Pretty Impermanent Feet

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These Basso & Brooke (can't wait to see their updated shots of their new collection on their own website…) x Raouda Assaf S/S 09 shoes aren't mine to keep, they're a size too large and quite a difficulty to walk in.  However in the instance of the EXTREME beauty of these shoes, I'm making an exception with these outfit depiction pics that are strictly classified as 'ONLY FOR SITTING PRETTY IN THE HOUSE', because pretty much all my outfit pics I've taken are outside-friendly.  Oh and pretty is a tawdry understatement. These are basically magnificent feats of footwear.  Big feat for big feet?  Not sure on that wordplay… they really are a tad too big for me though and the straps are slightly too loose.  I repeat these are not mine to keep but I simply HAD to sit pretty in the house wearing them at least once and photograph the evidence… and if I COULD take them outside, I would, especially with the pastel shades of my bargainous Josh Goot dress which I wore on the last day of fashion week.  Not that a statue would ever be erected in my honour but if there was to be one (I imagine on top of the bus stop outside my local newsagents would be an apt location…), then these are the shoes that I'd pose in…

Never been more content to sit still and do nothing but stare at my feet…

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59 comments

  2. Those shoes are literally amazing. I absolutely adore the heels… I can imagine the only time I would get a pair like that would be in heaven.
    x

  4. Wear them on the fourth plinth! The Antony Gormley project – oneandother.co.uk. But you’d have to be very careful not to fall off xx

  5. those shoes LITERALLY brought tears to my eyes. this is one of your most inspiring posts. i love it. keep on!!! love you!!

  11. Oh wow, they are really something to behold aren’t they? Very pretty and even if they did fit you, they would have been very precarious!

  12. Those shoes are INSANE! I love the ornately carved (or just molded?) heels. They’d probably go better with my big feet though 😉

  17. A friend backstage at B&B described them as unbalanced death traps. Maybe more museum pieces than actual footwear? LLGxx
    ps I saw so many shoes with heels like that going down the Paris runways last season (SS09)

  20. Even the soles are pretty! Bet they feel like stilts to walk in. Probably all for the best that you are sitting down contemplating their loveliness!

  25. i was about to post a comment saying ‘ohmygod you own those..’ but then i read the post and now ill just say, oh my god you got to wear those..

  26. hey, just forwarded this post to the boys (basso & brooke), they’re going to love it!
    I, myself, am dying to get my hands on one of them… the red ones are my favourite!
    by the way, can I add my blog to your London links? Thanks babe!

  40. did you just sit in one place & admire them all day? that’s what i picture happening if i got my paws on them. they’re lovely!

  41. wow!
    the soles are beautiful!
    something like that would prevent me from wearing certein shoes
    haha

  43. hey Susie, how are u doing? did you enjoy the new show? Those shoes look great on you ! and knowing your love for them , we ( us and Raouda) would like to present you with a pair – as I can see this one specifically is perhaps is too large, we had 2 sizes made for the show do u know if this one was the smallest one? I’m sure a cobbler will be able to find a solution, also I’m sure you’ll have lots of fun with it!!! Please get in contact and we can arrange the deliver. BB x

  44. holy FORK!
    i just read the BB comment above mine and now must congratulate you on being the most deserved owner of such a special pair of shoes.
    please please please do 3 billion outfit posts with them. i dont think i would ever tire of seeing the different ways you style them.
    ah! love!

  50. of course!! We’ll be very happy to see u wearing it! I’ll talk to Nell @ Blow and let u know soon . BB x

  51. Nell has informed me that some of the smaller ones are still out for press, as soon as they return we’ll send it. Enjoy! BB x

  52. girl, i love it! but the platform could use a little more attention….to blah. i’d like to see more pattern all the way down….

  53. Good thing you’re gonna get the smaller size! 😀
    But wow, really, that pair of shoes is a work of art… It’s so pretty…

  55. also, i don’t know if my blog has enough fashion content on it yet, but if you want to, i’d love to have my link added to the aussies list 🙂

  58. omg these killer heels are GEORGOUS! i love the quirky detailing in the heel 😀 im jealous

  59. Holy crap I can’t believe they’re just going to give those to you!!!!!! Those shoes are definite shoe porn as they say… I wouldn’t ever dare to wear such cool beauties.

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