It all started with an innocent nosy around StyleScrapbook. I was catching up on Andy’s latest post when I was hit with the nauseating cliché of love at first sight. I couldn’t help it; the shoes that made me fall in love were just too damn beautiful to ignore.
I purchased them as soon as I could and didn’t pay too much attention while doing so. I was convinced these were red sandals so was incredibly confused by the “coral” description on the Zara website. It wasn’t until I opened the box that I realised that the bottom half of the shoe is coral (I’d say it’s just an orange but I guess coral sounds fancier) while the rest of the shoe is red. Whoops! This is what happens when you don’t pay attention to what you’re buying.
Although you are required to tie the shoes in order to secure them in place – unless you really love the feeling of your shoe slipping off of your feet – there is a zip at the back to make putting the shoes on a lot easier. The zip is one of those annoying things that tend to stick every so often so the fear of breaking the zips is forever present in my mind. This is a perfectly normal fear to have right? I mean, I am still mourning the loss of a zip on a bag after all.
I’m completely incapable of tying laces too tight but even I am left with indents on my feet from where the laces have been. It’s definitely not the prettiest of sights nor is it the greatest of feelings but this is what shoe lovers have to suffer through so their feet will look good.
Lace indents aside the shoes are incredibly comfortable. I rocked them at work today and did plenty of walking about in the process but my feet were perfectly fine afterwards. The heel is 4 inches so if you’re a girl who lives in 5 inch heels like me your feet will welcome the 1 inch break.
The sole of the shoes (is it even called the sole? I’ve always been so confused by this tiny little word) didn’t hold up too well after just a 5 minute walk down a hill. Obviously the bottom of any shoe will look worn over time but I wasn’t expecting them to look this bad after wearing them for less time than I spend in the bathroom. On the plus side though I did discover during those 5 minutes of wear that blood can be cleaned off of them easily. Er does that sound like I murdered someone while wearing the shoes? I swear it was just my toe bleeding! Honest!
All in all I’m rather happy my will power was incredibly weak when it came to these shoes as I’m still in love with them. I’m not sure how they’re going to get on with non work clothes but I’m sure I can incorporate them somehow. Clashing is still cool right…?
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