Tag Archives: Brogues

Brogues, you know the flat lace up shoes men wear with their suits, were adopted by woman back in the 20ies. Find out which brands have the coolest styles and how to wear them for the ultimate boho chic!

Stella McCartney flatforms – A true streetstyle wonder!

Stella McCartney flatforms with their huge wooden and serrated rubber sole were first introduced for fall 2014, mainly as a limited edition. These days they can be seen as potential candidate to turn from one season wonder into a more lasting icon. However, for most average people they might seem hard to wear upon first sight! So lets collect some inspirations on how to wear Stella McCartney flatforms in style!

Stella McCartney flatforms

Blogger Chiara Ferragni wearing Stella McCartney flatforms during fashion month September 2014, picture https://de.pinterest.com/stylecloseup/how-to-wear-brogues/

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Prada flatforms – The rise of an icon

Prada flatforms seem to be one of the brands icons. Only very recently blogger Leandra Medine chose wearing a pair of Prada creepers while attending Stella McCartney’s pre-fall 2015 presentation. This choice is particularly outstanding because Stella McCartney has a very coveted pair of flatforms, the so called Elyse, too. So lets go a little back in history and see how the Prada flatforms trend evolved!

Prada flatforms

Blogger Leandra Medine wearing a Stella McCartney dress, Chanel art school backpack and Prada flatforms while attending Stella McCartney pre fall 2015 presentation, picture vogue.com

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Prada creepers – Are they still trending?

Flat platform shoes or flatforms in fashion slang are definitely back on the trend radar for 2015. While about 10 years ago the flatform discussion used to be about sneakers this time around its about Oxford style lace up shoes. The Stella McCartney Elyse platform brogues were one of the most popular shoes during fashion month last September. However, what about the brand that brought the flatform back on the radar? What about the Prada creepers?

Prada creepers

Hanneli Mustaparta wearing Prada creepers, pic http://styleintoaction.blogspot.de

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Stella McCartney Elyse & the revival of the platform shoes

Platforms are a somewhat strange fashion trend. Let’s be honest the look is not really flattering and its not that easy to walk in them. Despite of these drawbacks its a style that was repopularized in the late 90ies and early 2000s by pop groups like Spice Girls and never really faded afterwards. While in the 90ies the platform sneakers were the ultimate piece, later Christian Louboutin adopted the platform in order to elevate his heels and now classic Oxford lace up shoes received a platform treatment!

Stella McCartney Elyse

Stella McCartney Elyse platform lace up shoes were very popular among fashion week attendees last September. The style has been relaunched for cruise 2015, picture credentials basicsfashionblog.blogspot.com

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How to wear lace up shoes Clemence Poesy style

Oxford lace up and brogues style shoes are trending for summer 2014! But they are really conservative, classic and so masculine. I had a problem incorporating this shoe style into my wardrobe for such a long time until I started to draw inspiration from Clemence Poesy, who is a master in wearing them the right way. Do you want to know how wear lace up shoes Clemence Poesy style?

Clemence Poesy style

Clemence Poesy attending the ‘The strange city’ Exhibition by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov at Monumenta 2014 : Dinner to benefit ‘Naked Heart Foundation’. Held at Grand Palais on May 13, 2014. @purepeople.com

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Oxford lace up shoes – Trending for summer 2014!?

Oxford lace up shoes – you know the flat lace up shoes – which woman started to borrow from the boys back in the 20ies. The British designer Mary Katrantzou, who is famous for her incredible digital print, dedicated her whole spring 2014 collection to them! Want to know who else had a crush on Oxford lace up shoes for the spring summer collections?

Mary Katrantzou

Oxford’s were the inspiration for Mary Katrantzou’s digital print for spring 2014, photo@style.com

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