Shoe of the Week: Chanel Redeemed

Chanel Tsar pumps, by Darryl Peterson

If these beauties live up to the promotional images, Chanel -- the grater heels incident will be forgiven.

c/o Fashionista

Norma Kamali Modern Sculpture

Norma Kamali Modern Sculpture Dress with Pins / $650

Norma Kamali One Shoulder Modern Sculpture Top with Hole / $325

Norma Kamali Legging with Foot / $99

The Leggings

I have mixed feelings about leggings. And by mixed I mean that generally they are loathsome. My reasons are the following:

(1) Leggings can make even the skinny look disturbingly sausage-like. Metallic or shiny leggings especially can do this.

(2) Leggings -- especially cropped leggings! -- create unnecessary horizontal lines on the body. Much like wearing ankle boots with bare legs (another pet peeve of mine), leggings can give the body a choppy, horizontal look when what you want is to draw attention to the whole picture, and vertical lines.

(3) LEGGINGS ARE NOT PANTS. Trusssst meeeee.

However... I saw this post on Kingdom of Style and am now seriously reconsidering my position on leggings. Observe (pictures c/o Kingdom of Style):

Generally I feel that leggings can be replaced by either pants or opaque tights. They are neither necessary nor flattering. But these leggings... they are awesome. They are beautiful and striking and strange, and could not be replicated either by pants (too loose) or tights (feet would look funny).

Unfortunately they are not bandagey all around. This is what they look like from the back:

Perhaps I could achieve a similar effect by dyeing some muscle-wrap bandages black and artfully safety-pinning them around my legs. Project!

Leggings from Stolen Girlfriends Club are sold out at Pixie Market.

Gilt Groupe: Catherine Malandrino

If I wasn't on a buying moratorium, I would be all over this Catherine Maladrino blouse from Gilt Groupe:

$158, down from $440. ((sigh))....

Shoe of the Week: Diego Dolcini

I really like these two pairs of Diego Dolcini heels from Farfetch. Especially the boot (pictured below):

The Want List: Temperate Tuesday

The Want List: vol. 1 (04/21/09) by myoubi featuring Catherine Malandrino tops

4 items I'm obsessed with lately:

1. Clown-collar blouses -- I couldn't find many good examples on Polyvore, but the grey Catherine Malandrino top shows it best: a simple, slim-fit blouse with a wide circular ruffle like on a clown's costume at the neck. I think they're wacky and delicate at the same time.

2. Winklepickers -- I am obsessed. I must have a pair of these super-pointy-toed men's boots. I am thinking black suede chelsea boots with a cuban heel and a long elegant toe...

3. Statement ring -- have been looking for a nice, large, shiny ring for a while. Any of these would suit my purposes: casual and dressy and unusual at once.

4. Striped blazer -- unfortunately I came to this one two years too late. All of the striped blazers now make one look like a comic book convict.

Shoe of the Week:

I'm not very adventurous when it comes to footwear: give me black and buckles and a stiletto heel and I'm over the moon. These Manolos are perfect. Unfortunately the heel on Manolos tends to be set slightly too far back for me, but we can dream...