Cast Aside

Another pair of shoes I had to be firm about tossing recently was this cute little pair of Oriental-inspired wedges by old label Unique. This was a great little shoe store – you could always count on them to find something unusual.

These wedges – bought long before any other shoe store stocked them – always made me think of glossy Chinese black and red lacquerwork. The two straps feature little bows reminiscent of Chinese knots, but look what tragedy befell them: the soles completely detached!

Of course, I could have had them repaired, but the leather heels were very scuffed and scratched with wear too, and in order to make way for new shoes one must be utterly ruthless. There is no room in my shoe cupboard for sentiment.