If you watched my last video, you got to go shopping with me during the designer shoe pre-sale, so here’s the follow up video of what I bought! I ended up buying a few pairs on a different date as well so there will be a few pairs that you haven’t seen yet, except of course if you are on my facebook you saw a sneak peek 🙂
The Haul!
Here’s just one of them!
Watch the video to see the rest of my Shoe Sale haul!
Miu Miu Mary Jane Pumps – my color is sold out, get them here in black or gray on sale. These pretty metallic mary janes are also on sale. And gorgeous blush color with a bow! So cute. Too bad they don’t have my size left.
YSL Tribtoo (shorter heel) – not on sale but these are the same style.
YSL Tribtoo (high heel) – same style but not on sale. The captoe Triptoos are on sale in Gray and Nude.
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It’s true! I do own quite a few flats 🙂 You may have noticed them in my shoe closet video and since I spend so much time talking about my heels I thought I’d give my flats some attention so put together a video of my favorite flats.
Oh and I forgot to take pictures of the Louboutin flats but you can see them here in a really old post and you can see a glimpse of them on me in my Washington D.C. post, I wore them all over the city for hours and they got super beat up on that trip. Totally worth it though! 🙂
As a follow up to my How to Take Care of Your Shoes video, I had several people ask if I could do a video on how to take care of your bags so here it (finally) is! I go over a few tips on how I take care of my bags from aging from weather and stains, how to clean my bags and how I store them.
My basic tips are:
Use a weather and stain repellent spray before using your bags and spray again if you haven’t used the bag in awhile. If you use the bag frequently, spray the bag every few months or as needed based on your weather.
Use a leather conditioner to keep the leather soft and scratch free.
To clean stain spots, use a leather cleaner or a mix of baby shampoo (a small amount) and water and dab with a clean cloth. Let dry and repeat if necessary.
My caveat is that I have never done this on any of my new Chanel lambskin bags (like my Ultimate Stitch bag) because the leather is a bit different than the leathers on all my other handbags (it’s a lot more delicate). So I don’t advise this for your lambskin bags since I’ve never sprayed or treated them before. Same with Chanel caviar bags. I just really baby them (they never get taken out in the rain, if they do, I hide it underneath my coat) whereas my other bags I’m a bit more rough.
First of all, I’m back from my trip and I’ve missed blogging so much! I was in Taiwan and China and while I was in China I couldn’t access blogspot, twitter or facebook so inadvertently, I really stayed away from it all on vacay. I seem to have caught a bug or something at the end of my trip so I’m not feeling well and going to try and get as much rest as I can. Just wanted to put up a quick post that I had prepped before I left and hopefully will be back to regular blogging next week. Hope you all are well and will be answering the emails that I got while on vacation later this week!
Finally! My handbag collection video is up! I didn’t do the whole collection, just my spring bags. And I know that it’s summer now but I shot this when it was spring, just didn’t have the chance to put it up until now. Nonetheless I think it’s still relevant 🙂 I like the video better because you can see size wise how the bags look but here are some pictures for those of you that won’t be watching the video. As you can see I really like pink! 🙂
It took me so long to shoot a “my favorite shoes” video because I could not for the life of me just pick out a few to talk about! I decided that grouping them would be the best so enjoy the first of the series starting with my favorite Louboutins!
Subscribe to my channel! I’m wearing a J Crew top (I diy-ed the shoulder sequins) and a J Crew necklace.
Which Louboutins made the cut? Check out the video to find out! 🙂
I love getting emails from readers who have recently invested in their first pair of designer shoes or are about to take the plunge. I’m just as excited as they are! Obviously you know that I’m all about investing in nice shoes, even if you don’t have a whole wardrobe of designer shoes, having just one or two to mix into your every day wardrobe is so worth it. I get a lot of skeptical people too who wonder if I only buy designer shoes for the name or if they really are that much more comfortable. I’m not going to tell you that it’s like your walking on fluffy clouds of comfort, I mean most my heels are 4 inches or higher, of course it’s going to hurt BUT the difference between 4 inch inexpensive heels and 4 inch expensive heels is huge. I don’t even know how to explain it but it’s one of those things that after you’ve worn designer heels for awhile you can really feel the difference, especially with the fit of the shoe. I find that my designer heels mold to my feet whereas cheap heels make your feet mold to the shoe. (Which pretty much can’t happen and that is what creates the blisters and the rubbing on cheap heels.) Also, the inside of cheap shoes are mostly made of man made materials so the material will always be a bit stiffer and more uncomfortable to wear. I’m not saying that all non-designer shoes are uncomfortable and all designer shoes are comfortable. There’s no way to classify them as that, it’s just that there IS a difference between the quality and the comfort. I have some Louboutins that hurt like hell but that’s mainly due to the angle of the arch, not the shoe itself. And I’ve worn cheap shoes that hurt like hell because I was basically walking on plastic that rubbed against my heel and created a nasty blister. And I mean really, maybe my feet are just a bit pickier and they can feel the difference whereas some people can’t. I don’t have a definitive answer, I just know that there is a difference to me and that’s why I invest in nice shoes. Investing in nice shoes also means taking care of them since out of everything we own, shoes get beat up the most and when you’re spending that much money on shoes, you want to make sure that they last! I’ve literally worn some heels down so that the heel tap has disintegrated and I was walking on the nail in the heel so I know about wearing down your shoes. Ever since I discovered ways to take care of my shoes, I’ve never had that problem again.
I put together a video showing you the ways that I take care of my heels and how I make them last a bit longer. One tip that I didn’t mention in the video is to try not to wear your shoes back to back days. With leather shoes, they need the time to breathe and mold back to their regular shape. If you wear them too often and for too long, they can get misshapen and end up getting stretched out.
Just wanted to show you my shoes that have been resoled next to the ones that haven’t. As you can see, you can get the red zip soles that match perfectly to the Louboutin red if you are concerned about the color match.
And here I’ve added a pair that just has the regular black zip sole on it. It’s all the same, just different colors. I’ve never seen anything other than the black or the red so not sure if they could’ve done something to match the color of the Gucci soles. I don’t mind though, it’s just the bottom of your shoe, not many people will see it!
A video tour of my shoe closet!! I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked to see my entire collection so I thought a closet tour would be the easiest way. I know I told you I’d do a favorite shoes video next but that didn’t happen so that one is still on my list to do. And I didn’t forget about the “how to take care of your designer shoes” post. That one is coming as well and I’m planning on making a video for that one too.
Enjoy! And uh I am slightly embarrassed by how dusty my shelves are. I didn’t clean before I shot the video. Oops! BUT this one is available in HD so if you want to watch it in better quality, click on over to my youtube channel and in the little corner where it says 360, you can change it to 720HD if you want to see shoes in high def! hahaha, kind of funny but thought I’d mention it anyway. 🙂 Oh and I didn’t show you the bottom shelf but that’s just my gym shoes which is boring so figured no one wanted to see that.
