A Day at the Zoo

When I first saw these shoes I was unsure about them. Strange was the first thing to come to mind. But after a minute I decided they were more whimsical and fun, as I'm sure they were meant to be, then I'm used to. A break from the clunky black wedges I usually lust after. Of course these aren't shoes I would wear exactly. But I think they could definitely make any outfit interesting. Who knows, maybe the design will trickle down the retail chains and in a year we'll all want a pair of animal heels. But for now I'll just enjoy this delicate and intricate design.



xoxo.


Courtesy of Jak and Jil.

Proenza Shoeler

Lame title, I realize, but onto more important matters. I seem to always be drawn to interesting shoes, as I'm sure you've already noticed. I don't think about it when I first save the pictures, but I never gravitate towards simple shoes. Just the other day I was at Target with my sister and a friend when they started talking about a pair of basic black heels, something I don't think I'd ever spend money on. Ever since reading Victoria Beckham's book "That extra half an inch" I've wanted a pair of tan heels to 'elongate my legs', but I've never actually bought a pair. In my mind, if I'm going to go through the pain that heels give me, I'm at least going to have something interesting on my feet. I don't know how people do it, but I can't even make it through a night at a club in heels, let alone a day of traipsing around NYC, Paris, or wherever the fashionistas happen to be at the moment. In closing I'll leave you with a picture of the shoes that inspired this rant. Wedges by Proenza Schouler, seemingly made by small bungee cords, sigh.



xoxo.


Courtesy of Jak & Jil.

Coma

I've been in kind of a no-blogging coma lately. All I really do is work and spend my tiny paycheck, extremely depressing. But I've also been thinking a lot about my own personal style and I have decided that it is time for me to do some more interesting things with my wardrobe. I surround myself with these beautiful images of fashion and sometimes I think I don't really see them. I've created an inspiration board and I've been trying to only buy things I think are worthy of my new outlook.

But onto more important things, what shook me out of my fashion funk? Why, shoes of course!

These Dsquared stunners, to be exact.


xoxo.


Courtesy of Jak & Jil.

Spotlight: Anna Dello Russo

When I first read about Jak & Jil's resident photog Tomm being in love with Anna Dello Russo I got really excited to google her and see all of her amazing outfits. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed at first, but as I clicked through endless Google Images pages I realized, that while not conventional, her style is definitely something to be admired and revered. It is straight off the runway, and I am amazed by some of the things she is actually able to pull off. Anyway, here are a few of my favorite outfits of hers.

xoxo.

Found @ Google Images

2010?? whaaa?

This new year completely snuck up on me. One minute I'm just hangin out, the next its a completely new decade. But anyway, I've heard enough about the new decade, so moving on to shoes. This post has absolutely no organization whatsoever. Last night while waiting for my friend I got distracted by Jak & Jil archives and fell in love with a few pairs of shoes. So, I'm just going to post them all at once so you can appreciate them too. I should probably make this a weekly thing and name it but I'm way too exhausted. I had a looooong night. My creative stuffs is all gone right now. Ok too many words, onto the shoes.

These I like because they are flowy and structured at the same time. I have yet to see such a simple idea, a black platform pump, be transformed into an interesting shoe with virtually no extra.

Epic. Amazing. Unexpected. Mind boggling.

At first I wasn't sure how I felt about these, but in the end they won me over. I couldn't even say why, just something about such simple materials being used to make a unique and high fashion shoe. Genius.

xoxo.