I'm usually rather critical of the alice + olivia for Payless line, but I think these "Beatrix" Platform Patent Sandals from the spring '09 collection are pretty fun. With their wacky colorblock coloration and manic mod styling, I think these shoes would look smashing with a Twiggy-esque shift and kohl-lined eyes. What do you think? Haute or not?
Shop it: alice + olivia for Payless Beatrix Patent Platform Sandal, $38 at Payless.com
Haha, wait, edit: I just switched it to my not-broken monitor and now it looks like a more reasonable khaki color. On my colors-are-messed-up monitor it looks like some sort of mix between regular and fluorescent yellow. Which is
alice + olivia have some crazy input into their line for payless
I actually featured the same shoes on my blog, too! http://tiny.cc/cMgx0
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Teamed with the right pair of jeans or even Harem or boyfriend trousers these would look incredible!
Just need to think outside the box a little..
Perfect post xxx xx
There are lots of similar looking 70's, early 80's era shoes lying on dusty shelves in thrift/vintage stores near you. Why not go check those out instead?