DIY shoes!

I'd just finished reading childhood flames' blog entry where she coloured her Marni wedges with a Sharpie, when the power ran out. I had nothing to do and couldn't leave the bloody house because the gate wouldn't open without power and I was a millisecond away from cutting sick at this stupid electrician bloke who was laughing at me for unsuccessfully trying to open the gate with my remote control. So I decided to colour a pair of my shoes to relieve my boredom and frustration!

Here's what they used to look like:



I've had these shoes for YEARS and I've worn them twice: yesterday and once to the races 3 years ago. I never really liked them in the first place but I needed emergency shoes to match a particular dress which the dry cleaner subsequently ruined. They're an awkward colour; they don't seem to go with anything in my wardrobe and because I'm so white they look a bit weird on me because they camouflage with my feet.

I'm OBSESSED with two-toned shoes (especially the brogues that the blonde Nazi woman wears in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; I'll devote a whole blog entry to these one day). I also adore the whole Japanese design aesthetic of asymmetry and slight imperfection to signify that something's hand made. So I've made each shoe slightly different.

They are FABULOUS. You'd can't even tell that they've been coloured in unless you look really really closely and see where I've accidentally gone out of the lines. I did about 3 coats, so there's no streaks or anything. So pleased with self!