Mellon

Evening Pumps, ca. 1920

Evening pumps of turquoise silk floral brocade with gold leather. Designed with gently pointed toes, vamp with openwork edged with gilt kid leather, with oval rhinestone set buckle and gilt leather strap connecting sides across vamp. Upper edged with gilt leather. Medium French heel, covered in gilt kid leather. Size 6 ½ AA Stamped into sole of each shoe: Benedetti

they…really know how to sell me a shoe i mean

I got these instead because I am but a simple fae at heart

I’m getting a lot of asks about where I bought these (wish) so I’m compiling a list of sellers that I trust and buying guides for shopping on wish (which I do a lot).

Hey runners (and walkers)! Thought this might be helpful :)

Shoelace Voodoo

The heel slipping one is awesome if you have to wear orthotics because it stops them from slipping round inside your shoe

I have really high arches to this is super helpful.

This post has over 500+ notes now which is crazy.

Since I’m trying to dress better and more grown up and also since watching Kingsman: The Secret Service have I gotten more interested in dress shoes and as it is said in the movie “Oxfords not Brogues”. 

I’ve just compiled some diagrams I’ve seen on the first page of google so credit where credit is due none of these images are mine.

This is just a reference for me and for anyone else who is interested.

Update: Added detail of the different Brogues

Louboutins are redefining the “nude” pump— now available in five shades.  Great initiative!

Thank you Christian Louboutin. 

This is so important.

Yes, thank you for making more shoes literally none of us will ever be able to afford.

Fashion trickles down though. When a high-end designer like Christian Louboutin acknowledges that there should be variety in “nude” pumps, it will invariably be copied by cheaper and more accessible brands. This is a huge, positive thing.

Louboutins are redefining the “nude” pump— now available in five shades.  Great initiative!

If you don’t understand why this is A Big Deal, you don’t understand the glass ceiling in fashion even when it comes to being a non-white consumer.

aishaneko:

OMFG, the first one, 5th one, and last one, GET IN MY CLOSET!