Je vais √† Paris for the weekend and trust me when I say the trip is FAR from pleasurable. However even as chore-like and routine-esque the trip will be, I will be squeezing a trip to Barbara Bui where I spy boots that are determined to cross all sorts of borders and genres; tough & agressive, elegant & ladylike, sexy, geeky – all of those things in different measures. The main thing that is grabbing me is the heaving bit of chunkiness balancing on some spindly thin heels. I have notoriously railed against spindly stilettos that look like they might snap after two steps but under a substantial bit of boot? I feel myself converting…
There is also the plus factor of feeling like one of those cool girls they feature in Jalouse magazine in their perfectly roughed-up/casual wardrobes, infused with some oopsie-daisy expensive shoes and bags, if I get in on the Barbara Bui thing. Will they initiate me in their touseled, heavy fring-ed, shorts-wearing (with pins that are never skinny but perfectly toned), trenched-up clicque?
Ack…eff it…. I’ll just take the boots back on the Eurostar and wear them with layered dresses, vintage slips and granny cardis…
ohhh myy! love them! especially the last black ones. I wonder what’s the price..
wow! Those look really cool and impossible to walk in at the same time..
I’m sure if I would own a pair like these I will learn how to walk in stilettos asap!!! They are amazing…
I’ll take that last pair of boots in a 6 1/2 please. Thank you.
Really enjoying the thoughts, images and musings on your blog. Keep it up,
Love & scissors,
Isabella Pepper
x
You’re bringing me back a pair, right?
Mrs F x
omg! how do you walk in those contraptions?
You’re looking at circa ¬£300 and upwards….
Candid Cool & Mrs F: Yeah..sure I’ll bring you back a pair…. coz I have just won the lottery and all… ; ) (You know I would if I could as everyone should partake in some Bui-ness).
Heather: I don’t think you walk so much as teeter. I want to STALK in these…
The last boots look great, but I’m not sure when I would wear ventilated boots.