Cobbler

I understand that blogging about a shoe repair shop is far from a sexy topic, but I was very pleased to come across a great one in the city. I am now fully "staffed", so to say, with my local service peeps from shoe repair, alterations, salon, florist dentist, primary care doctor etc. At this point I guess you could say I'm officially a resident =)

I found that after trolling around the city in my Louboutins that I was in need of resoling them, for longevity and non-slip purposes. I've been bringing in regular leather shoes to get resoled and fixed to Your Shoe Repair in Wicker Park since I moved to the city, but making sure they were able to handle a pair of my babies made me just a tid nervous. I called ahead of time to get the deets and they told me that they would use Vibram rubber non-skid half soles, would paint the sides of the 1mm soles black to match the shoe, and would cost $25. Vibram is an Italian based company that's been around forever, so I made the decision to move forward and was happy with my choice. There was a little black residue left over on the sole from the paint (which you can see in the pic below), but it rubbed out fairly easily, so I would definitely recommend this shop and bring back another pair of my babies.

Pigalle

I've been going back and forth for quite some time now, trying to figure out which Christian Louboutin style would be the best first pair to purchase. Do I do the open toe, which virtually goes with anything, but is limited to warm weather occasions; or do I do the Hyper heel, and draw a ton of attention to myself; or do I stick to the non-platform, pointy-toe classic? Black, patent leather, embellished or colored? I decided on the timeless Pigalle style in a flat black, which really can be worn with any outfit to class it up. Just think, I can wear it to work with a suit, as a guest to a wedding with a dress, a dinner date night out, or even for a brunch date with a dressed down outfit. This style was available at ONE store in the US in my size, a 35, so really, I thought it was just meant to be. I was literally a little fat kid opening up a king size candy bar when I ripped open the box that came in the mail. I am in LOVE.

I googled "Pigalle" during my search for this shoe and I thought it was funny what Wikipedia has written as a part of the definition of the area in Paris:

"Pigalle is famous for being a tourist district, with many sex shops on Place Pigalle and the main boulevards and prostitutes operating in the side streets."