Dress Style

1.Ftroupe/ 2. Jeffrey Campbell/ 3. 80%20 Cork Wedge/ 4. SSWTR Wedge Sandal/ 5. Monki Sadi Wedge/ 6. Dinsko Wedge/ 7. Vagabond Navy+Black Wedge

1. These are all the shoes i've bought in the past FEW weeks- a lot more then I usually do. I attribute it to the fact that shoes are the only thing I can't design & Sweden has some amazing mid level footwear brands (Vegabond, Monki, less so but Dinsko as well).

2. Notice that one of my favorite brands, Jeffrey Campbell has released an almost identical S/S 09 YSL Cage Boot. I was a pinky lengths away from blowing my rent on the real deal when I decided to spend it on various summer travels instead (California, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona to be exact!). I'm going to Paris next month and I almost feel like it's a cardinal fashion sin to wear these there? Yes, fashion is a revolving door and you can almost always find the similar elements from garment to garment, but this is straight up a knock off... either way a big thanks to JC, i'll be guiltily walking the streets of Paris in those boots in a few weeks.

3. THE CHALLENGE- i am testing myself in the next two months. I want to see if I can STOP SHOPPING during May and June. The exceptions: food, necessary toiletries & underwear when needed as well as thrift store items ONLY when I'm in San Francisco & Redding. This challenge ends on June 26th, when I fly off to Paris with a group of shop savvy friends at which time we'll all hit the shops. I'm doing this in the hopes that I can get my wardrobe organized, currently a waterfall of clothes pours out of it when the door is opened. 2nd (and even more exciting) reason is that hopefully my pockets will be amply stuffed for Paris shopping. I started this anti- shopping challenge at the beginning of May and since have not bought anything so far.