October 25, 2010

Go Tomboy Crazy

Now that it has become all autumn-y and cold (in Denmark anyway) focus on the good stuff - a new shoe season has arrived! It's too cold to wear ballerinas so swop them with tomboy shoes for now. Mannish shoes were all over the A/W 10 catwalks and Sienna Miller has been seen wearing her Rupert Sanderson oxfords out and about for quite a while now.

I think that women have to be very careful not to look either clumsy or too masculine when picking a pair of mannish shoes, so my advice is to style them well (really think about it when buying them) and not to settle for just an 'okay' pair. A quick style advice: unless you have thick calves (be honest with yourself) the shoes usually look good with folded up jeans, a feminine skirt that ends over the knee, or just plain skinny jeans.

Here are some of my favourite tomboy shoes.

Rupert Sanderson's oxfords. Here worn by Olivia Palermo.

Marc by Marc Jacobs' leather brogues

I must mention my favourite pair (I have been the happy owner of a pair since I bought them at Barney's NYC last year) - Louboutin's Fred Flats. They're insanely cool (more so in real life) and comfortable.


If you're not willing to invest in a high-end label pair, Urban Outfitters have acceptable substitutes. These are from Deena and Ozzy and only cost £28.
Photo credits: Net-a-Porter.com, UrbanOutfitters.co.uk, Vogue.co.uk.

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