Them Impractical Shoes

I'm obsessing about impractical shoes (bordering on stupid almost, due to to the potential damage they can cause to my back, not to mention to my pocket considering they will most likely hardly be used). Today I realised I've only bought "practical" shoes lately and have not bought anything "statement". So I've been prowling on the net for some ideas and here I found ones I don't mind having. :D

The Gladiators

(NineWest Heech, image from ninewest.com)

I probably don't have the legs to pull this one off really well but what the heck, I'd still love to at least try these on. Too bad they aren't sold in Oz yet. Hmp.

(Paul & Joe, from shopbop.com)

I have fat calves and there is no way I can wear this without looking funny. I wish I have model-thin legs.

Bold Colours

I'd like to get something in a ridiculously bold colour too. I haven't bought anything other than black or nude or brown for the longest time. I'm thinking blue or yellow would be good.

(Tahari, from piperlime.com)

(Leopoldo Giordano, from shopbop.com)

Stacked Heel

These are very retro and yet so now. They're not too bad to walk on as well cos the heels are pretty stable. I think among the three styles, this is what I'm more inclined to go for.

Two Lips, from piperlime.com

(Frye, from shopbop.com)

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I don't think now's a good time to buy these types of shoes in Oz. It's winter and all the stores are carrying boots and booties and "normal" shoes in shades of gray and black and tan. I will try my luck overseas. :P

Dressing Up

I'm still obsessed with dresses despite the autumn chill and in the last few weeks I've bought a few.

Witchery print dress:

In the Melbourne cold, I wore this dress with a black skivvy, black opaque tights, black round-toe wedge pumps, and a khaki trench coat. It was very girly. I love the girly-ness of the dress and its vintage-y look.

Aboutthislabel.com Dress (from General Pants)

My love for black & white must have come from my years of wearing the Paulinian uniform. When I saw this dress in a magazine, I quickly went to General Pants and checked it out. I loved it instantly. For less than a hundred bucks, I think it's a bargain cos I can wear it across seasons. On not so cold days, I wear this with leggings and black flats and some colorful bag. For the cooler days, I wear it with my knee-high boots and some loose cardigan and a scarf.

FCUK print canopy dress

I saw this dress on the FCUK website as the main picture for Women's Wear collection. (See here). When I saw it was on sale (for a cheap 40 bucks), I bought it and blatantly copied the colour combo on the page. :D I used my fave biker boots with it, to give it a bit of tough-ness. On a casual night out, I wore this and a very stylish lady complimented me. ;) (It must have worked then!)

This shirt dress

This dress is from General Pants' website, from a label called Don't Ask Amanda. This style has been done by various brands, I got mine from Country Road. (In fairness, I think Country Road was the first chain store brand to come up with this style cos I've had this dress na for a while now.) I like how I can wear this dress in various ways and how each one is a different look. You just have to experiment.

Target has also been a source of some cool and cheap dress finds, including the Zac Posen for Target dress - (part of the Glamour Collection, 1st dress on the second row), and a skivvy dress from Free Fusion. I don't have pictures of these but you can check out the sites.

I thought autumn/winter would kill renewed love for dresses but obviously not. :P (That's why we have boots!)

Melbourne Effect

The long absence of post in this blog did not mean another dry spell in terms of shopping - not this time. After all, I've spent a lot of time in Melbourne so I defied the rules of practicality and bought quite a few. Yes, I didn't exactly shop up a storm (although I kind of wish I did) but I still bought even though no one thinks I need any more stuff.

I did my washing today and realised that I had none of the pinks and the yellows and greens in the loads of my own clothes. The new stuff that I bought, even those I bought in Sydney over the last few weekends, were all either gray or black. That is what I call the Melbourne Effect.

All of a sudden, I find the "add a splash of colour in your wardrobe" fashion rule sound too passe. I embraced dark and black (not goth though), and have forgotten about how I have bold pinks and yellows and greens and reds. (When I embraced colour, I embraced them bold.) I was never into pastel - with the exception of the daintiest shade of pink in a striped business shirt from Tyler which is my favourite. But these days, my love of colour has been pushed back, at least for now. Let's see how the next coming weeks will change all that.

I've got plans for Mother's Day today but hopefully soon I'd be able to post about all of my not-so-secret stash here. :)