When it comes to the clothing pages, I've been trying to make sure that I'm not only looking at what's popular and trendy now, but what will look good in the future, like how to layer a silk shirt with a bowed collar mixed with a sweater and a pencil skirt. Warm, and suitable for the office or a classroom.
I subscribe to Lucky Magazine for 2 reasons: 1) I had enough rewards money in one of my survey companies to redeem for the subscription, and 2) I love that the magazine includes stickers in which you can mark the pages that have things you really like and would consider buying (although maybe not the designer they are advertising).
In the September 2011 issue of Lucky Magazine, on page 245, I stumbled upon an editorial I'd obviously only skimmed over before because there was such a dress combined with such a shoe that I just cannot ignore. The editorial was labeled "The King and I," the idea was mixing ladylike pieces with stark prints, retro details, and a 'hint of Elvis."
Wait!! She's wearing stars? On a dress? And piano keys? On her shoes? In stark and bold black and white? (Did these people raid my mind's dream closet?)
I immediately started hunting. I saw that both the shoes and the dress were by Dolce & Gabbana (EEK, way out of my price range!), but nevertheless, I decided to at least see where I could find them. Wouldn't you know? They aren't in the Dolce and Gabbana store online. Or in any search I tried on Google. Or Amazon. Or Ebay. FINALLY on an 8th page on Google pictures, I found the shoes.
Dolce and Gabbana had used them in their Fall 2011 runway show, and pictures could be found Vogue's review of Fall Collections.
The bad news? Still can't find anything with a price tag. Not even for the "If I won a million dollars, I would buy..." scenario.
You can find the whole collection here: http://www.vogue.com/collections/fall-2011/mdgabbana/review/#/collection/runway/fall-2011/mdgabbana/4 , and look at all the other cute items they put down the runway.
So now, if you didn't know before, I really love shoes. Especially stilettos. And I love music. Which is why the piano stilettos are that much more awesome. And I've always loved stars on accessories and clothing. And I love black and white together in prints (if you've been to my apartment, you've seen all the zebra print).
I'm done squealing and freaking out, but I have one last question: Are people really going to start wearing socks like that with stilettos? It's going to be a dark and dim future for me if that's the case...
All I know is these two models are EXTREMELY lucky to be wearing those shoes.
