Help! I'm drawn like a moth to a flame... by these VAN DAL shoes?????

[MorrisZapp]

www.vandalshoes.com/product.asp?i=1153

Do I need help? Or do I just need £65 to race out and buy these adorable shoes?

They look even nicer in the shop window, and are v similar to a pair I wore for years (from trendy shop) and got millions of compliments on.

They are perfect for spring: covered toe, discreet wedge heel, adorable colour and bow detail.

Has anybody else ever bought Van Dal shoes? Do they even sell them to the under 60's? Will I be asked for some form if ID to prove that I eat scones and watch Heartbeat?

Help meeeeeee......

ps, just read the thread back and I can't believe how many people hate them.

Well, I'd wear them and I'm the kate moss of my village Except, older, not as thin, not as goodlooking, but you get my drift.. I'm a trailblazer in my radius.

It's the way you wear things isn't it?! You need to break a few fashion rules now and then , and this is YOUR rule to break.

7. thou shalt not wear Van Dal shoes. says who? do it if you want to.

Some of the other shoes are completely horrible though. Those ones slipped in to the range by mistake

The pink is dire.

The silver could be okish, depending on the clothes worn, nah scrap that they are VILE.

Not to wear together but I like this all the same.

Hear hear oh fishy one. I too am a trendsetter.

It's classy fishy, not really Kate Moss though is it? I quite like it all the same. Again perhaps not in fuschia.

I like these. Hideous though in the other options

Salmonintheliffey - thank you!!

Sorry ladies, didn't mean to put you all off your gypsy creams.

I saw them in the shop window and I SWEAR they are cute. I'm almost tempted to buy them just to prove I can wear them with panache Hmm, ok, I'll step back and have a good think before chucking £65 at the issue.

And I wonder how much Office or Schuh would charge for these babies, or how many bright young things would dash to grab them:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMAZING-Vintage-80s-RAINBOW-heels-SHOES-5-5-Van-Dal_W0QQitemZ170301863012QQcmdZViewIt emQQptZUKWomensVintageClothing?hash=item170301863012&trksid=p3286.c0.m14&trkparms=72%3A1683%7C 66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Errr not me. Sorry I have to draw the line somewhere.

I'm nearer to the age group for VanDal than most of you and I look at their clothes and think "cruise wear" "golf club ladies".

I meant shoes not clothes, but they would look nice with some Viyella or Country Casuals leisure wear!

Oh my God, who's the seller!? Cheryl from Bucksfizz!?

They remind me of 'Duty Free', the dodgy 80's sitcom set in Alicante or somewhere!

OMG no. Get the pink ones then - anything but the rainbow jobbies! NOOOOO

I'm not planning to buy the rainbow ones!!!

They are for comparative purposes only.

I like them in silver but couldn't stretch to paying £65 for them.

I had some Van Dal shoes once, pricey but very, very well fitting.

rofl at Cheryl from Bucks Fizz.

Clarks and Hush Puppies have both been rehabilitated as cool, haven't they?

I've got my trusty HP tan leather pumps on as we speak. Comfy, cool, well made, what more do you want.

If Crocs and Uggs can have a fashion moment (both ugly imo) then a wee pink pump can't offend, can it?

Morris - you are right about Clarks/HP.

Perhaps the thing to do, for the good of us all, is to buy them, style them up and then post a picture for us all to judge admire.

We could have a whip round?

Yay smellyeli! I will do just that.

No need for whip round. DP owes me a present

They're definitely a spring purchase though so will wait and see if I still want them in a month. Can't see them working with my black ankle socks and berghaus life preserver.

Have I just committed further fashion sin...

oy!

i'm actually selling some peach slingbacks...

I can't believe you had the gall to post these in style and beauty.
Move it to AIBU for gawds sake....

I love 'em Morris. I have a real penchant for granny shoes and often ogle them in shop windows. I bought these in gray patent leather after seeing DD's 85 year old great granny wearing them - in old gold leather. Tres chic.