NQR and Fabulous

I’ve been searching for a classic pair of 60s style black slingback kitten heels for a long time. Do you know how hard they are to find in this age of stomping platforms and aggressive pumps that bare their teeth and all but snap at the ankles of innocent passers-by? Not that I don’t love these fierce heels, but sometimes I long to trip lightly.

So I decided there was nothing for it but to shop vintage. I searched high and low and came upon these little French ladies by Bleu.C on eBay that were going for a song (really – I think I paid something like $11 for them). The original owner was English, and her aunt had bought them on the Continent for her, but they were just too low. She balked at wearing anything less than four inches.

Well I was just charmed by the black and tan leather, thin strips woven in a cross between Art Deco geometry and Incan zigzags. They remind me of the woven accessories by Bottega Veneta, a label I drool over. The colour combination is classic too, but I suppose you noticed they aren’t exactly what I was looking for? I guess I’ll just have to keep looking, and be forced to buy another pair of shoes. Darn it.