Pretty shoes from Pretty Ballerinas

Pretty Ballerinas is one of my favourite brands for flat shoes which is originating from Spain. And this month I managed to get 3 pairs of their pretty shoes. Very comfy and they run true to size. I love them and I want more! lol

Orange Accessories

Showing off some of my orange accessories.

The wallet is in fire opal from Bottega Veneta's FW 2011 collection and the envelope clutch is in mandarin from Balenciaga's SS 2009 collection.

Gosh... I just realize that I have had those clutch and wallet for years and I still love them now.

Please check similar post here (it's RED ones)

Red Accessories

These are my favourite red accessories when I attend a formal event/reception. Normally I just need to add a little black dress then I am ready to go...

As seen on Duchess of Cambridge: L.K. Bennett Sledge Taupe

During various royal duties, Duchess of Cambridge has been frequently seen wearing her favourite pair of shoes, i.e. L.K. Bennett Sledge Patent Taupe.

Since I am so inspired by Duchess' classic style, lately I have been struck by 'Kate Effect' that I decided to have, at least one item, what Duchess favours. So I ventured myself to buy the very same pair of shoes as Duchess. I thought that if the pair is good enough for Duchess than it should be good enough for me.

I am a person who normally lives in her comfy Tory Burch Sally Wedge for daily activity/working/running errands. Initially I bought this LK Bennett pair of shoes for the main intention as my working shoes. But honestly I find this shoes is quite 'challenging'. The height itself is the major challenge if I have to confess lol. I still can not imagine myself standing and teaching in front of the class wearing a more-than-2inch pair of shoes. The Sledge height is 4 inch or equivalent to approximately 100mm (with 0.5 inch platform).

By the time I am writing this post, I am still 'practicing' in wearing this pair of shoes. The leather definitely needs to break in as it is now quite stiff (maybe due to the nature of patent leather). And I found out that this pair runs bigger. I normally wore size 37 and I ordered size 37 as well for this pair. Now I can feel the gap at my heel against the inner rear part of the shoes. Yet it may not a big issue for me as I can simply slip gel pads inside the shoes to make my high heels more comfortable with confidence that they won't slip out. One thing that I notice (on good terms) is that the front part of the shoes is wide enough that I do not suffer any pain/blisters (note that I have wide feet so getting a pair with a generous width is critical for me)

At the end, I still consider that this shoes is worth buying if only you can get the right size (in my case I should have tried the one in half size smaller before deciding).

Recent Lanvin haul: wedges and ballerina flat shoes

Lanvin has been one of my favourite brands for shoes. They make comfortable shoes and the styles are just classic. I ventured into Lanvin about 6 months ago when I acquired my first pairs of Lanvin shoes (check here) and immediately I was sold and made a wishlist to grow my Lanvin collection.

This time, I was quite excited that I scored another two pairs of Lanvin shoes during their End of Season Sale. Yay! To be honest, it was an impulsive purchase as I could not resist the '50%' sign on the price tags *big grin*

First pair is another wedges in patent with leopard pattern. The colour is stated as prune. Trust me, this style is super comfy although the heels are relatively high (in my dictionary, any heels that are more than 5 cm will be considered as very high since they are above my threshold). I like the leopard pattern in patent finish that have given subtle yet distinctive looks. And the patent leather is very soft that I don't think that I need a period to allow the leather to break in. I simply can wear the new shoes without getting any pain or blisters.

And next pair is Lanvin ballerina flat shoes in raisin. Cute and comfy shoes. I have to say that this pair is much more comfortable than Tory Burch Reva or Balenciaga or Repetto flat shoes. Note that Lanvin ballerina flat shoes run true to size, yet for the wedges it is recommended to go half size down.

 

 

To conclude, definitely this is a happy purchase (no regrets so far) and I am planning to continue expanding my Lanvin shoes collection gradually.

 



 



Recent shoes haul

 

 

 

 

This month I splurged on shoes *big grin*

 

I am the person who normally lives in her flat shoes. Wearing high heels is quite a challenge for me, so most of my working shoes are wedges. The highest heels that I could bear is when I am wearing my Christian Louboutin Prorata 90. I simply can not go higher than 9cm or my legs will suffer. I sincerely would admire those ladies who can stand for hours in their 120mm Christian Louboutin heels. If that's the case for me, then I would just give up within 15 minutes.

 

Anyway, without further ado, these are my recent shoes haul.

 

 

Christian Louboutin You You 85 Patent Calf in Souris

 

 

 

 

Christian Dior Declinaison Defile Pump 80 in Black

 

 

 

 

Tory Burch Sally 65 Snake print in Brazil nut

 

 

 

Shoebox Project

I have been doing this special project since December 2012. The name 'Shoebox' is quite self explanatory for describing on what the project is all about.

The background of the project should be well understood for any shoes lover. To begin with, I always keep my shoes inside their boxes for the reason of cleanliness (to keep the dust away). It is a standard operating procedure (SOP) at my house and can not be bargained for lol. But sometimes I had difficulty to locate or to find the pair that I wish to wear. I often opened up to 5-6 shoe boxes before I got the shoes that I was looking for. Hence I set up the main objective for this special project for attaching the respective shoes photo on every shoebox.

The process was very time consuming that it took me 1.5 months to finish it. First I must take the shoebox out from the shoes cabinet and take out the shoes one by one from each shoebox. I have set up a mini studio at the corner of my living room and photoshoot session took place only when the kids were not around. Else I got continuous disturbance from them lol

Taking the photos was only the beginning of the process and relatively easy. Then it was followed by the prolonged process of selection, editing and printing the photos. The final process was to take the shoebox out of the shoes cabinet (again) and to attach/glue the shoes photo on every single shoebox.

Photoshoot session

Photoshoot session

Mini studio at the corner of living room
The shoes were queueing for the photoshoot session

After selection, editing and printing processes, these are the print outs



My favourite pairs of shoes for working.
They are very comfortable and I could stand in them for hours without enduring any pain.

 

Some of my 'Pretty Ballerina' collection

 

Various brands

I love Bottega Veneta thong sandals

 

 

 

 

I am quite satisfied with the result of this special project that I have started to do similar project for (some of) my bag collection. It is called 'bagbox' project. I will make a special post on this project when it is completed :)

Flat shoes addict

I must confess that I am a flat shoes addict.
And in January 2013 I had new additions from Salvatore Ferragamo (previously revealed here), Pretty Ballerina and Tory Burch. All are comfy. But if I must rate them, then Salvatore Ferragamo Tinkerbell (the one in taupe) is the winner for its comfort.

I am a true size 37, and I got them all in size 37 except for Tory Burch Violet (the one in dark blue) that I had to go half size bigger.

 

 

Salvatore Ferragamo

:: Tinkerbell and Varina ::

 

Pretty Ballerina

 

Tory Burch

 

:: Caroline and Violet ::

Salvatore Ferragamo flat shoes

These are my first pairs of Salvatore Ferragamo flat shoes and I know instantly that they will not be the last ones lol
These styles are the classic Varina and Tinkerbell (the one with bigger metal ornament), and I love both!

Recent haul: Lanvin shoes

These are my very first Lanvin shoes and I am very satisfied and happy.

I recently bought (during their end of season sale *big grin*) a pair of wedges in patent havana and a pair of ballet flat in rose (fuchsia). Both are very comfortable and the chevre leather (goatskin) is quite soft. The shoes can easily break in and I have worn them without suffering any blisters.

Lanvin has been widely known for its flat shoes and I have been eyeing them and had them in my wishlist for quite some time. And now I am excited that I successfully (and impulsively) acquired a pair of them during Lanvin end of season sale. Yay!
This Lanvin ballet flat in rose (fuchsia) is soooooo comfy. I could chase around my kids in this pair of shoes lol. I have to admit that this style is true to size, so I have asked for my normal size 37 and it fit comfortably.

Allow me to confess that I normally 'live' in my Tory Burch Sally wedges that have 5cm heels. Sally wedges have been my reliable working shoes in the past 2 years and I had a few pairs of Sally in my shoes closet. Therefore for venturing a new style of high heels shoes (or wedges) I always make comparison (based on comfy level) to Tory Burch Sally.

In the beginning I was quite hesitant for trying this pair of Lanvin wedges. I was so 'scared' to its 8cm heels. But surprisingly this pair of wedges in 8cm heels caused no pain for me. I wore the pair for the first time for 2-3 hour strolling/walking, and I survived without suffering any pain/blisters. So the shoes have passed the test with flying colours lol and immediately become my favourite in the past one week. Please note that I had to go a half size down for this pair of Lanvin wedges.

I can conclude that they were happy purchase and I am very sure that these are not my last pairs of Lanvin shoes lol