It's shoe time

Now I haven't cheated.  I have been chuntering on about brogues for forever and so when the lovely ladies at Seven Boot Lane asked if I'd like to try a pair of their new suede ones, clearly it would have been rude not to.  

For the summer, these are exactly what I had in mind.  As much as I do love the more traditional leather ones, to wear with bare feet (currently sporting very attractive pop socks, my only irritation with which is that they appear to be verging on cutting off the circulation to the lower part of my legs.  Which is concerning and rather painful) I wanted something slightly less robust.

These newly released suede brogues are perfect.  The ideal shade of mouse grey which goes with absolutely everything - perfect for now with dark colours (I loved wearing them today with black and looking forward to teaming with navy) and even better with a light tan and summer whites.

There are actually very few more delicate suede ones around, so I'm delighted with my gift.  The fact they go incredibly well with my Anya bag is also a total billy bonus (sorry Jenna - the matchy matchy still makes me very happy - I shall never be a proper disciple) 

And to top it all, they are super comfortable.  As much as I love my heels, there is something to be said about a deliciously easy to wear pair of flats.  I chose the grey pair (which, as you can see, is definitely a minky grey as opposed to a dove grey - for me more useful as it can go with shades of grey and shades of camel) but it was definitely a close run thing between these and the rust version.  I thought for the summer, I'd get more wear out of a lighter shade. 

Flat Oxford Lace up brogue from Seven Boot Lane £100

Here in the rust suede 




They have also hugely kindly, given a discount code which can be used against any boots or shoes on their site.  The code gives 10% off and is DMBSS14.  There are some really beautiful shoes and boots on there - they have done an exclusive pair of boots for Anthropologie to give you an idea of the style and the quality.  In fact, an ankle boots blog is probably well overdue.  I shall be working on one of those next week.  The code lasts till the end of March but the shoes are limited in some sizes already so I probably wouldn't procrastinate (which is rich coming from me) for too long if you think your Spring wardrobe is missing a pair of these.

There are other brogues out there, most of which are of the sturdier variety and in leather, if you after more of a traditional style.