High heels in Barcelona?

After almost 15 months without wearing high heels (I've retired them temporarily when I found out I was pregnant of little M.), today I've decided to bring my camel sandals to life. On my way to work I remembered sadly why I avoid wearing high heels in Barcelona:

1. The side walk patterns (with all the little cute flowers and squares) destroy the heels

2. Twist your ankle is not fun 

3. Looking stupid trying to manage your balance

Pretty Ballerinas summer edition

It's not a secret (especially if you know me well) that I am crazy for ballerinas... but for the hot summer days in Barcelona nothing like flat sandals or Havaianas. So you can imagine my surprise when I found out that my favorite brand of ballerinas launched a special summer edition of the Lilly collection available in many colors such as fucsia, green, red, gold, silver, white....

If you are somewhere in the south hemisphere you can shop online for the winter collection - simply fabulous... this blog recommends!

Pretty Ballerinas
www.prettyballerinas.com

Exclusivity at your feet

One of my favorite streets in Madrid is Calle Espíritu Santo, in the Malasaña neighbourhood. The place hides wonderful surprises like the small shoe shop Ioli-Guide, a place where you enter and the first reaction you have is to try every single pair of exclusive shoes available. That's right, exclusive!

At Ioli-Guide, anyone can create his/her own pair of shoes, choosing from six existing insole shapes, with a combination of over a 100 fabrics and a range of heels available (with a 15€ suplement for platform shoes).

In the web, that is still not a 100% ready, you can play with the different combinations (my favorite one is the Pispireta 4, just like in the picture below), created by designers Veronique Guide and Cynthia Ioli.


Exclusivity has its price, of course: for a model available in store the price is aprox 150€, and to design your own pair of shoes, the price increases to aprox 185€.

Men are also welcome to design their own exclusive pair of shoes. Also, the store has a beautiful collection of bags and accessories, all hand-made.

Images: diario El Mundo