Italian Leather Shoes
One other thing I love about ukay-ukay shopping: the incredibly low prices makes experimenting with different shoe choices affordable and relatively guilt-free. I used to buy shoes to match my outfits, never the other way around, until much recently. Take these Italian leather shoes, for instance. A friend pointed them out to me while we were poking around ukay-ukays at Cubao and I was immediately attracted to their design. I’ve always loved the look of multiple buckles, but I was on the fence with this one because of the color. Dark green isn’t as easy to wear as brown, and I was hard-pressed to find something in my closet that would look good with these shoes.
I ended up buying them anyway. What the hell – they fit me well, and P450 isn’t such a huge loss. I figured I can put them up for sale at the store if I really can’t find anything to wear with them.
Eventually, I figured out that yellows and browns looked all right with dark green. This pale yellow dress has been sitting in my closet since I bought it at a nearby ukay-ukay store several months ago, and I suppose it’s about time I wore it out. They don’t look too bad with the shoes, either!
Yeah I need to work on learning how to sit properly.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Waaa! Those shoes are lovely!!!
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June 11th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
how do you disinfect the shoes that you get from thrift stores? just wondering. not trying to sound prissy or anything, just really curious.
my sister got a pair of sneakers from a thrift store recently, those you could wash but what do you do to leather shoes?
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June 22nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Hmm, I usually just the outside and insides with a slightly damp washcloth, then I disinfect the insides with Lysol and leave it to dry before keeping them. I’m not sure if this is the “correct” way to go about disinfecting ukay-ukay shoes, but it’s how I’ve always done it and so far I haven’t had any problems!
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I must say you have great legs! and a great camera!
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August 27th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Just wanted tosay good job! You have some great content on this blog
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September 11th, 2009 at 11:29 am
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