Payless "Oliver" and "Lolita" Steal My Heart...And My Feet
I mentioned in my previous post how I had gone to Mayfair this past weekend to do a little shopping. I was actually doing specific shopping, which can be some of the worst shopping ever. I don't know about you, but I get a specific picture in my mind of a trinket, shoe or cami that is going to complete my "perfect outfit", and I drive myself crazy until I find it. Only very seldom am I able to stumble across something that isn't "just good enough" but actually ends up being better than the original item I wanted.
But that happened this weekend.
I had a very classic outfit picked out for a wedding I attended last Saturday. It was a black strapless dress with small white polka dots that I got from Ann Taylor. Very chic with simple lines. Even though I bought it from last Fall's collection, it is very much in style this fall, because it has a large, vertically striped black and white ribbon across the high waist. But it was teetering dangerously close to "matronly", so I thought the perfect thing to spice it up would be a pair of red vinyl peep-toe shoes from Steve Madden. I found exactly the pair I was looking for at Macy's, for $75! Sigh. My clothing budget is already gone for this month (way to go blog! Make me shop more than usual), so I needed to come up with a cheaper option.
Enter Payless.
Another of my previous posts focused on Payless, and how they have changed their focus and started coming out with all sorts of changes, including guest designer lines and trendier, more comfortable shoes. I didn't believe it at first, but a trip to the store in Mayfair changed my mind. I didn't find a red shoe, but I did find a better option in the new black and bone "Oliver" pump from Abaete for $25.00. This shoe is sexy without any of the matron-feel that I was desperate to avoid. It was well-padded and comfortable, although after about 6 hours the cutaway heel started to chafe a little. And the actual heel is deceptively high. But it makes the leg so sexy!!!
And those Steve Madden shoes? Oh, they were there...in spirit.
This is the Payless knock-off a Steve Madden shoe, and I love it! It is the "Lolita" peep-toe pump and it is only $17.99. Besides black, it comes in red and blue. Good luck getting a red pair, though. I spoke to the staff at Payless and they said that people call every day to see if the red has come in, and the website is constantly sold out. If it is possible to have and "it" shoe from Payless, I think this is the one....
But that happened this weekend.
I had a very classic outfit picked out for a wedding I attended last Saturday. It was a black strapless dress with small white polka dots that I got from Ann Taylor. Very chic with simple lines. Even though I bought it from last Fall's collection, it is very much in style this fall, because it has a large, vertically striped black and white ribbon across the high waist. But it was teetering dangerously close to "matronly", so I thought the perfect thing to spice it up would be a pair of red vinyl peep-toe shoes from Steve Madden. I found exactly the pair I was looking for at Macy's, for $75! Sigh. My clothing budget is already gone for this month (way to go blog! Make me shop more than usual), so I needed to come up with a cheaper option.
Enter Payless.
Another of my previous posts focused on Payless, and how they have changed their focus and started coming out with all sorts of changes, including guest designer lines and trendier, more comfortable shoes. I didn't believe it at first, but a trip to the store in Mayfair changed my mind. I didn't find a red shoe, but I did find a better option in the new black and bone "Oliver" pump from Abaete for $25.00. This shoe is sexy without any of the matron-feel that I was desperate to avoid. It was well-padded and comfortable, although after about 6 hours the cutaway heel started to chafe a little. And the actual heel is deceptively high. But it makes the leg so sexy!!!
And those Steve Madden shoes? Oh, they were there...in spirit.
This is the Payless knock-off a Steve Madden shoe, and I love it! It is the "Lolita" peep-toe pump and it is only $17.99. Besides black, it comes in red and blue. Good luck getting a red pair, though. I spoke to the staff at Payless and they said that people call every day to see if the red has come in, and the website is constantly sold out. If it is possible to have and "it" shoe from Payless, I think this is the one....
