Louboutin #5 - Purple Bianca - my 'accidental' purchase

Ok I've called this my accidental purchase because in my opinion I bought them accidentally, although many others will disagree with me.

I spotted these babies on eBay for a Buy-It-Now price or Best Offer.  So I submitted my best offer.  I thought the process was that the seller would be notified of my best offer and then agree to accept it or reject it.  I did NOT know that eBay can magically automatically accept your best offer and suddenly after I clicked Submit on my best offer, it told me "Congratulations you have now purchased blah blah blah".

ANYWAY, these are a 35.5 (my TTS) and they give me major heel slippage even AFTER I put heel grips in the back.  I don't feel like they're too big as they fit perfectly in the width and length, but for some reason my heel just won't stay in there.  I might have to go down to a 35 next time and just stretch the crap out of the toebox.  The general recommendation is to go down 1/2 or 1 whole size but obviously this is difficult to do when your TTS is 35.5 and it's almost impossible to go down 1 size.

They're not the easiest to walk in because of the heel slippage.  I also find my toes a little cramped at times in the toebox.  Not sure if I would buy another pair of Biancas - I love the look of them but they just seem ill-fitting on my weird feet.

Louboutin #3 and #4 - Jenny Natural Canvas and black Hyper Prive with red tip

I found these on ebay from the same seller and grabbed both.  To me, the black peeptoe with red tip is the quintessential Louboutin shoe and I always thought it would be the first pair I would own.  I'd never tried the Hyper Prives on before but they look similar to the Very Prives and both contain 'Prive' so they must fit the same right?  Wrong.  You'd think by now I'd learned my lesson about seemingly similar Louboutins NOT fitting the same.  This is another one.

The Hyper Prive is exactly the same as the Very Prive except the platform at the front of the HPs is taller (1 inch) than the VPs (I'd say 3/4 inch).  I think the higher platform actually pushes my foot up and out so my foot doesn't sit as comfortably inside the shoe and I have the dreaded muffin top foot.  I've also got an issue with the left shoe so all in all, the fit is not great.  I'm not sure if the fact I got them half a size up from TTS contributes but it probably does.  I'll probably end up selling these, but not before perving on them a LOT.

Research had told me Jennys are great for a wider foot and I took these TTS.  Let me tell you, they are amazing for wide feet.  They fit me perfectly and despite the heel height of 150mm, they are probably the most comfortable Louboutin I own.  I still have to stick heel grips in the back because of my skinny ankle but otherwise they fit like a glove!

Louboutin #2 - Chantilly Lace Very Prives

I stumbled across these babies in David Jones one day and HAD to have them.  I was a bit nervous because I had just bought the blue/yellow Architeks on eBay and was expecting them to arrive that week.  I thought maybe 2 in one week was a bit OTT (little did I know this would degenerate over the coming weeks).

They were 1/2 size up from my TTS (my TTS is 35.5 and these are 36) but they're the smallest size DJ stocks (attention David Jones - us smaller footed ladies would like some Louboutin love) so I couldn't get them in my TTS which I probably should have.  They're a tad too long but nothing heel grips can't fix.

I noticed the lace on the heel was ripped and of course they didn't have another pair in size 36 so they knocked 10% off the purchase price (after already being 60% off) and gave me the business card for a cobbler to take them to.  After DJs I visited the recommended cobbler - he took one look and told me there was nothing he could do for me.  Sad face.  He suggested I get some paint and an artistic friend to draw fake lace on....  Ummm...

So they've been sitting in my cupboard since I bought them.  I'm saving them for a special occasion since the lace is so delicate.

The start of a VERY dangerous addiction (with red soles)...

Ok.
I'll admit it.
I'm addicted.
That red sole.
That skinny stiletto heel.
I can't help myself.

My Louboutin journey started when I was 21 and I bought a pair of black crepe Yoyos with crystal heel off eBay.  They were deliciously pretty but when I got them I couldn't shove my fat feet in them.  My family say I have 'yenjai' feet (yenjai: native person of Papua New Guinea, where I lived for half my life) and they definitely are wide (22cm long x 9cm wide).  I had to get rid of these beautiful shoes.  It was a sad day.

3 years later I thought I'd try again.  By now, the Sydney CL boutique had opened up so I went in there to try a few styles on.  I tried the Pigalle Plato 120 and I foolishly thought it would be the same fit as the Pigalle 120s.  BOY WAS I WRONG.  To date, the Pigalle 120s have been the most painful shoe experience of my life.  I got them off net-a-porter and sized 1/2 size down from my true to size (TTS) and it was still gaping at the back, yet my fat feet were spilling out the sides:

This was my second setback.  After that, I gave up for a few years, deciding that Louboutins were just too narrow for my obese feet.

..... Until I spotted these blue and yellow Architeks on eBay which I had seen on celebrities when they first came out and fell in love with.  I thought I'd give Christian a third and final go.

You know what they say about 3rd time being a charm.

After my faith had been restored in Mr Louboutin I decided to be smarter about my future purchases and actually started using this amazing thing called the internet to do proper research.  I rediscovered the purse forum where I had signed up 5 years ago but never visited, and tPf has helped me SO much.

Anyway, I plan to blog about my Louboutins to help other flat-footed, muffin-top-footed "yenjai feet" ladies out there.