Following My Own Advice – Warm & Toasty Layers
December 20, 2009Christmas In Pictures
December 26, 2009I did promise to show you my new and entirely frivolous shoes, but by fortuitous coincidence I also get to show you my lovely new tights.
A couple of weeks ago, after I didn’t get to go to the Red or Dead Pop Up Shop, Red or Dead (or rather their PR) offered to send me some tights from their new collection. Last week I emailed them back, just wondering if they’d been sent, and it appears that somewhere there is a postman wearing some incredibly stylish tights under his uniform to keep warm as they had been sent and failed to arrive. A second attempt has now been made and this morning I opened my post to these goodies.
I LOVE the vintage style packaging and they have been opened very carefully so I can keep it forever and ever (I don’t know why, I really am Queen of the hoarders)
I haven’t managed to ladder them yet, which speaks to the quality of the tights as normally I only have to look at them for them to fall into holes. So far they seem to fit nicely and not do anything crazy like go baggy around the ankles within 10 minutes, though I haven’t, obviously, tried washing them yet!
You can see and buy the full range of Red or Dead tights on Tights Please.
I hope to get lots of wear out of them over the Christmas Period, particularly these crazy petrol blue and purple snowflake designs. I think they go rather nicely with the pink suede peep toes I bought over the weekend.
What do you think?
They really are the most horribly impractical shoes. Pink suede with a peep toe, platform sole and a huge stiletto heel, all tied up with a big black satin ankle ribbon. I shouldn’t really do ankle straps as I have teeny short legs, but, you know what? Sometimes you just have to stuff the rules and buy frivolous shoes.
22 Comments
Looking suitably festive there. Love the new shoes.
Those are some gorgeous shoes!!! Well worth it!!
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The tights and the shoes are gorgeous! Sometimes it’s fun to wear impractical but fabulous shoes.
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Wow, both the shoes and the tights look amazing! I love the pattern on the tights.
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Absolutely gorgeous m’dear! I’m green with envy!
I like, they are so fun.
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That combination of stockings and shoes was destined to be together! It’s perfect! Hmm.. now I need to figure out how to get folks to send me free tights as well ;).
wow they’re like winterwonderland stockings! and the shoes are so lovley!
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i can’t get enough of these shoes. both the cut and the color are breathtaking 🙂
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Both the shoes and the tights are simply gorgeous! I love the colour combination as well!
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Love the stockings AND the shoes. So pretty.L
I have but one word… gorgeous!
love it! Perfectly festive, but stil very chic… (great shoes!)
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Those shoes are really incredible
Impractical but incredible!!!
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Aw, much love for the shoes and tights!
Thanks all 😀
Now all I need is for the snow to melt…..
Wow those tights are incredible! I’ve never seen anything like them before. Such pretty shoes 🙂
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ABSOLUTELY gorgeous…. great style xxxx
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Holy cow! Those tights are amazing!! I love the shoes, too!
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Those tights are really something! How fabulous.
They really go well with the colour of the shoes.
Florrie x
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The shoes are so perfect and look divine with your tights! 🙂
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Fabulous shoes, i really want to have these.