I found this great budget busting, make-it-yourself idea in InStyle UK yesterday and just had to share it with you! What a clever way to transform a sad pair of ballet flats into designer lookalikes!
In the June issue of InStyle, Aleksandra Olenska recommends attaching vintage clip-on earrings to ballet flats and the picture of their cranberry red flats with 4 black and silver earrings did look incredibly chic.
I've tried to do my best with my tired and rather self-conscious pair of old black wannabe ballet flats, circa 1999 (at least 20 in shoe years and positively archaic for some shoe loving girls). I picked up the 2 pairs of vintage earrings today in Islington for under £5 and think they look quite pretty.
Once I get some new vegan ballet flats and start adorning them with various earrings for each day of the week, there will be no stopping me. I'm on a vintage earring treasure hunt now...
Need some inspiration to create your own bejewelled ballet flats? Visit Net-a-Porter for some designer ideas (Miu Miu in particular).
In the June issue of InStyle, Aleksandra Olenska recommends attaching vintage clip-on earrings to ballet flats and the picture of their cranberry red flats with 4 black and silver earrings did look incredibly chic.
I've tried to do my best with my tired and rather self-conscious pair of old black wannabe ballet flats, circa 1999 (at least 20 in shoe years and positively archaic for some shoe loving girls). I picked up the 2 pairs of vintage earrings today in Islington for under £5 and think they look quite pretty.
Once I get some new vegan ballet flats and start adorning them with various earrings for each day of the week, there will be no stopping me. I'm on a vintage earring treasure hunt now...
Need some inspiration to create your own bejewelled ballet flats? Visit Net-a-Porter for some designer ideas (Miu Miu in particular).
1 comments:
Interesting to see this idea was in a fashion magazine. A couple of months ago, I thought of it, too. A pair of vintage earrings that don't suit me, a pair of ballet flats looking a bit cheap and plain...and voila! Inspiration was born. ;)
BTW you can also get great vintage shoe clips, and they do hold more securely than earrings. I've bought some dirt cheap deadstock ones on Ebay before ($2 or so) that are very stylish and unique.
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