Or so the dishy waiter at a regular haunt of mine declared at an earlyish hour the evening before last.
He then went on to explain that he is responsible for the trend that therein followed his choice of a comfortable shoe for schlepping to and from his day job. He began seeing them everywhere. People were even dancing in these things. Dancing!
This was the very same night I saw the most fabulous pair of Ralph Lauren ballet flats in grapefruit yellow with turquoise leatherwork.
Earlier in the evening I had witnessed a woman spiking past me wearing a pink, black and white wrap-dress with this whole paint splash meets mondrian thing going on - not particularly flattering - and her shoes. They were black patent leather peep toe triangle-post in electric magenta stillettos. Black patent and electric magenta.
These were shoes not road hazard warning signs.
I guess as a side-note, one might like to note that she was pushing a PRAM up the hill whilst wearing these garish nasties.
Those ghastly little lovelies and the pair right after that clomped on by made me wonder where all of these very bad shoes were escaping from.
Platform stillettos. PLATFORM. What's wrong with that? Ah, nothing if you like to take the beautiful sexy line of a slender heel balanced just so against the curve of a calf, and whack a great breadboard of clunkiness to it's sole - that's your call, but I'd rather not have to wince at it.. I'm just saying.
Don't get me started on cork wedge sandals. They go with nothing. If wearing them looks bad, imagine what walking in them looks like. Like you are stomping down the street in leadweighted gumboots. There is a reason the giraffe is the pin-up girl of the animal kingdom.
I see them on other women and I wonder what possessed the wearer to try these on and then actually leave the shop having parted real money for them, not only that, but actually extract them from the shoe box at the other end, and wear them OUTSIDE THE HOUSE?
A peep toe is beautiful (manages both sexy and sweet at the same time - a remarkable achievement for any shoe no?) especially when combined with a delicate block heel and slender ankle strap - it instantly lends delicate elegance to even the straightest ankle.
Nothing beats a low profile trainer in my book. I'm forever on a quest to find a better pair than the one I bought last week. There is a cheeky fresh appeal to them. They're smart, they're sassy and when necessary afford a very quick getaway. There is absolutely no harm in suggesting with your footwear that you might be just the type of girl who would require a fast getaway from time to time either.
I will always be an admirer of the black patent high-heeled sandal teamed with either a cigarette pant or a well-fitting pair of dark denim bootleg jeans. Throw on a dressy top and you're ready for action baby. To me this is sexy casual at it's best. Yes, it exists - it's the mastering of it that apparently makes all the difference.
Which leads me to my last (I know... it took me a while but I got there) point - if one is going to have Christian Louboutin below, then by default one should be carrying Hermes above it. One does NOT strut the Louboutin and team it with vinyl. Never never never never.
Bless the black patent stilletto. Amen.
