This is the part of my life where I met my Chanel snake skin shoes. They were blinding. They sat in the window of the vintage store that I’ve grown to find irresistible and it was love at first sight. The second I laid eyes on them I got down on one knee, whispered “I love you”, reached into my pocket and pulled out my credit card. I felt so good about my purchase because I will never find love in shoes like this again (especially at the price I got them for). They’re cream/off-white snake skin with a large black Chanel logo on the front. What’s not to love about Chanel?
The woman behind the register put my babies in a bag and handed them to me. I was dreaming and I held them tightly as I walked them home before I remembered I have children. Who? What? Where? Oops! I rushed back to the store to get them. So easy to forget the little buggers when you’re carrying Chanel.
So now that we’re home—all of us, kids included—I realize what I’ve just done. Second hand stuff in general isn’t very Nad. It used to actually scare me but I’ve found a new hobby in vintage shopping. You can find one of a kind, beautiful masterpieces of clothes, shoes, purses, jewellery, you name it and for a fraction of the price that the items would cost brand new. My shoes definitely would have cleared $1,000 when they were brand new but I assure you I paid what normal women pay for normal shoes.
Getting back to the realization of what I’ve done... Buying vintage is pretty cool but is buying vintage shoes cool too? Let me ask this another way: Is buying shoes that someone else put their God-only-knows-what-type-of feet inside them a safe thing? Who knows? They look spotless and the bottom of the shoes don’t look used at all so I’m convinced some rich chick bought a pair in every color and never got around to wearing this one... my pair... my first Swiss friend.
There’s something incredibly warming (to a woman’s heart) about a fabulous cup of coffee made by Italians and an even more fabulous pair of shoes made by the French.
The woman behind the register put my babies in a bag and handed them to me. I was dreaming and I held them tightly as I walked them home before I remembered I have children. Who? What? Where? Oops! I rushed back to the store to get them. So easy to forget the little buggers when you’re carrying Chanel.
So now that we’re home—all of us, kids included—I realize what I’ve just done. Second hand stuff in general isn’t very Nad. It used to actually scare me but I’ve found a new hobby in vintage shopping. You can find one of a kind, beautiful masterpieces of clothes, shoes, purses, jewellery, you name it and for a fraction of the price that the items would cost brand new. My shoes definitely would have cleared $1,000 when they were brand new but I assure you I paid what normal women pay for normal shoes.
Getting back to the realization of what I’ve done... Buying vintage is pretty cool but is buying vintage shoes cool too? Let me ask this another way: Is buying shoes that someone else put their God-only-knows-what-type-of feet inside them a safe thing? Who knows? They look spotless and the bottom of the shoes don’t look used at all so I’m convinced some rich chick bought a pair in every color and never got around to wearing this one... my pair... my first Swiss friend.
There’s something incredibly warming (to a woman’s heart) about a fabulous cup of coffee made by Italians and an even more fabulous pair of shoes made by the French.
4 comments:
Please know that I am ferociously jealous of you at this moment, and that I have probably just jinzed your chanels.
Oh man, Mennah you'd love it!! Please come and visit me soon. I promise I'll feed you if you do :)
Or maybe it would be more enticing if I offered coffee made by Italians?
Hey, do you know how much brands are worth? Masalan, if I showed you something Chanel or Gucci or whatever would you know it's possible worth? I have a bznz in mind.
This sounds like an expensive hobby...Have you not seen our stock portfolio!! You need to help make us some money, and not burn it on smelly, used shoes ;)
But I have to admit, those are some cool looking shoes.
Sounds like 'vintage' is taking 'used' to the HNL.
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