New Year's festivities bring to light lots and lots of sparkling shoes. Practically all women's shoe brands use glitter in their winter models, presenting them as perfect party heels. It is not very easy to stand out in this crowd, but some brands do. The one brand that I always single out when it comes to sparkling shoes is RAS.
I have decided to sum up my experience with the Maians brand for you. I have written about this Barcelona-based, ancient seaport inspired casual footwear producing company several times. Since first posting about it, I have now amassed a small collection of Maians shoes, purchased through different channels.
Last week I did not post a "Shoe of the Week", and not for lack of candidates, obviously. I've got so many, in fact, I have a hard time choosing.
Peach is a warm color - a promise of spring, which is timidly arriving in our snow kingdom of Canada. I saw these really cute peach ballet flats by the brand Penelope on YOOX.COM (at a great price, too). I think that they would go really well with my peach-colored sweater by Gigue.
Finally, I got an opportunity to wear my new pointy toe T-strap ballet flats by Mikaela. I got them on YOOX.COM and they were an incredible deal. I'm really fond of this brand. Mikaela specializes in casual shoes that have a very distinct charm - the type that makes the no fuss, put on in a hurry type of shoes a real pleasure to wear.
There are always so many shoes that I want to write about that we at the Spanishoegallery Blog decided that we would introduce a new series called "The Shoe of the Week". Our first Shoe of the Week is by the Madrid-based Defloresyfloreros - a company that specializes in ballet flats, but also makes boots and loafers. Their ballet flats are high quality, original, flirtatious, and gorgeous, each with its own distinct personality.
Happy New Year! The Three Magic Kings are knocking on the door again, so I'd better get my wish list in. This time it's two pairs of ballet flats and an awesome pair of tights designed in Barcelona.
The winter has not yet descended on us here in Canada. It’s still quite balmy, but also rainy. I got my braided Pons Quintana ballet flats all soaked the other
Shoe size conversion from Europe to North America is a really tricky issue and an especially important one for anyone who shops online. How will we know that the shoe will fit? As a truly universal shoe size conversion chart still does not exist, we have to rely on personal experience, the retailers themselves (YOOX does tell you, for example, if a brand tends to fit small or large for the size indicated, so that you order up or down a size, accordingly) and on the blogosphere, of course.
Browsing shoes online last Christmas, I came across these darlings: Red suede T-strap sandals with rhinestones in the front, by Pons Quintana. In the midst of Canadian winter, these beauties
