Shoe Envy

Quite some time back I posted some stories about my architectural Finsk shoes that I had bought from an online sale site: a buff pair, and grey. The pictures roused some serious shoe envy in my friend Sapphire’s heart. She may even have made panting noises. I uttered commiserating remarks, but then finally managed to go one better: I told her when that same website (Ozsale) was selling more of the British imports. Very excitedly and promptly she visited the store and bought herself her very own pair – the very ones I had been admiring myself.

Here they are, a wonderful rendition of multicoloured straps of leather wrapping round the foot, in modern gladiator style. The wedges boast a lovely detail: little cutouts just under the heel of the foot. Sapphire says it took her a little while to accustom herself to such striking shoes, but now she wears them often. If she didn’t, I would be quite willing to take them off her hands. Or even off her feet.