The Non-Sequential/Sequins/Shoes Post

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After a week or so of umming and aaahing over what was disposable or not, I basically had another blast from the wardrobe past and so ensued a week of shrieking in a geeky fashion "Oh my goooood!  I wore that CONSTANTLY in 20xx!".  When I was selling my old 'tat', I kept bringing up little stories about each piece that someone was about to buy even though clearly they weren't interested.  It was like clothing regression therapy or something because by the end, I had a slosh of memories churning around in my head about first dates, rubbish dates, weird holidays and silly nights out.

So this week, I've been regressing back to really old outfits that began with DIY fraying denim skirts and vintage slip dresses yesterday to layers of vintage slips today.  It was inevitable that as soon as I get rid of some sequins, newer sequins would come rushing in.  Today, with some very very old vintage slips, on went a Reem Alasadi piece that kind of looks like it's a haltertop but is a fabric butterfly necklace…

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(Embroidered circles mesh top from Sunday UpMarket, vintage black and blue slip dresses, Reem neckpiece, LD Tuttle shoes, vintage leather flight cap)

In this part outfit, part new buys, part random musings amalgamated
post, I also feel I have to throw in a QVC-style review of these LD
Tuttle 'The Faun' shoes, which I had ordered in advance as part of my
A/W 09 shoe plan (I do believe that I made an Excel spreadsheet
especially for the plan…sadness incarnated).  Why?  Because I walked
a long stretch of Highgate Road uphill and down again in them with zero
discomfort.  The heel isn't extreme of course and is visibly chunky so
you would expect them to be comfy as hell, but I didn't realise QUITE
how comfortable.  Now they're permanently attached to my feet and it's
not even autumn or winter yet.  Maybe they should be stickered with
some kind of cheesy "Comfy Heel Award" label.  Oh and they come with these crocodile clasps that make a very satisfying clippy noise and are entirely functional even though there's a zipper at the back to slip the shoes on. 

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Maybe these models in their A/W 09 collection animated GIF could also endorse them with a sticker too…

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47 comments

  1. I’m kind of obsessing over the clasps of those heels at the moment…they DO look deliciously comfy. I’m sure to have a bout of wardrobe nostalgia as I’m going to be cleaning it out today…should be interesting 🙂

  3. I’m not sogood at throwing things away, so I still have a bright pink puffy vest with a faux fur-trimmed hood I just can’t give away because of the memories! Yikes!

  6. i love how you compile your outfit pictures 🙂 adore the neckpiece.. and you just can’t go wrong with comfy+good-looking footwear 😉

  9. suz you look way tanned! have loved tuttle shoes for a looong time but they’re still outta my price range 🙁

  12. That flight cap is incredible! I love stories behind clothes . . . yours might have been quite interesting. 🙂

  14. They look totally wearable! I just can’t stand it when I fall in love with a shoe, but the heel is torture.

  17. hi i havn’t read all posts so i don’t know if anyone else has pestered you on this yet… but have you had time to go through and select/ do blogroll links for those blogs you asked for about a while ago? x

  18. Anon: Yes I’ve added most of the links that were left by commentors… apart from the few that I really didn’t like or couldn’t categorise properly… I added an edit note on that post to say that I’ve done it.

  32. it must be a blogger thing.. but everyone seems to be getting tuttles recently! you, zana from garbage dress, camille from childhood flames, hmmm i wish i could think of others but i’m sure there’s more!
    They look great 🙂

  37. GOD. My LD TUTTLE shoes have the same heel, and I am SO SO SO SURPRISED by how fucking comfortable they are (minus the ankle strap which I removed after it gave me horrendous blisters. maybe my feet are adjusted now…). I love this brand. Can’t wait to get more.

  40. nice dresses and shoes just awesome…i love those shoes i used dc shoes uk..and found it really soft and reliable..thanks for sharing.

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  46. I like the shoe and the heel is actually fine, what I don’t care for is the the rounded toe, I prefer more of a pointed toe for a shoe like this!!

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