More Rubber-tastic Vivienne Westwood Anglomania and Melissa Heels At Epaulet!

Epaulet, one of my favorite Brooklyn boutiques, now carries Vivienne Westwood Anglomania x Melissa Lady Dragon glitter heels:

($149, Vivienne Westwood for Melissa, Epauletshop.com)


($149, Vivienne Westwood for Melissa, Epauletshop.com)

My faves are the black glitter heels -- lotsa fun options for summer nights -- wear 'em with little dresses or jumpers, jeans and a black tank. But still, my all-time faves are the Lady Dragon Anglomania heart-toe heels.

Rubber Sold: Preorder Melissa+ Vivienne Westwood Lady Dragon Heels

The fabulous Epaulet has a new, just-in shipment of those amazing Melissa + Vivienne Westwood Anglomania "Lady Dragon" heels in four covet-thee colors: salmon, yellow, powder blue, and pearl. If you can't get there in person, then you go right ahead and you order them online, kay?

($149, Vivienne Westwood + Melissa, Epaulet.com)

Am I cray to think that these could even be bridal cuteness? Like under a super long dress? For sure cuter than Chucks. Sorry, but it's troof!

Vivienne Westwood For Melissa: Rubber Soles Go Couture!

High-end jellies aren't new news or anything -- Marc Jacobs' done them for years, and these Vivienne Westwood for Melissa Lady Dragon rubber heels have been around a while (abroad at least), but I love them so much, I had to share:

($149, Vivienne Westwood for Melissa)

Looks like they're a lot easier to buy in Australia, where it's probably nice enough right now to wear them... but I will get Nancy Drew on dat ass and find out how we can get our feets into them here in the States for their Spring 2009 launch!

++ UPDATE! I AM THE (female) JEWISH JAMES BOND! ++

Epaulet in Brooklyn (where Mary-Kate got her Melissa jellies) carries them in pearl:

($149, Vivienne Westwood for Melissa, Epaulet.com)

So Amy Winehouse-meets-Betty Boop!

Anti Rubber Shoes

Touche, MK:

($165, Givenchy, Barneys)

These totally remind me of those little-kid sandals that come zip-tied together in the metal shelving units at dollar stores and have, like, some untrademarked, bastardized version of Thomas the Tank or Dora the Explorer, but it's like Timmy the Tank or Nora the Explorer.

Also available in white!

(And agreed: Epaulet is super cuters.)

In Praise of Rubber Shoes

I have a confession to make: I recently considered purchasing some Crocs ballet flats. I know. Please hold your tomatoes; I didn't do it. I wanted something easy to bike around in, wear to the beach, in the rain, whatever. I wanted comfort, and as we all know from all the Crocs lovers out there, comfort is Crocs. However, cuteness is decidedly NOT Crocs. Even these are just barely acceptable.

But then last night, on a lovely stroll around my neighborhood, I popped in to the new fashiony store Epaulet. Lured by the gorgeous iridescent shell trinket boxes, I stayed for the jelly shoes and, truthfully, the conversation. Owner Mike was just as nice as can be, genuine and helpful in a nonpushy way. I was drawn to these fuchsia jellies, and basically was cheered into purchasing them before I could stop to reconsider paying $55 for rubber shoes.



Melissa + Campana jelly ballet flats, $55. Much cuter than Marc Jacobs's! Made by the original Brazilian jelly-maker, for whatever that's worth. I can attest to their supreme comfort, thankfully, and utter cuteness.

Epaulet, by the way, is a very cute, well-curated shop, with a burgeoning men's section and cheap framed photos to go along with all the pretty dresses and little trinkets. And of course, the selection of rubber shoes. Check out more awesome Melissa varieties.

Jelly Flip-Flops: Rad or Bad?

($60, Kate Spade, Bloomingdale's)

Pretty bad, right? They're the kind of thing you'd buy on vacation at a beach general store out of desperation.

($10, Old Navy)

The red ones are a bit much, but these actually aren't too bad in grey -- especially for $10. They're worlds better than these golden caged monstrosities.