shoes of the day

[cimorene]

Hush Puppies "Edith" in tan
Neosens "Rococo" low boots 2 in Brocado Black

Comments

[marycontrary]

Ah ha! My cute sandal-heels are like the "Edith", but the toes are black, the heels are brown, the mid-foot and laced area is cream, and the sides are cut out. What sort of style would you call that shoe?

Thanks again for cute shoe blogging.

[cimorene]

If the toe is closed still and only the sides are cut out, it isn't really a sandal, I guess. I don't think I am aware of a special term for that, aside from 'cutouts', but many T-straps, for example, are sideless.

If the colorblocks join with broguing (rows of tiny perforations along the edges of each piece), then they are spectators, (side cut-out spectator shoes would be how I would describe that), a derivative of the men's oxford-style spectator shoe. Nowadays, it's not uncommon for spectator pumps to contain three or more colors, a trend that was giant a few years ago and came back a bit longer ago then that at the instigation of one of those runway brands although I can't remember which one anymore.

Also, I see from Google images that if the styling is colorblocky enough they are still considered spectators by many people regardless of the presence of broguing.