Shoes of The Month

A friend of mine has recently moved from Pinas to Sydney and when I spoke to her last time, she asked me what type of shoes she should buy. (Well we talked about other more important things of course.) She asked me if pointy shoes are still in and my answer was quite indirect (and was in in no way indicative of the actual trend when it comes to shoes) : my recent buys are all round and the torn-between-round-and-pointy type.

I was in some kind of shoe binge last month. (Yes, I cringe at the thought. I can still hear my dad's sentiment he told me many years back: "House deposit na yang mga ginastos mo sa shoes mo.") Back to the topic ... none of the shoes I bought were pointy, all fall in those two types that I mentioned.

Here's two of my most-used pair at the moment.

This is probably the best pair of flat shoes I ever had. Other than the obvious (nice leather, gorgeous colour, understated detail), these also happen to be the most comfortable not-so-flat flats. (The heels are about half an inch or just slightly less.) I think it's "inspired" by a Chloe pair, but these are from Robert Robert, which is an Australian shoe label. I love RR shoes. They fit my wide magsasaka-like feet very well. And their shoes last a really long time. I got these from Zomp Shoez.

The other one is kind of quirky, and it's not so me but I like this pair a lot. Very nice for spring.

I wear these with pants and dresses with tights. The stacked heels make them quite comfy to walk around town (except the downhill streets of Melbourne). The booty style is something I didn't think I'd wear but surprisingly, this one works quite well for me.

All my pointies are in their shoe boxes and hardly get taken out. The ones that I use to work are the roundies and the almond-toes. I wouldn't claim it's the trend, I think it's more a case of me being practical (comfort before anything else) and old. :P The other pair I wear to death are these:

(I wasn't going to mention this Witchery pair but I felt guilty as these have been used and abused for a while now. So yes, they deserve a mention.)