So I bought some gorgeous shoes at the Nordstrom Rack a couple weeks ago.
They are suede kitten heels with some patent leather stripes. They are by Marc Jacobs and retailed for $350, but I snagged them for $80. I really love them but there is one problem: they are a few millimeters too small for me in the toe. They are size 5.5 and I think my true size is like a 5.8 or something.
Anyway, I know that shoe repair shops and the like can stretch shoes and otherwise “make” them fit. Any advice or experience on this appreciated. I totally want to wear these bitches!
In other news, I finally downloaded the two Kanye West albums last night and of course think they are just super. I tivo’d the Ellen show yesterday not even knowing he was on (season pass). It was a pretty awesome performance, especially watching all the middle-aged white tourists in the audience getting their groove on. I wonder how many of them actually came to see Jeff Foxworthy? Great guest casting, there.
oh my… i loooove those. jane, do you think i should make the investment on the shoes/and or coat i posted??? i mean, you are a san fran expert…
I like the coat, having a warm overcoat is definitely a classic and you should get one that will last. Actually I am in the market for a new one since my old one is 4 years old now and is getting raggedy under the warms — the wool is really pilling up, pfft. I like these two coats from Banana Republic:
As to the shoes, they are a bit pricey for flats… did you try them on yet? Maybe they will go on markdown and you can get a little break on them. Do you wear a very common shoe size?
i wear size 10 and i really like those coats too!
have you thought about shoe trees? those wood thingamagigs? maybe that will stretch them out a bit…like you wearing them around without the pain part.
Oh good idea! Who sells those things though? hm.
http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722000611/page/1.html
from my brother, in plum 🙂
http://coach.com/shop/product_nobefree.asp?product_no=7583&category_id=568
Awesome! It’s much cuter than the plain tan one, IMO.
I’m terrible and have a couple of new purses, but am also a good girl and am selling two to make room. I got a dark green medium Bulga hobo in Chicago, and just got a dark gold Ellen Tracy frame doctor’s satchel, of which no photos exist online. I should really just take pics of my collection. For posterity.
2 more! and i thought i was bad…i also got one of those little twill wristlets and a key-chain from janine (the girl you met at the outlets)
take a picture of the ellen tracy one. i really do love her accessories.