Back in Action

As you can probably tell, I have been away for Christmas. Like the rest of the country, my togs are full of sand and I'm ready to kill my rellies. Also: I'm possibly still drunk. [Sluuurrrr...]

But I'm also super excited about greeting my wardrobe again! Hello Mr. 1980s blazer, oh how I missed you! Ms. 60s clutch, my how well you look!

Sometimes they talk back, I swear!

Embarrassing discussions with inanimate objects aside, I hope you're all restored with pavlova and lack of work because you'll want to be fully functional for this:

Fire engine red 1950s style pumps.

$1 reserve.

Awesomeness.

Yes, perhaps it's the eggnog, or perhaps it's residual Christmas spirit, but I'm feeling generous. Too generous, maybe, since these are probably too delicious to let go for a steal...

Ooh err...

Fortunately for you, I have big-ass feet, and the women of the 1950s did not. My prodigious viewing of old movies tells me they were all delicate and wasp-waisted, like Audrey Hepburn. They were also all lost princesses and/or seductive society types. Simpler times.

Anyway, if you have smallish feet, get on over to TradeMe pronto! Because seriously, these are a find. A teency bit scuffed, as you would expect with vintage shoes, but with a touch o' polish they'll be showstoppers.

In fact, I'd venture a guess they've literally stopped shows. Previous owner hypotheses: movie star. Chorus girl. Roxie Hart. Or all three: Renee Zellweger.

In stilletoes, she would look like a working girl. In 50s era shoes: a goddess.

But enough speculation. Here are the linkies:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=262560253&ed=true
http://twitter.com/vintagemadam

Happy shopping!

Love and show-stopping,
The Vintage Madam.

PS. The guy in the first picture is a real "comedian." Talking shoes are his real "act." Next time you have nothing to do on a Saturday night, take comfort in the fact that you're still cooler than somebody.

Ooh la la, viva Brazil!

Every Brazilian I've ever met has been a dancer. Not professionally, necessarily... but put on a CD, or even just indulge in some absent-minded off-key humming, and they're wiggling their hips on the nearest tabletop. They're also the inventors of tequila, the caipirinha, and a vicious 80-proof sugar cane syrup called cachaca, but I'm sure that is completely unrelated to the tabletop dancing.

There have been times - don't ask me to recall details - when the combination of such dancing and drunkenness has led to me not quite knowing how I left the office and ended up half-clothed and semi-comatose on a South American beach curled up in Javier Bardem's arms... OK, maybe I dreamed that last part.

But put these things together - dancing, beaches, Javier Bardem and mind-crushing liquors - and you get the kind of party today's shoes were made for. Oh, the buttery tan leather! The cute stacked heel! The palm imprint on the sole! These are summer shoes, just-add-sundress shoes. And unlike most modern shoes, the heel is actually solid enough to allow activities like, oh, you know, walking and dancing. Yes, footwear industry, I'm talking to you.

Wanna see what I'm so excited about? Deets below, & photos are up on the auction over at TradeMe:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Clothing/Womenswear/Footwear/Size-6-65/auction-253789063.htm

You can also follow me on Twitter, if you can stand to see talk of vintage finds reduced to 140 characters or less:
http://twitter.com/vintagemadam

Anyway, assuming my foot-binding attempts fail, these dancin' heels will be sold to a lucky smaller-tootsied lass in the next week. Sigh.

That's it for today Madamettes,
Whippingly yours,
The Vintage Madam.

Size on label:	6 1/2 B
Label:	Catleia
Condition:	Lightly worn, still very wearable :)
Fabric:	Tan leather, stacked heel
Closure:	Ankle strap with buckle
Length:	24 cm
Features:	Woven-look, peep toe