My shoe cupboard is a disgrace. A proper, heart-sinking-every-time-I-open-the-door type of mess with all manner of shoes and boots rammed unceremoniously into the bottom of my wardrobe. I say wardrobe, it's actually a small cupboard with a hanging rail. But that's by the by.
Even with the full knowledge that I do not have room for any more shoes, sometimes you find a pair that you Just. Can't. Live. Without.
Hetty Rose designs shoes that fit this description.
Hetty Rose: 'Yumi'
Hetty Rose: Megumi
These are mine. While hoofing it around East London with my fiend Danielle last week, we 'stumbled' (ahem) across a shoe sample sale by designer Hetty Rose. Her shoes are hand-crafted masterpieces made of vintage kimono fabric and leather. She makes her shoes bespoke, moulding the leather to the exact proportions of the lucky wearer's feet, using hundreds of measurements. Luckily for me, either someone had rejected their custom shoes (although I can't believe that could possibly the be case) or she also makes a few samples in standard sizes (never has it been a blessing to be size 5 before!)
Anyway, these beauties were reduced from their normal price of £350 to something much closer to the amount I would normally consider acceptable to spend on footwear. And they are breathtakingly beautiful.
I'm going to buy a cloche to display them under, and wear to exceptional parties. If you have any coming up, please invite me (even if just for my shoes).
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