laurence dacade designs shoes for chanel, which i found out years after finding and loving her own eponymous line. though it does explain a lot. no other minds but hers and karl lagerfeld's can put humor in fashion but never cross the point of no return line, where it becomes more about making statements and loses focus on the fashion part, the chic. i'd extend the line of humor to sex as well with them; nothing ever, ever crosses the line into vulgarity. not that that doesn't have it's place, that can be fun and freeing. but for me it doesn't fit for the every day. now in my "older age"... what matters is what fashion can do for me. no more (ok, maybe just fewer) impulse/novelty buys, much more "but does this dress actually flatter" and "does it create the right silhouette". more on that for a future post.
those last two considerations, however, i have found are commonly french, including additionally the timeless "if it doesn't fit, it is a disaster". all of these revelations can be applied to laurence dacade's shoes (generally, and in her own line). which brings me to a fourth tenet in heel theory: if you cannot walk in them, do not wear them (because it will be a disaster).
i don't own anything from her line (chanel yes indeed...) – yet – but tried on and wavered countless times in browns, and not only are they flawless, but sincerely comfortable. it's never the heel, it's the shape of the shoe, i say.
and without further ado – a couple of my favorite versions of her perfect boot, from browns.
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