I am here for the low heels! Maybe it’s decades of conditioning or my actual personal taste, but I still like a feminine shoe — with a heel at 2 inches or lower, however.
PS. I have seen various shoe styles over the years. At 40 I stopped wearing heels, after 9/11 I changed my shoes to something I could walk a distance in, or god forbid run in. The older I get I want shoes and clothes that are flattering, long lasting, made well, and I will even buy used.
The Bally shoes! But that price point for the super-studded MJ - I think when shoes sail past the $2K price point it's a tough one (unless *maybe* it's insanely perfect leather boots).
The Gucci loafer boot is giving Tibi Borg shoe. I can't decide if I loathe it or secretly want it.
Wow. Good work here and gotta say nothing is making me super excited about Spring shoes. Not a lot of wearable options really. I’ll probably find something at MiuMiu I can’t live without (somehow that happens every season for the last 4) and the Tods loafers look interesting enough. Thx for another excellent article!
the Bally shoes remind me of that time in the late 00s when Balmain/Alexander Wang made putting spikes and studs on everything cool, though the Mary Janes are a definitively 2020s trend
LOVE the zhuzhed-up Tod's loafers, they're that perfect balance between classic form and distinctive details and just weird enough that they probably won't look tired in 3 years (though I still can't buy them, my only Tod's loafers are the regular kind with a kiltie flap and they're doing excellent service, their quality is impeccable)
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I am here for the low heels! Maybe it’s decades of conditioning or my actual personal taste, but I still like a feminine shoe — with a heel at 2 inches or lower, however.
LOVE the punk Bally shoes! But would burn my feet off rather than wear the Gucci Horsebit Boot...
lol'ing
PS. I have seen various shoe styles over the years. At 40 I stopped wearing heels, after 9/11 I changed my shoes to something I could walk a distance in, or god forbid run in. The older I get I want shoes and clothes that are flattering, long lasting, made well, and I will even buy used.
Oh those Spring 1996 Prada sandals…. I couldn’t afford them back then & still covet them!
Now’s the time to get them!
The Bally shoes! But that price point for the super-studded MJ - I think when shoes sail past the $2K price point it's a tough one (unless *maybe* it's insanely perfect leather boots).
The Gucci loafer boot is giving Tibi Borg shoe. I can't decide if I loathe it or secretly want it.
Remember when designer shoes were $800? Now opening price is basically $1200. It is insane!
It is crazy! The opening price shifts by $400 every few years.
The price of shoes is so appalling, even as someone who spends money on that stuff!
Wow. Good work here and gotta say nothing is making me super excited about Spring shoes. Not a lot of wearable options really. I’ll probably find something at MiuMiu I can’t live without (somehow that happens every season for the last 4) and the Tods loafers look interesting enough. Thx for another excellent article!
love this shoe conversation. what a great combined post. thanks
I guess I’ll be barefoot come spring if these are the shoe styles 🫠😅
the Bally shoes remind me of that time in the late 00s when Balmain/Alexander Wang made putting spikes and studs on everything cool, though the Mary Janes are a definitively 2020s trend
LOVE the zhuzhed-up Tod's loafers, they're that perfect balance between classic form and distinctive details and just weird enough that they probably won't look tired in 3 years (though I still can't buy them, my only Tod's loafers are the regular kind with a kiltie flap and they're doing excellent service, their quality is impeccable)
Great piece ❤️the Bally loafers/boat shoes w all the jangly charms are my BIG hit this fall.. the charms cut away from the coastal CT sebago vibe 🩵🩵
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Substack automatically does that for tagged publications and people if you have an accent color... but that should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.