Wearability.us

From Wikipedia:
 
"The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it. This is a specialized version of the effect of serendipity."
 
I read Stephanie's post on her Urban Outfitter "cage" type sandals in the early morning hours on Sunday. Later that day, I went to DSW and spotted, for the first time in my life, a real live pair of cage sandals. These ones by BCBG Paris. It's not unusual for fashions to come and go before I even know they exist, but I still thought it was a pretty Baader-Meinhoffy moment! Apologies for the phonecam photo.
 
By the way I did try on these sandals on, and they were ridiculously comfortable.

Ok so maybe a flight to Hong Kong might be worth more than these shoes.  But probably not - trips are temporary.  Shoes are forever.  I've been seeing the Yves Saint Laurent cage booties all over the magazines lately, but what really captures my heart are these sandal versions, with metallic leather and sweetly feminine velvet ribbons.  * melt *  

I can't quite decide if Tory Burch et al has created the most brilliant-nostalgic throwback to our little-girl days of carefree sunshine and outdoor frolicking, or if it should join the ranks of absurdly unnecessary things designed with one thing in mind: to rob us blind.

I knew something was up when I was NYC last week and everywhere I looked, there they were.  Gladiator sandals.  How they can be construed as attractive, I have no idea.  They are ugly enough when limited to one's feet, but then somewhere on the ACE train I saw this most HIDEOUS example of the trend, the Chanel Knee-High Gladiator Sandal.  I thought it was a joke.  But clearly, they aren't kidding.