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Oh Lacroix shoes, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. One, your whimsical polka-dots. Two, your red trim that provides a delicate but decidedly modern detail. Three, your 3.5″ heel that is neither too narrow, nor too chunky. Four, your semi-rounded toe, not too pointy, just enough to lend an air of vintage maturity to an otherwise playful shoe.

I picked these up at the Christian Lacroix boutique in Caeser’s Palace in Las Vegas. These are one of the few pairs of couture shoes that I loved enough to pay full price for. Well, technically, my husband did. The trip was a half-business, half-pleasure. He was on set all day, and I was left to my own devices in the shops on the strip. I fell in love with these the moment I saw them, and that love only grew when I tried them on. I put them on hold, telling the salespeople that I had to check with my husband. I continued with my shopping for the day, all the while thinking of those shoes. I finally sent him a text message: “How much is too much for shoes?” When I told him the price, he told me to buy them - that they would be my birthday present.

I did not buy them immediately. I was also lusting after a pair of Miu Miu silver Mary Janes (I have been dying for a pair since last season). But I had not been able to find the Miu Miu shoes anywhere outside the pages of Vogue. I called a few places in Vegas, but no one had them in silver, so I happily purchased the Lacroix. I have been obsessed with them since I got them. The first time I wore them, I spent half the night staring dreamily at them.

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