Some shoes are so beautiful, it’s as though they’re a work of art made especially for your feet. I’m not talking about the kind of shoes you wear every day – the sort of boots, ballet flats and sandals that one buys each season when they need replacing – I’m talking about the kind of shoes that when you see them on a gilded pedestal in the window of a Mayfair store, you just have to stop and stare; the type that make your heart go aflutter, just a tiny bit; the sort that one daydreams about and forgoes daily coffee runs to save for.
Sometimes I can’t help but buy these daydreamable shoes, even though they are too beautiful to ever be worn. It’s not as though I purchase them with the intention for them to sit in a box at the bottom of my wardrobe, it’s just that a) I don’t want to subject them to daily abuse from pavements and bad weather, and b) the most beautiful shoes are often the most impractical to actually walk in. But this does mean that on those special occasions when said beautiful shoes do come out to be worn, they feel all the more wonderful.
However even I, from time to time, have to draw a line at those purchases where all practicality threatens to go out the proverbial window. For example, the other night while perusing ebay, I spied a pair of absurdly cheap works-of-art Chanel couture heels that I had been dreaming of for the past year. Since the shoes in question were actually two whole sizes too small, I contemplated literally turning them into art and displaying them ornamentally. But since I do not (yet) reside in a house equipped with an enormous dressing room where the shoes may look appropriate as an objet d’art, I thought it might look a bit odd to instead have a pair of shoes, as beautiful as they were, perched on the coffee table. That and the Clever Boyfriend would think me officially mad.
So, while I can’t have shoes on my coffee table, I’ve instead decided to turn them into actual art. Here are a few of this season’s shoes that are beautiful enough to be works of art.
L-R/Top-Bottom: Christian Louboutin suede platforms, Louis Vuitton velvet bow pumps, Balenciaga geometric heels
So tell me, do you sometimes buy things that are too beautiful to be worn very often?
Love, Miss B xx
(P.S. As always, these images are created and owned by me. Please do not copy or reproduce without my permission).
I like to save my favourite purchases for special events where EVERYONE will be there to see me the sport item… but I don’t literally buy things for the sake of art.
I don’t think I would do that even if I had the money, I enjoy wearing the really nice items.
Interesting post though, different perspective of fashion.
Oh I completely agree – I wear my favourite things all the time and don’t deliberately ‘save my best’ for special occasions. I just meant some shoes are too beautiful not to buy, but they’re not the most practical things to wear on a daily basis so they end up becoming special ‘occasional’ items.
B xx
Your drawings are great!! I can’t wait for the day that I can not only afford a pair of Louboutins but not be afraid to wear them! I agree that some things are too precious to spoil and I feel like if I somehow wrangled up the cash for a pair of red-soled beauties I’d be too afraid to hurt them.
I dont think I buy things for the sake of art, but I definitely buy things too fabulous and dressy for my everyday life as a college student. My Michael Kors LBD is dying to make an appearance but there arent many opportunities for something like that, especially in the area that I live in. You make an interesting point though! : )
-Samantha
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Hey B!
You know I do this! Some shoes are just too pretty to be worn! lol! Also, your drawings are amazing!!! I’m impressed!
p.s. When’s your b-day? You look way younger you know that right?
xoxo
emmy
OMG yes I’ve done this so many times – I see some shoes that are too beautiful to leave in the shop, it doesn’t matter to me if they only have them 2 sizes small – I always convince myself that I will grin and bear the pain but I never do and they end up on display on the shelf in my wardrobe! Brilliant pictures btw x
WOW, I love your drawings! In fact, I would like to put them up in my room… I have two frames between my windows and your sketches would look fabulous. <3
I can completely relate to the beauty over practicality purchase.
I just purchased some quilted patent 12cm pumps in nude and black. Amazing but let’s say, I won’t be strutting around Sydney in them for obvious cobble stoned reasons.
I love your drawings – you’re so talented! I agree with you on this. They may not get worn a lot but when I do wear them, they make me feel so incredibly special. Some of my friends baulk at the price of my two Louboutins, one Choo’s and one Blahniks but I think only a true shoe lover understands these things! xxx
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