I'm on the hunt for summer shoes, Part 1
I left work early and took myself on a walk up to Pitt Street Mall in the centre of Sydney for some more shoe searching. I had exactly 45 minutes before I had to be on a train, so I was on a mission.
As an aside, Pitt Street Mall has been decimated. Out of the eight shopping centres/buildings hanging off it, 4 are not there anymore; they’re being rebuilt from the ground up. The whole mall is just a series of blank white boards with a few advertisements along it. I agree that some of the building needed up dating, but ALL OF THEM AT ONCE! Ahem. Anyway…
First I stopped in at the Wittner shoe store on the corner of Pitt and George Street, and lo and behold, they had the Bullet in the store. OK, so it wasn’t the shoe I was looking for, but I tried it on anyway, sacrificing minutes of my valuable time. And you know what? I was a bit disappointed. They only had the all black version in the store, and it ended up looking a little overbalanced on the foot, with too much emphasis on the toe. I wonder if the two-tone might look better.
Anyway, I moved on. I dropped into Mollini and Midas in the Glasshouse, but all their shoes were either flats or very high heels with nothing in between.
Next stop was Emporio, for their 4 floors of shoes (small floors admittedly). I’d seen a lovely looking pair of red pumps on the Scooter Shoes website that looked just perfect. Unfortunately, when I tried them on the heel looked just a bit too … pregnant. You can’t see it in the shot, but the top part of the heel is very rounded. The vamp where it meets the foot also had a rather sharpish edge, which is bound to cause blisters. I might keep these in reserve if I can’t find anything else.
Then it was onto Myers, who at least have a big range in the city, and once again I was stymied. Shoes were either too tall or flat. The heels in the comfortable mid-height were all conventional work shoes, and totally NOT what I was looking for. I abandoned Myer as a bad lot and moved on.
The final stop of my whirlwind shop was David Jones. The lift took me straight up to the sixth floor, full of shoes, and I was hopeful. After striding through the displays, my hopes were crushed again. There wasn’t anything I hadn’t seen elsewhere. Even the really expensive shoes (which I wasn’t going to buy anyway) didn’t have anything that was close to what I wanted.
I’m not sure what I do now. Maybe I’m being too restrictive on the peep-toe thing. I might have to call around to a few Betts stores and see what I can find.
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3 chic comments:
Have you looked in Novo? There are a couple of mid-height heels that I've seen there a couple weeks ago.
those shoes in the picture are beautiful!
I've answered your question in the comments section on my blog :) thanks for stopping by!
Hey Anon, Thanks for dropping by. I have checked Novo out, but there wasn't anything that took my fancy (in the mid-heel range). I may have bought something else from there, but that's a post for a different day ^_^
Hey Bucca, I'm relieved. Your answer wasn't nearly as icky as I feared.
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