I’m not the type of girl that has a lot of shoes. It’s not that I don’t see loads of shoes I like. I do. I just can’t afford to buy hundreds of pairs so I tend to go for ones that can go with a range of outfits. I also struggle to buy them as I have odd sized feet with one being almost a whole size bigger than the other! This causes no end of problems. I usually have to buy to accommodate the bigger foot and try padding out the shoe for the smaller foot or I cramp my big foot into a small shoe and end up with bruised toes!
It’s generally pretty hard getting gorgeous shoes that will stay on my feet unless they have an ankle strap and there are a lot of gorgeous shoes that don’t have this feature. So for my wedding day I may well just treat myself to custom made shoes so I know I can comfortably walk down the aisle without leaving one shoe behind!
And, for when that wedding day comes, I’ve found an absolutely amazing custom-shoe-making company that would happily make shoes in different sizes to accommodate my stupid feet!
Shoes of Prey are based in Woolloomooloo, Australia (actually just around the corner from The Funk House where I had so much fun during my gap year!)
They make shoes just the way you want them.
Pick a shoe, any shoe
You start off picking the type of shoe:
Then you can decide on the toe of the shoe: do you want open-toe or not, a strappy sandal or stitching…
You can then customise the back, add an ankle strap if you wish or have an open back…
If you fancy a bow or bloom on your design there’s an option for that too:
There are even several different heel choices and you can even pick the heel height!
And then there’s a whole host of colours and fabrics to select and fill in your design. Choose from fish skin, snake skin, Italian silk, soft leather, shiny leather, patent leather, suede and even hair. And what I love about this is you don’t have to just pick one colour. If you’ve picked a bow or strap you can have it a different colour and fabric from the rest of the shoe.
You can even go as crazy as this:
But I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it! Less is more people!
Shoe stylist
Even if you’re just a fan of shoes but don’t plan on buying any it’s still quite fun to play with creating shoes on this site : )
And so when you’ve finished playing shoe designer all you have to do is wait 5-6 weeks to welcome a pair such as these lovelies into your life:
The cost of these shoes vary on the design: £115 for ballet flats, £150 for 1½ to 3½ inch heels, £180 for 4 to 4½ inch heels and £210 for ankle boots. True you could get cheaper shoes but they wouldn’t be your shoes. This way you can have exactly the shoe you were looking for, not just one that will do.
Fit for a bride
And the deal clincher for me? If you’re planning on buying shoes off the internet I’ll bet many people will say it’s a crazy idea as you need to try shoes on. But with Shoes of Prey you don’t need to worry about sizes. If the shoes are only slightly the wrong size they’ll pay for your shoes to be adjusted by a shoe repairer where you live. If the shoes are way too big or too small you can just send them right back to Shoes of Prey and they’ll remake them for you at no extra cost!
They offer a returns policy even if the shoes fit but you just don’t like them (which isn’t likely to happen!) As long as you haven’t worn them and return them within 30 days they’ll refund 100% of the price you paid and cover the costs it took for you to ship them back!
That should settle any worries about not trying them on first.
A great way to make sure you walk down that aisle in shoes that are completely unique, completely ‘you’ and that will completely stay on your feet.
Debs
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