SEP
2012
13

Beautiful and Rare

  …and each one is at least 70% off some seriously hefty (as in $1000+) price tags. These five unique offerings are available in extremely limited sizes, but if they’re your size and your style, you’re in luck. Salvatore Ferragamo Berg sculpted wedge sandal The question is not are they too Bianca Jagger; it’s are they Bianca Jagger *enough*? The sculpted precision of the cut-out keeps these bisque suede wedges from being just another pair of campy kicks. For an absolutely horrible variation on the curvilinear theme hop on over to the other blog to play Is It A Shoe?…

SEP
2012
11

What Miss Plumcake is…

It’s Tuesday, time to find out What Miss Plumcake is…

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2012
06

Fab Four: Green Suede Shoes (and how to clean them)

In the spirit of full disclosure, the Venn Diagram of “People Who Think Spangled and Be-Caped Polyester Jumpsuits Are a Good Idea” and “People from Whom Miss Plumcake Takes Sartorial Advice” does not see a great deal of overlapping. Still, as both Elvis and Carl Perkins –the artist responsible for writing the seminal rockabilly classic– know, there’s just something about a good pair of suede shoes. Blue is fine if a little expected, but greens from dusky olive to deep viridian are having a major moment this fall. Plus, green suede ages better blue does, where a bit of dirt…