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Mai Lamore shoes

Emilily — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:10:22 +0000

I was browsing through my Elle magazine yesterday, and came upon these lovely shoes! They’re made by a French designer, Mai Lamore. (For our reader(s) out there who aren’t Carmen or Emilily, we recently purchased feather earrings, so this is in keeping with a theme.)

Here is a link to a larger picture at SBeulah’s fashion blog, because you really have to see them full size to appreciate the beautiful detail.

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When I did a quick web search to see where one might purchase these beauties, I found another stunning pair, made out of hand-painted silk and 18-karat gold, for only $27,945.

I know the price seems a bit outrageous, but I think these really are a work of art, and the fact that they are functional makes them that much more valuable.

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Seems a little more reasonable when you consider someone paid $72.8 million for Rothko’s Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose. I wonder if anyone pointed out to them that they could have had 2,605 pairs of Mai Lamore Rose petal shoes instead.

want…

Carmen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:02:35 +0000

so pretty… on sale on gilt today by Jonathan Kelsey…

Speaking of Gilt Fuse Failure…

Carmen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:36:56 +0000

I don’t know if I can fault Gilt Fuse really, they are just the messenger. Its really Madison Harding that is the culprit here:

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Emilily — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:35:58 +0000

Okay, I love converse, and I love a high heel…but please oh please, not at the
same time. I would normally say that any shoe could be improved with a bit of
height, but NOT athletic shoes. (For example, I would also say that any beverage
could be improved with a splash of champagne, EXCEPT coffee. See, there’s an
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xxxxxxx However, perhaps against my better judgment, I am still looking for an Adirondack
boot with a heel – just like the one here, but with a 3+ inch wedge or cuban heel, and preferably not made by UGG. Somehow, UGG boots in my mind represent a very poor attempt to class up those sweatpants you should never have worn out of the house. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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And lastly, the boots that for months I have been coveting and stalking and making up little love songs in honor of, the Frye Harness Boot in Crazy Horse. I love everything about them – the walkable heel, the color, the name of the color, and the Lonesome Dove-esque androgynous cowboy fantasies they inspire…

plastic shoes

Emilily — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:41:11 +0000

I cannot decide if I like these shoes or not, they’re on Gilt Groupe right now. I do love Vivienne Westwood, and jelly shoes bring back memories (ok, they bring back memories of being made fun of by some nasty sixth graders because my neon green jelly sandals did not match my home-made rainbow fairy costume, but jelly shoes are now super retro cool and those mean girls are probably fat and married to some knuckle-dragging mountain man and living in a double-wide in Orick, so there.) Anyways, do I love these or hate them?!?!

Plastic shoes?

new project?

Carmen — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:06:58 +0000

What do you think about adding sequins to an old pair of shoes as a craft project?

this picture was taken by garance dore - she's so goooood.