Today I thought I had a four hour break, my first lab being seriously early, so I took advantage of the last portion of the grant coming in and empty morning shops. This was useless because I bought nothing and I went EVERYWHERE. Seriously, no shop was off limits. I browsed from Primark to Prada and not a thing grabbed me. It's the old age conundrum, when you have money to burn you don't want anything. Well I needed some flats and by the end I was prepared to fork out ANY price but I couldn't find a decent pair anywhere. I just wanted decent soled flats in a nice colour, is that too much to ask! Eep! Also I wasted four hours but didn't actually have a lab in the afternoon, boo.
The only thing I came back with was a pair of Topshop socks. I told my friends over dinner and they looked puzzled and said 'but you don't wear trousers?' On the contrary, I do wear trousers sometimes, but that's a different story. Plus my plan was to wear socks with tights and then by themselves with heels in the summer as inspired by Elinkan.
I investigated socks further and found Eley Kishimoto socks on Sox-Populi.com. Fun and clown-like, these cute sheer pairs would be so fab with random vintage dresses on breezy spring days or over coloured tights.
But my favourites are these super Miu Miu-esque stirrup socks like the SS08 ones I wrote about a while ago. I LOVE the ankle frills and they would look so sweet with super high platforms or satin flats on the ends of leggings. UK postage is super cheap too so there's no reason not to buy them! Well they are £20, but that's what grants are for!
I was thinking about this today when I was shoe shopping! I think I'm gonna go for solid colours until I try them out a few times. And a bonus is that shoes that are just a little bit big fit better! Yesssss!
Posted by: Robin Claire | April 09, 2008 at 01:15 AM
don't you just hate when you have money to spend but can never find anything you like? the reverse is true - when you find that the shops are just so full of stuff you want it's when you're also at your poorest. sigh!
ooo... i like these miu miu-esque socks
Posted by: evie | April 09, 2008 at 06:21 AM
I love EK's socks!
Posted by: susie_bubble | April 09, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Have you tried Accessorize? I've just got some jazz shoes from them, and they are really comfy. I'm wearing them today on my blog at http://everybodysaysdont.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-im-wearing-today_09.html if you want to see! I'm thinking about buying a 2nd pair....
http://www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/acczshoesandboots
Posted by: Everybody Says Don't | April 09, 2008 at 08:08 PM
I've had that a couple of times!! But I get around it by buying the things I see - I don't think I've ever regretted buying stuff (not that I go mental) and it's only money. If you enjoy the item in question, i's worth it. Maybe I'm saying this because I just dropped the money on the dress I've been thinking about for 4 weeks (probably longer)...
Posted by: Bouncing Evil Ginner | April 09, 2008 at 11:10 PM
My god. Those spotty ones with the hearts on are sooo cute! I love them. I might treat myself with money from my ebay winnings... Hmmm. Thank you for bringing EK's glorious goodies to my attention! xo
Posted by: Gem Fatale | April 10, 2008 at 07:09 PM
The EK socks are brilliant. I can definitely see them with some vintage dresses.
Posted by: Emily | April 10, 2008 at 08:47 PM