Review: NAP goodies

Ordered last Wednesday, arrived at my desk first thing Monday morning.

I adore NAP packaging.  I love the black boxes and the classic b&w ribbon.  I do a sneaky and even when I'm ordering only sale items, I'll throw in a full-priced item to get the classic black box.  Returns to NAP are free ;)

Oh em gee I am in so much love with my Karl Lagerfield pant suit.  So much love and such a bargain.  And you know what is really weird?  The pants fit like a glove.  No need to take the hem up AT ALL.  I checked NAP and they are not listed as cropped, 7/8 or 3/4 pants.  Makes no sense.

I knew the J Brand cotton twill pants would be a perfect fit as I have the same pants in white - these black ones will be my Friday work pants because I don't get casual Fridays :(  Can I take a poll -

How many people get casual Fridays at their office job?

The J Crew tee is a lovely soft fabric.

The biggest disappointment are the Repetto flats.  My friend Ling has first hand experience with Repetto flats and said the quality isn't great and they are quite slippery.  I had to buy them half a size smaller as they didn't have my size (they're 100% leather so I figured they would stretch out) but I can barely get my feet into them.  I also inspected the shoes and they don't look good quality.  I actually think Bloch flats are better made and half the price so I'll be sticking to Bloch for now.

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.