What your average shoeblogger is wearing right now: Dries van Noten “silver” booties
posted by: shoesense in Boots, Dries van Noten Shoes on March 4th, 2008
After a prolonged, lustful flirtation, I finally bit the bullet and bought these:
They’re Dries van Noten silver booties (yes, they do look gold, a pale platinum-gold in person, really), with a cutout at the intersection of the cross-straps, which tie in the back, and a sturdy, chunky stacked leather heel. I got them at Head Start Shoes, almost 70% off: they were $189, down from $575 (original price). This was the last pair and it happened to be in my size, so you see how I had to get them. The dramatic price cut, their glamor, and my need to reward myself after I got good news about my big-bad-ass-project (it passed muster! yay!) converged on a beautiful spring day to grab these while I still could.
I’m not gonna lie to you, I’ve become so unaccustomed to walking in anything higher than 1, 1.5 inches tall, that these were a challenge. The heel is chunky, true, but it’s also almost 3 inch high, and the sole is thick but hard. The balls of my feet got quite a workout on the streets of Philly yesterday, but I couldn’t care less: the weather was gorgeous, my project was basically good, and I had silver-gold boots on my feet. Life was fabulous!
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March 06, 2008 at 6:42 am, Anna said:
I bought a pair of dries van noten mary janes a while ago (the shoes are from a couple of seasons ago) and they are so uncomfortable! It’s exactly like you described: the sole is hard so after a couple of hours your feet are really sore and it becomes impossible to walk…But they’re soooo gorgeous!
March 05, 2008 at 1:25 am, shrimper said:
They look to me like something a rocker would wear on stage. Not feminine at all.
March 04, 2008 at 11:51 am, shoesense said:
Chances are slim right now since I'm home sick with some virus or other and my head is about to explode. When I emerge, if the weather is appropriate for them, I'll try to get someone to take a picture!
March 04, 2008 at 11:38 am, Susan said:
Any chance we'll get to see a picture of these shoes on your feet? They're really cool, I want to see what they look like in the big picture of an outfit!
March 04, 2008 at 4:51 am, Shoeman said:
expensive
March 04, 2008 at 3:58 am, Shoeman said:
I like barry manilo