Showing posts with label Shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shoes. Show all posts

2.24.2009

A L E X//




















Alex's Fall '09 shoe collection.

(Just a preview, clicking here will provide more pictures)

The first couple shots of the collection is discouraging, at least until you reach the bottom of the page where these debuted.

The first two shoes on the "Obsessed With Shoes," page are not my favorite whatsoever. The point of the shoe combined with the high top is not appealing, and gives it a goth-like appeal when adding the small platform.

Not only are the two above my favorites, but the alligator print excites the shoe on the right, while the shoe on the left is delightful with two different materials - the crystal lucite heel, and the leather finish. They don't seem irregular, and more avant garde compared to your traditional heel which specializes in one solid material with embellishments and patterns added for that extra touch.

Even the zipper on the back of the heel gives it an edge above others.

Bravo, Alex.

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LA LA LANVIN//


So as I was reading my delightful new Vogue with the wonderful and intelligent Mrs. Obama, I came across the Nordstrom ad.


(I love department store ads because they feature the BEST shoes/clothes/accessories of the season.)


Came across a pair of Lanvin's with the crystallized heel and the satin finish.


So how inappropriate is it that I found the shoe NOWHERE on the Nordstrom site?


If you were a wealthy woman who absolutely had to have the shoes in less than five minutes (or four, three, two, etc) wouldn't you be utterly disappointed that instead of ordering them from the comfort of your home, you had to get in your car and risk your life driving just to search for them at the department store?


Good thing I'm not a woman and have no reason to wear stilettos.


And if I were, someone might get killed.

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1.27.2009

"WELCOME TO HEARTBREAK"//

I love Kanye West. Period.

But after much anticipation hearing about his collaboration with Marc, I was a bit disappointed in his shoe collection debut at last Thursday's runway show.



Doesn't the sneaker throw off the whole ensemble?

Although the scarf and the bag are of a different color than the gloves, jacket, and pants accompanied by it, it doesn't look odd. Once you reach the shoes, the whole look almost seems a joke.

Claiming that he "wanted to be a fashion designer his entire life," you would think that 'Ye would have put more time and effort into the collection (or at least the single style at left which is a preview of what's to come), especially in this official recession, when people tend to spend less and are becoming more & more uninterested with luxury items. Even to the wealthy, runway/luxury items have became more of a look book than an actual accessibility.

When viewing this sneaker you can familiarize it with the popular saying - desperate times do indeed call for desperate measures. Hopefully Mr. West will enliven and excite us with the collection further down the road, and make us believe that he lives up to the title of "Louis Vuitton Don."

(Oh, by the way Mr. West, when are you ever going to debut that "Pastelle," collection of yours that was highly discussed a few years back?)

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