For most of my teenage life I had trouble finding clothes to fit. Too short, too baggy, too low, waist in the wrong place, blah blah blah. In all honesty, these are things that, although attributed to my height, have probably been experienced by most of you reading this right now.
But the one thing that's been the most annoying? Frustrating beyond belief?
Shoes.
I'm so not a shoes girl. Give me handbags, make up, dresses and shirts over any form of strapped, pointed or patent foot accessory out there. And don't get me started on having to shop for them. I'd rather go barefoot.
Subsequently, you can imagine my horror when, with a graduation ceremony and a wedding fast approaching at the start of this summer, a shoe-shopping trip was moving from the comfortable realm of necessary to the sweat-inducing category of essential-that-we-go-NOW.
Things were looking bad. Jones, Dune, Schuh, Next. They all failed.
And then we stepped into New Look and VOILA. A whole host of flat, elegant shoes that were smart, fashionable and available in almost all cases in both 8s and 9s. I should point out that this was the Birmingham branch specifically, which has a larger stock anyway as it's a pretty monstrous store, but even so it offered more to me than any of the aforementioned brands.
A lot of specialist 'tall' shops [most of which are online] tend to design shoes with purely big feet in mind, forgetting entirely that there's a potentially fashion-conscious individual attached by the ankles. It's as though they stick to one clown-like shape, change the colour each season and shove on a bow here and there. I think even the orange-felt, smiley-face slippers I designed in a year 5 design tech project were more appealing than those.
Almost.
And then we stepped into New Look and VOILA. A whole host of flat, elegant shoes that were smart, fashionable and available in almost all cases in both 8s and 9s. I should point out that this was the Birmingham branch specifically, which has a larger stock anyway as it's a pretty monstrous store, but even so it offered more to me than any of the aforementioned brands.
A lot of specialist 'tall' shops [most of which are online] tend to design shoes with purely big feet in mind, forgetting entirely that there's a potentially fashion-conscious individual attached by the ankles. It's as though they stick to one clown-like shape, change the colour each season and shove on a bow here and there. I think even the orange-felt, smiley-face slippers I designed in a year 5 design tech project were more appealing than those.
Almost.
So basically, I suppose this post is a massively drawn out [sorry guys] thank-you to a store which I have to admit, has never really been on my radar before.
Ta very much New Look, you made even my flipper feet very happy this summer.
Now just to find some winter boots. *groan*
Now just to find some winter boots. *groan*
xxx
This is not a sponsored post, nor am I affiliated in any way with New Look
This is not a sponsored post, nor am I affiliated in any way with New Look
