fun find: more!

i'm seriously hyperventilating over here from the cuteness ... forget the other miu miu flats. i want these. shoot. i need to go home now to double-check my size so i can order already. i'm so serious.

these are fun too, but still with the 4.5-inch heels! boo!

t-strap ... scalloped

fun find: should i gets?

just spotted this pair of miu miu two-tone patent leather pumps on mrs lilien...

too bad the heels are 4.5 inches. effectively 4 inches with the hidden half-inch platform, but still too high for me. i'm so done with anything over 3.5 inches.

so perhaps these cute flats instead. they have my size!

fun weekend find

heeeeee!! look what i found last weekend. in my size! i wanted to wear them right away, but i had to hold off so i could get some rubber soles put on them first. you know, to prolong their useful life.

so guess what shoes i'll be rocking all this weekend =)

lv: dreamy

as a follow-up to yesterday's post ... not all was lost. i don't do much window shopping any more, nor much online shopping. i just get random urges to go shopping maybe once a quarter or so, usually when prompted by a catalog in the mail.

so even though i didn't end up keeping the sensuals, i did find another fun pair of shoes that day. and they were so perfect. when i tried them on, we all said, it looks like they already belong to me.

allow me to present ... the dreamy ...

not only do they fit perfectly, but it's like they were designed with me in mind. or perhaps they just made a hybrid of two other pairs i already have. the other two are obviously from seasons past, as evidenced by the wear. which makes finding the dreamy so timely! and! and! they already come with a rubber sole, so i don't even have to run over to the cobbler for that. so perfect!

lv: sensual

so lv's autumn-winter 2009 shoe collection book came in the mail something like july 31. with some seriously sexy shoes on the cover. like i literally gasped when i saw the cover.

see what i mean? so exciting because they've been coming out with a bunch of junk recently. finally, they're back to including at least some more subtle pieces. so 2 days later, i found myself on the shoe mezzanine in maison union square. unfortunately, the smallest size they had in the store was a 6. much too big. but i did try them on just for the look and they looked great. so i ordered them in my size. it took a while, but they eventually got delivered in two and a half weeks.

but booo ... the front was pinchy. way too narrow. so i went back to the store, where they had a 5.5. but that was way too roomy, even with two inserts! my goldilocks feetsies wondered if lv made a size 5.25, but no such luck. so we tried stretching the vamp. but even after a few days of that, didn't feel much of or any difference at all.

so bottom line ... if you're a true size 5 with skinny toes, you're in luck! especially since i was told that that pair was the only size 5 in the system. so after pulling them out of the system for a whole month, they're back! or at least they were as of a week ago. who knows, someone may have already swooped in on them.

Q & A: uggs

Q: is it possible to make uggs ... uglier?
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what a drag

while in union square for cb2, we decided to browse barneys as well and ... i stumbled across a pair of patent leather pumps that i wouldn't have given another look at online. they look much better in person ...

the nicole pump by yves saint laurent in patent leather with a really fun print, which looks like the shoe was painted in gray and then a dry paintbrush was dragged across it to reveal the white underneath. very cool.

however, with 4"-plus heels, i didn't bother trying them on. BUT! i just saw the same shoes at saks with a 3.25" heel! ... almost the same but definitely a little more squat (and/or practical)

these are still in the consideration phase though. however, if they were in a darker graphite shade of gray, they'd belong to my feet by the end of the week ...

dream a little dream of prada

was i dreaming, or did i really see this shoe in a catalog? i swear i saw this spring 2008 prada pump in some catalog in the past couple months, but i haven't been able to find the same shoe online anywhere. so i've photoshopped a rough mock-up of what i remember.

has anyone else seen this? it's basically a pink (i think patent leather) pump, with a heel sculpted in the shape of a flower, with the stem of the flower acting as the rest of the heel.

blue, blue, blue suede shoes

... or gray, gray, gray leather booties ... either or ... i'm really liking all the dark gray accessories out for fall/winter: iron, steel, smoke and dove and all those other fancy shades of gray. i'd really like to find the perfect pair of gray pumps though. that'd be hot

and yes, those gray patent boots are from the same fall/winter 2007 miu miu collection of brogue specator shoes that i've been talking about for the past five months (here, here, here and here). and yes, this will be the last entry about them. well, that is, after i purge a little. can't find the middle one in my size, but oh well, they don't fit so great anyway. and the other two have such classic coloring. i'm pretty sure i'll compliment whoever i see on the streets with any of them. (unless she's a size 5, then i might just find myself attacking her.)

and since i've got my feathers all ruffled at the moment, i might as well complain about a current trend i'm so not digging. exposed zippers. why would designers ruin a perfectly pretty dress with a completely exposed zipper, meaning even the edge of the tape is exposed. crazy and silly.

so close, yet so far away

still waiting for those dumb miu miu shoes to hit saks. won't it be so sad if they don't have my size or if they're (even worse) uncomfortable? yea, it'll be pretty sad.

i asked like two different sales associates and neither knew the arrival date. i'd so pre-order this one if only the ruffly part were detachable. is it? doubtful.

sorry, it's not likely i'll stop obsessing until i get them. actually, i was in the general vicinity of saks this weekend, but figured i didn't need to make a stop lest i be disappointed yet again by another clueless SA. bah!

everything's coming up "acorns"

fall/winter collections are always so much nicer than the spring/summer collections. well, at least i think so. sure, girls like summer because they get to dress all cute and pretty. but fall is when you get to wear the more tailored clothing with more substantial, richer fabrics. love it!

and fall items have been trickling in recently. a couple weeks ago, the first coats hit the floors. saw this dvf coat that i tried on in both black and ivory. i would have bought one in each color but then i saw that it was prominently displayed at neiman, saks and bloomingdales so you'll probably see this coat all over the place. well, not exactly all over the place since it's $695, but you'll see it around.

and besides, i'm in the market for a charcoal gray coat. i've got enough black and ivory ones. no need for more, although it is rather cute.

and oh(!) the anticipation for miu miu's fall shoe collection continues. i saw this lone shoe sitting among the prada collection and freaked out!! i flagged down a sales associate to see where the rest of the collection could be found. he said that this flat was the first and only miu miu shoe in so far.

you can be sure i'll be checking every day for the pumps to come in. i think i'll skip wearing the socks with them though.

and oh oh oh. ferro items at bv are being snatched up as quickly as they're getting into the store. i'm so all over that too.

the way you're making me wait ... you're teasing me

so this is kind of a repeat from monday. but i am so all over these shoes by miu miu. and i'm totally surprised because i've never liked miu miu before.

oh man, they better have them in my size. and i mean they better! oh, and they better be comfortable. seriously, not even kidding.

shopping: not a spectator sport

and there continues to be some serious ugly going on for fall 2007 accessories. i won't even torture you with images here.

but, fortunately, one style seems to be making a noticeable comeback: the spectator shoe (specifically wingtip detailing)! it's like they knew i blew out the heel on my vaurigards! i'm excited! looks like i'll have plenty to choose from ...

( alexandra neel ... derek lam ... giorgio armani ... ... gucci ... miu miu ... miu miu again )

i'm really feeling the miu miu options. haven't decided how i feel about the superfluous ruffle though.

wahhh!!!

oh no! shoewawa just wrote about the shoes i've been eyeing for like the past five months! they were supposed to be my secret shoes! but that's ok, because most people will think they're ugly or old-looking. but i like what i like.

i've been keeping an eye out for similar shoes (since i find loubies to be rather uncomfortable) but to no avail. maybe i'll have to give these a try and hope they aren't as unwearable as the other ones i've tried. doubtful though, at 4-3/4".

and the coloring looks different ... i'll definitely have to check it out in person.