I feel like the only shoe I need to complete my right now would be these Manolo Blahnik Red BB’s.
The BB heel truly is perfection.
Look at that profile.
Not too pointy, a beautiful arch, sexy heel.
Gorgeous!
Wouldn’t these be dreamy for Fall?
I love embroidery on shoes.
I know they are Resort but would wear them in an early crisp Autumn.
Rupert Sanderson Resort 2014
Where have I been for the last week?
Oh, yes, in the (hot as) hell that is the Midwest for a work trip.
But now I’m back… in the same dang heat here in the South.
When is Fall going to be here?????
My outfit yesterday was a mix of soft pink and snake print with added glitter and shimmer. So subtle, huh?
I love this pale pink cardigan and it goes so well with the pencil skirt – both from JCrew.
The shoes are Jimmy Choo’s Sissy sandals from about, oh, 7 years or so ago. They’re such a pretty shimmery taupe.
This outfit is pretty much my work “uniform” – simple top, pencil skirt in a fun pattern with a boost from shoes and accessories. You can never have too many print pencil skirts, right?
I hope you had an awesome 4th of July weekend. I took off Friday and was able to get a bunch of errands done, including finally dropping off the huge pile of clothes and shoes I had to go to the consignment store and Goodwill.
We also went to see a ton of movies – 4 in total with one more tonight. As we were in chilly theaters all weekend, I threw a cardigan of the ModCloth At The Dog Park dress I wore out. I was going to pair this with the Bass x Rachel Antonoff black/clear Maebird oxfords and sheer/black polka-dot socks but when I looked in the mirror it was a bit ridiculous, so I had to quickly switch to my sequin ballet flats.
I’m also considering having this dress hemmed shorter.
Other than nap all weekend, watch movies and eat out, we had ourselves a small tea party in the library. Our chess table is the perfect size for a two person tea so we think this will be our new Sunday afternoon tradition.
I made Lavender Sables (a French butter cookie like shortbread), tomato-basil and cucumber sandwiches and we also had berries sprinkled with vanilla sugar. We’re like the Finer Things Club over here.
Oh yeah, and just one small thing… Shoe Daydreams turned SIX this weekend. I know posting has slowed down some since those early days, but we’re keeping on.
Because there’s always more shoes to dream about!
I’ve been pining for a Charlotte Olympia Pandora clutch but I haven’t found the perfect one yet.
Maybe the new “Love Shoes” version is the one for me???
Doesn’t a girl dreaming about shoes deserve a clutch to match???
I wish I could wear this tee to work…
But I think it would fall apart if I actually wore it as often as I feel it.
Instead I wore it to trivia night last night to intimidate all the geeks and hipsters. We came in 2nd place.
All because of the shirt? Maybe…….
My Stabbity tee is via Kawaii Not. Snark in comic form = Love!
My Tabitha Simmons for JCrew mary janes finally arrived!
The fabrics are even more adorable in person and I love the graphic pop of the navy edging and sweet little button.
The construction feels pretty solid, although I’d like to compare them to one of the original silk pairs from Tabitha’s line.
They started this collection at size 6 so they are a bit big on me but it probably helps because, as always with mid-shoe strap mary janes, the strap presses a bit on the top of my foot due to my high arch. But overall they’ve been comfortable to wear and walk in.
I love the two floral prints. They will be perfect to pair up to a solid dress or one with a bolder pattern. I’m wearing them today with a navy cardigan and pencil skirt so the piping really pops.
The mary janes are my favorite style from the collection and it’s so fun that they pulled in their other collaboration – Liberty – for the fabrics. A sweet summer heel that makes me want to wear rose water perfume.
Oh my house…
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.
We’ll see how long that lasts!
I have a storage box in my bedroom that I like to think of as the “Staging Area”. It’s were new shoes sit until they get worn and have a place in the closet or Shoe Cabinets. I had quite a number off boxes stacking up and something had to be done. So I descended into chaos over the weekend.
The Cabinets are pretty much out of room now and required a bit of tough love. Some shoes went back in their boxes to live in the closet and some are going away entirely (22 pairs!). Here we are in progress…
It took most of the day. And not just because I kept trying on old favorites.
I ended up keeping these BeBe boots. A wee bit snug but snazzy.
In the end the cabinets are newly rearranged. Cabinet 1 is still black/white/silver/pink/purple/yellow…
Cabinet 2 is obviously red/blue/tan/green/gold…
I love swinging the doors open and picking out a pair to wear. Plus they do a great job keeping the dust off but still having a larger percentage of my shoes visible.
Yay for organization!
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