Cobbling Wish List

Ok team. I'm obsessed. With pretty much every shoe I stumble across.

Having brought a very limited selection of apparel, foot and body, with me on this trip to California has instilled me with a, likely false, sense of need. So many outfits I have would be so much better if I only had a classic black pump. Or better yet, a chunky black motorcycle boot. Or a pair of Clark's Desert Boots to make every casual, lying around outfit a bit more edgy. Or nude flats, to elongate my legs! And so the list goes on.

So here I have for you a display of my absolute wet dream footwear.

To begin with, in my most lofty of dreams, the perfect black pump:

Christian Louboutin | Bianca 140 mm | $795 USD

Spot the red sole? Be still my heart. My dream in life is to own a pair of Christian Louboutin heels. Another dream pair, should Holts be out of Louboutins?

Sergio Rossi | Black Leather Colby Platform Pump |  $630 USD

I actually own a pair of Sergio Rossi shoes, a most generous gift from my Dad, and they are the most amazing, comfortable heels in the world. They give my Stuart Weitzman Alex wedges and run for their money (pun totally intended). But seeing as both pumps come in at more than a month's worth of rent, I think they will stay put in my faraway fantasies. For now.

Alternatively, you may recall that I have been thirsting for some kickass chunky boots. I had in mind originally, and more reasonably, some Doc Martens. Either;

Dr. Marten's | 1460 Women's | $120 USD

 Or

Dr. Marten's | Blake | $125 USD

But then I wandered into the completely newfound (for me, anyhow) AllSaints store in Santa Monica and began an [unrequited?] love affair with these badboys;

AllSaints | Damisi Boot |  $315 USD

I fondled them lovingly for a while, and toyed with the idea of trying them on, but in a true test of will power, walked away (I was alone, and had no parental authority to tell me no, which could lead to a dangerous family quarrel when I walked in with secret new, sexy boots...)

Others on the wish list? Well ever since I read on Lucy Lacht's blog that nude ballet flats are a staple for any girl who can't walk around in heels all day but wants to make her legs look longer, I have been keeping my eye out for some. Sitting right next to my adored Sam Edelman Lorissa pumps, were the Ionias;
 

Sam Edelman | Ionia | $110 USD

 I actually had these on my foot and everything, but it was my mum who had grabbed them to try on (we just, luckily, have the same shoe size) but they didn't fit her as well as they fit me, but I didn't have the heart to go in and snag them from her. I tried to sell the "matching mother daughter shoes!" angle again (which worked magnificently with the Weitzman espadrills) but it was for naught.

The most likely shoe on my horizon though? Once I let slip to my dad that I had been looking for Clark's Desert Boots, he has made it his mission to make sure they are mine. He has a somewhat similar attitude towards Berkinstocks, which I revealed I would be interested in acquiring, particularly after the tragic desintigration of my favourite thick leather Fry sandals. Any footwear he can sympathize with he seems to think must be necessary. Which is why, last week, my mum, dad and I all walked out of the Sperry store with our own pair of topsiders!

cute, right?