Monthly Archives: August 2009

Standing on stardust!

I was re-organising my wardrobe last night, and was searching through the mountain of shoes, when I discovered I was missing a vital pair! I don’t mean they had been nicked… but as in I had never owned a pair. I’ve never owned a pair of pure 70’s platforms! Par exemple- I guess 70’s platforms came to mind [...]
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Jesus Creepers!

The sun is out and so are my toes! My sandal of choice has always been the trusted Birkenstocks… they’re just so comfy! But I was thinking of those last few hours in the day, around the BBQ, when the suns gone down and the tootsies start getting a little chilly… is it okay to bust [...]
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Pump up and air out…

So, I was re-reading over my last post and thought I should expand a bit… When I look at the shoes I was writing about, they all seem to be pointing in the same direction… the 1990’s! And then I started thinking about vintage shoe shopping, and how they’re always that pile of 90’s shoes that are [...]
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Glunge eh?

So, Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian’s fashion editor, has thrown us a new term… Glunge! And I love it! Finally a term to describe that perfect union of glamour and grunge! It’s also a great excuse to go vintage shopping for that perfect pair of Glunge heels! What are glunge shoes? Well its got to be something that automatically [...]
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All aboard…

What’s with men and their boat shoes? I never realised preppy was sneaking back in… I don’t mind men looking a bit smarter, but I always chose Travis over Christian or even Elton! (Clueless!) You just have to head out on to the highstreet to see clones of men all strutting it in their boat shoes, without [...]
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