Thank you to the amazing person who found my shoes! I honestly barely recognize them new. I got many new shoe recommendations, laughs, and eye rolls from my original post so thank you everyone for that as well.

To answer the main question, no I’m not a gladiator. Just a broke girl who loved her shoes and couldn’t justify new ones until the sole fell off. Im ready to ignore fashion trends for another 10 years now though. Who knows, maybe the Mark Anthony’s 2015 BCs will make a come back in the future 😉

This is when I learned that you're not supposed to wear Louboutins on escalators.

Other than the cosmetic damage, the shoes are fine! The escalator? Was out for the weekend as they needed to replace the plate.

I was shocked. I still have these and wear them lolol

Hi everyone,

I recently inherited a few things from my beloved grandma. She used to be an avid collector of shoes and left me besides many other brands, a few Manolo Blahnik as well.

I‘m a guy, don‘t really collect or use these kind of shoes and just wanted to get some more information about them. Since some AI information varies, I just wanted to ask also about some of your expertise and knowledge. My grandma used to love these, so I don’t just want to get rid of them in a fast way or anything, but would like to get some info if any of these are sought after collector pieces and have potential to go up in value?

Thanks for your guidance! I appreciate all the help and information I can get.

Theses have been my favorite sandals since 2015 and as you can tell, they are in rough shape. I got them at tjmaxx in 2015. I haven’t been able to find them or anything like them. I know they are gladiator sandals, but besides that I don’t know anything about them. My favorite things about them are

1. the click clacky little heels

2. the buckles all the way up If anyone has a recommendations for something similar please please tell me. My husband is tired of super gluing pieces back together lol

Do I or don’t I? Help me 👀

He wears these daily, and yes he did the soles himself

Animal shoes by irregular choice - please do not criticise that I am outside wearing football socks, or the fact that my shoes have eyeballs on them. But I'm really looking for some advice here!! What's the best way to stretch out the part covering my toes? The rest of the shoe is fine, but the part with the eyes on is so incredibly tight that I'm struggling to walk in them!! I need them for my prom- so how do I go about this? The hairdryer? Wearing them with thick socks? Any advice is appreciated!!

One of thé shoe questions that always comes back is seeing celebrities on the carpets with awesome shoes that seem sizes too large. I hear that can be because they will spend hours in them, but I then wonder ‘okay, but in the first period of wearing them, how are you not flat on your face?’.

So, do any of you do the ‘too big, wear anyway’ thing and if so: why do you and does it actually ‘work’?

Got these (Celestial Moth Doc Martens) this week. Haven't worn them out yet. Option to return. I'm F, 5'9 and slim, my style is classic but slightly edgy (for context of how they'd look overall).

Mother saw them today, hates them vehemently; words "too gothy", "industrial", "odd", and "platform soles" were used. Soon after, I was questioned on whether I was "planning to get any tattoos".

Damn, I love those lil moths... But mother's always right, right?

Btw I'm 30 y.o.

Like these are all little nit picky things but I’ve bought shoes for less than $100 that arrived in mint condition. Will they stay mint? No but the point is when I’m paying over $1k for shoes, they better be perfect. Am I being dramatic here?? I am returning these anyway because they don’t fit but now I don’t even want to buy another pair bc this quality control is shit.
Edit - yes this is a new purchase direct from jimmy choo.
Also, thanks for the positive comments about Nina shoes, I will be giving them my business instead. These were supposed to be my wedding shoes!

unfortunately they aren't my size so i bought them for my mommy

I was terrified of scuffing the red soles at first. Now I think the wear adds character and reminds me that shoes are meant to be worn.

Everyone says they are so hideous but my 2 year old niece.

Hi everyone, i have a bit of a problem with a pair of shoes and am unsure how to fix this. I have a pair of the white platform shoes from YRU, where you can stuff the bottom with anything you like as long as it fits in the small hole hidden under the sole. So. Here’s my dilemmas: I live in Australia, and despite my best efforts to source candies that would be less likely to melt, they still did. I’m scared if i pour boiling water and soap in the base to loosen up the melted sugar and such, it would ruin the plastic outside or even melt it? I’m not sure… would being exposed to that much water hurt the material of my shoes too? It’s some kind of vegan leather. I’d love some guidance so i can clean them, fill them with fake candy and be able to wear them again 😭

I just started documenting with pictures a few weeks ago so sorry for the small catalouge. 😬 Lmk what you think. Might start posting more. Ive got an Instagram page too if im allowed to promote that lmao.