Jelly Shoes not being my fave, I was squealingly suprised when I found these “Rubber Flats” by Vivienne Westwood. The opaque quality of the shoe paired with the uber out-there shaped bow on the tip of these beauties creates quite an effect. That said, there are some real pointers needed to be shared regarding these shoes:
The red and blue swirls of the bow against the opague black create a less desirable effect than when paired with the dark blue rubber. Saks Fifth Avenue was able to purchase enough of the shoe in black to offer in store and online, although this may be a bad sign. In Britain, where the shoe originally came out ages ago, blue sold out far quicker (so I found out long after searching everywhere for blue in my size). If you ask me the blue shoe is far better looking and the black makes me wanna gag, but to each their own.
Additionally, the shoe also comes in pink. I hate the pink with the red and blue bow the most- reminds me of some kind of a reject flower child space age hippie shoe of the future. But the pink with tortoise shell colored bow I found to be yummy. I think my choosiness in the colors of the shoe & bow is the inevitable result of the way the rubber catches the light, or doesn’t, for the most part. They look too funkified & cheap when the colors are too clashing in tone/family, as illustrated best in the example of the soft pink shoe and bold blue & red bow as seen above.

3 responses so far ↓
1 matsinka // Dec 20, 2011 at 6:50 am
how much does it cost?
2 carmela // Dec 21, 2011 at 2:33 am
how much wholesale?
3 admin // Dec 21, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I couldn’t personally find the shoes at wholesale prices, I actually paid a great deal for these on ebay. Good luck!
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