![]() “A slight elevation is all that is needed for the days where you need a subtle lift.” “Comfort is paramount,” Neous creative director Vanissa Antonious tells me. ![]() They want to feel beautiful in what they wear, but not for a price. ![]() The shoe’s renewed popularity among major designers echoes a larger desire for modern shoppers. Luckily for me, the best kitten heels had a resurgence on the spring 2024 runways, from the likes of Prada, Gucci, and Valentino. As Kim Cattrall said in 2019: “I don’t want to be in a situation for even an hour where I’m not enjoying myself.” The best kitten heels are suited to occasions when I want the lift, but don’t want to spend the night with angry arches. Having left parties early one too many times due to poor shoe choices, I now exclusively swear by the most comfortable heels-kitten heels, specifically. ![]() In this style, I had to go up half a size to stop my toes from spilling over at the front.Putting your best foot forward isn’t exactly easy when said foot is strapped into a stiletto that leaves it achy, blistered, and bleeding. The one pair of open toe sandals where I had to upsize were the Gucci Horsebit Sandals with 25mm heel and ankle buckle closure. I own a few pairs of Gucci Double G slide sandals (in canvas and in leather, both diagonal and GG matelasse) and I am 37.5 in all of them. When it comes to Gucci flat slide sandals, these seem to run mostly true to size, from my experience. In the ever so popular Princetown mules, I have pairs both in my usual size 37.5 and size 38 but I think they fit a bit better if you go ½ size up. All my Gucci boots, including the classic flat Jordaan boots as well as knee height and high heel ankle boots, run true to size and I have them all in my standard 37.5 fit. I have in my collection Gucci courts and sandals sized 37, 37.5 and 38, all of which fit well. With regard to heels, I find the sizing quite tricky so I would always recommend trying them on before buying. These are still ok but need to be worn with leather insoles, otherwise they feel a bit loose. Lastly, I have a pair of closed-toe, ankle strap sandals where I went larger but only because it was the last pair available. I also own a pair of 12cm Mira Bella peep toe sandals (from a couple of years back) in size 38 but only because I did not want my toes to stick out too much through the peep holes. One of them are ankle boots because these need to be worn with socks and and Loubs tend to have a narrow fit so they are more comfortable in a larger size. In my collection there are only three pairs of Louboutins where I went ½ size up. Even though some of their styles are known to be quite tight, especially the pointy toe designs, I have never felt the need to upsize in them. To me, Louboutins have always run true to size, although I am aware that opinions on the fit in this brand differ. I own several pairs of Louboutins, predominantly high heels in styles such as Pigalle, Simple Pump, Piou Piou, Decolettes, to name a few, but also some kitten and small block heels. Unsurprisingly, only one of the two pairs bought had the right fit. After trawling through numerous sites and YouTube channels, and gathering only limited information on sizing, eventually I had no choice but to rely on sheer potluck. In this case, I decided to splash out on pairs from brands which I have not tried before. But even as I managed to bag a couple of shoe bargains, the process has brought back the same dilemmas that I have always been facing when ordering footwear online, namely sizing and fit. Having spent the past two weeks in self-isolation, I could not help but engage in some online retail therapy, especially with so many fantastic sales around. However, while withdrawal and procrastination are the natural compulsions in times like these, I have finally decided to shake off the feeling of inertia and, instead, focus my attention on lighter and more uplifting subjects. It has been a little while since my last post but the gloomy world news of the past few weeks have been quite distracting and unconducive to fashion blogging, at least in my case.
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