needles rained down my office windows yesterday. But it wasn't due to a chill in the air.

It was HOT. Likely the hottest day of the year. And still scorching today;

it is 5:45 p.m. and 97 degrees outside.

 

How goes your summer?



Sunny Delight

Wearing yellow to cheer a Monday.

And linen because it's been and still sizzling hot in SoCal.

The Tessa top is cool and easy to toss on, if you don't mind looking

like you slept in it within minutes of wearing.

Such is the charm of linen.

Though I'm wild about animal print (ha!), I wasn't immediately

drawn to the Bennett cropped chino in snowcat. After the wardroberometer in my mind showed a few outfits of brights or white, black or chambray with the black-and-white print, I thought it worth a try since I'd also wondered for months about how the Bennett chino differed from plain old chinos.

As you can see they are full length not cropped on me, which I prefer.

The (97% cotton 3% spandex) fabric is quite substantial and stretchy, and along with the skinny fit, can make one feel as sleek as a cat.

I'm the crazy pants lady, I love these pants.

I think the shoes from Brooks Brothers are a fabulous buy at 50% off.

All-leather construction, lots of room in the toe box 

and a classic color combination and style.

I'm the crazy shoe lady, how can I resist these summer spectators?!



Strange Attraction

This is exactly the kind of weirdness I'm attracted to and the silliness behind this blog!