Saturday, March 20, 2010

Hand Sewn Spanish Espadrilles

Posted by kim on December 4, 2009

Some of my favorite shoes I wore in highschool were some red patterned espadrilles.  I’ve saved them and even wore them to an 80’s party earlier this year. Now twenty years later, my daughter has hoarded them, and they are practically falling apart.

So I was ecstatic (as was my daughter) when Diego Arnedo, owner of Espadrillestore.ca sent me a pair of these Espadrilles with red stripes to review! Thank you!

All Espadrilles (Alpargatas in Spanish) are entirely hand crafted in the small Spanish town of la Rioja, Spain. These shoes are 100% eco-friendly with Spanish materials and have been produced in the same village for centuries.

Diego also sent me a picture he took this past summer in his village of his aunt actually sewing by hand a pair of red striped espadrilles…

Get your own Classic Espadrilles with red stripes, $29.95.

And check out Espadrillestore.ca for more styles and colors!

Sucker for Shoe Sales

Posted by kim on August 4, 2008

Payless Shoe Clearance

Was at the mall last week, and can you believe I didn’t take advantage of Famous Footwear’s current BOGO offer?  I even had a coupon to use.  But I did make a haul at Payless. I got all of the above shoes that were marked down plus used my AAA card for another 10% off for under $20!

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Jessica Simpson Knock-offs?

Posted by kim on July 25, 2008

KORS Michael Kors BleekerJessica Simpson Gali

Do these espadrille peep-toe wedges not look strikingly similar?
KORS Michael Kors – Bleeker (Black Vacchetta) , $169 on sale (reg $199) at Zappos.com
Jessica Simpson - Gali (Black Kid), $54 on sale (reg $93) at 6pm.com

Christian Louboutin silver satin 'Lady' strappy evening sandals Jessica Simpson - Olivera (Silver Suede Metallic) - Footwear

Christian Louboutin silver satin ‘Lady’ strappy evening sandals, $488 on sale (reg $610) at BlueFly.com 
Jessica Simpson – Olivera (Silver Suede Metallic), $48.60 on sale (reg $83) at 6pm.com
Ok, so Jess’s are missing the signature red sole, but I think I could sacrifice that to pay only 10% of the price.

If you can’t tell the difference, why pay the difference?  Hmmm, isn’t that a motto for some store?

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