Tales of a shoe hoarder.... Episode Six...

Happy Halloween!!

Boy am I letting y'all down on my shoe tales or what!? I promise I'll try to do better!

Here is a pair of WITCHY shoes! I love the heels on these. I bought these about 4 years ago. So much fun to wear on Halloween!

They are Demonia brand, and you can still find them~ there are different colors and styles as well. The heels are called coffin heels, bwah-ha-haaaa!

I don't wear these often, but they sure come in handy when I need REALLY tall shoes! My GWTW Portrait gown is too long for me, and I wore them all day with this gown twice.

This was taken at A Walk Back in Time two years ago. It's an event that has Civil War, Revolutionary War, WWII and Old West reenactments.

Here we are in costume for my home town's Sesquicentennial celebration. *AHEM* This is the day I found my headboard; yes, I was yardsaling in this gown! LOL! That's my mom next to me. We tied the headboard to the roof of my car and drove about 15 mph 5 blocks back to her house. What a hoot~

Tales of a shoe hoarder...Episode Two

Well folks, ,while I'm on the subject of Jake and Mandi's wedding, I'll talk about the shoes I wore that day. Navy blue T-straps, in a rather 30's-40's retro style. I bought these on ebay to go with my vintage dress, also found on the 'bay.

The dress is a frock from the 30's. It's made of rayon crepe. (Remeber, today's rayon is nothing like that of yesteryear!) It closes at the side with about 20 hook-and-eyes, and ties behind the back. The lace is just gorgeous. I paid around $15 for this beauty! I'm wearing a vintage brooch at the center, my Grandma's pearls~ and carried her "pearl" beaded handbag. Oh, and fishnet stockings!I wore these shoes ALL DAY. I did the bridal party's hair before the wedding... I was sick as a dog and could hardly speak, thus I really don't wanna show any head shots. Ran around doing last minute things when I got to the reception, then I danced all night! For as high as these heels were, they really weren't too bad.

Here they are in red, wouldn't they be cute too!

I also wore these navy shoes ALL DAY to my home town's Sesquicentennial Celebration. I was to dress in the period of the 1850's, and Scarlett's blue velvet "Portrait Gown" from Gone With the Wind was as close to accurate as I had. I have to wear high heels as this dress is too long for me, even with the hoop. Here is a photo of our group, "150 years ago"~ my mom is on my left. Click on the photo to see details.

Psst... I'm also corseted! But that's for another post in the future!

And here is Scarlett in the "portrait", of course!