Ferragamo’s Creations: An Elegant Past

This elegant looker is part of Ferragamo’s Creations, a recent project in which Ferragamo has brought back some of its loveliest creations of the past 80 years. The shoes come in limited numbers and for a limited time, so read on for where to buy them. A little bird also just reported back to me that sales on their regular shoes have started at the Fifth Avenue shop where you can also get this sparkly royal blue holiday wonder named the Fantastic!

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Fall Shoes and Boots at Marshalls

Last week I spent two whirlwind days on a press trip to the corporate HQ for Marshalls and TJMaxx located in Framington, Massachussetts.  I don’t often write about discount stores because the stock can vary significantly from day to day as well as from  store to store.   But, since I was able to snap a few pictures of the shoe department of the flagship Marshalls store, I am sharing those with you today.

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Alternatives to Sky High Shoes

I was goofing around online the other day and saw a photo of a young celebrity nearly trip while wearing platform pumps.  She didn’t end up on her kiester, but it was close.  I was reminded of an event that happened several years ago, but have never forgotten it.  I didn’t tell anyone, not even Mr. R5, because it was so embarrassing.

I was in a pair of 4.5 inch platforms. The weather had turned windy and rainy and I struggled to open a door that was being blown shut by the wind.  I rushed into the building, and the door slammed behind me, throwing me off balance.  My wet stilettos hit the marble floor, I skittered across that lobby, going through all sorts of contortions, goofed my knee and broke one of the d#mn heels off.  BUT I didn’t fall.  It was quite an acomplishment, but there is no way it can be done with aplomb. 

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Hairy Mary’s, an Odd Name for Great Vintage

I never really thought I’d say this, but I went shopping at a place called Hairy Mary’s on the Lower East Side a little while ago and found some lovely vintage picks.

And they’re having a sale!

I love Ferragamo vintage and the store had quite a bit.

Below, the shoes on the right are Miu Miu. There’s quite a bit of designer vintage at this store.

Shoes of Project Runway 4.7

So, this week, the designers had to make a prom dress for the high school girl who picked them. There were some great things up there, and some awful things up there, but mostly things that were neither great nor awful.

Whiny bitch Christian made this dress, which didn’t satisfy him or Maddie, his client. Then he blamed it all on her being picky. Suck it up, baby. You’re the designer. (Can you tell I don’t like Christian?) The dress was over-the-top and the Dolce & Gabbana pony hair leopard print pumps were, too. Maybe they’d be all right with an all black outfit or something more demure, but with this dress, they were way too costumey.

On the other hand, Chris (the King of Costumey) made this very nice dress for his client, Krista. Tasteful, stylish, prom-appropriate, and a great color on her. I couldn’t find the exact shoes on Bluefly, but any number of strappy silver sandals would look lovely with this dress (which has silver buckles on the back that are very subtle and glitzy). Might I suggest these “Ice Rink” sandals from Stuart Weitzman, which are delicate and neat-looking. If you like them, by the way, and you wear a 10 or 10.5, they’re on sale for only $130.

Likewise, I didn’t see the silver sandals Tizi wore with Kevin’s uninspired (and ultimately losing) dress. But these Ferragamo “Strike” sandals have a similar (and I think somewhat funkier) feel.

Overall, I was sort of underwhelmed. Nothing was really egregiously ugly (except for Christian’s), but I wasn’t blown away by anything either. Oh well. There’s always next week.