Based on the turn of the century traditional men’s footwear -spats, designer Elizabeth Melinek’s take on the item has resulted in Strumpets and Stalkers – winter boots that fit in your handbag. Basically, they can transform any shoes, heels or flats, you’re wearing into various colours of ankle, knee, calf boots. I love the multi-functionality… Continue reading Trumpet the Strumpets
Category: Shoes
Put the L-Fire back into your life
On this grey, wet, soggy London day. a bit of shoe-cheer would not go amiss. Miss L-Fire’s shoes have just about the right amount of shoe-cheeriness, dancing around the kitschy, cute, fruity line. Miss L-Fire is a relatively new addition to the London shoe scene, launched by Lynsey Hand, former buying director of the UK… Continue reading Put the L-Fire back into your life
Vive la Vivier
My obsession with Salvatore Ferragamo bow flats is soon to be upgraded to an obsession with Roger Vivier’s classic pilgrim flat, as worn by Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour. The fact that the new Roger Vivier store has just opened up on Sloane Street does not help things as it just tempts me hop… Continue reading Vive la Vivier
Can't get the ballerina out of my head
I used to hate giving gift vouchers as presents only because I thought they were really impersonal and showed that you hadn’t given it any thought but I may have to revise that as, gift vouchers are now being offered from the most fabulous places. A relative recently sent me a gift voucher for 100… Continue reading Can't get the ballerina out of my head