Do you ever see something totally outrageous and think "Dammit, that has 'Me' written all over it!" and know that it had to be yours?
No? Just me?
Well, the other day on Instagram I saw that Refinery 29 had reposted this image from Rockie Nolan of amazing, out-of-this-world, who-would-buy-these, silver tinsel slingback heels and was immediately smitten.
It's determined to not let me get any good outfit shots. That's what you get with an old house that isn't well lit. But you can sort of make out that I'm wearing a white JCrew button-down, white brown belt and khaki pencil skirt.
Right? Right?
Paired with a pair from way back - Ralph Lauren wingtip cap-toe slingbacks.
I do love these. I've always thought they were so classy.
It hasn't been too horribly warm here yet, so I'm enjoying actually being comfortable outside.
I admit it, there are a lot of shoes that were on Sex and the City that I loved. Sure, it's a bit cliche but for someone outside of the City, it introduced me to designers I had not know before.
I totally pined for this Vivienne Westwood suit that Carrie wore to her meeting at Vogue as well as the perfect taupe patent slingbacks she paired with it. Check them out in action here.
I tried many other shoe hopefuls but I never found a good candidate. Then one day I saw the following on the Saks website. The are the Manolo Blahnik "Nesti" slingbacks. Not quite the same shape and a bit pointier but perfect color, slingback and heel. I was so excited!
But then I found out they were exclusive to Saks and they had not purchased my size... Oh Noes!!!
I called the buyer, the Manolo Blahnik rep, was going to special order a pair through the store... a real Shoe Search. The Saks folks were great and helpful and even offered me a deal on another pair of Blahniks. As I was mulling this over several weeks, my luck changed. They did end up getting my size and the coveted shoes were mine!
These are the perfect neutral classy shoe. I don't often suggest getting a "classic" heel when you are investing in a designer shoe but the exact shoe I wanted seemed so elusive that I had to grab it. I'm so happy I did.
