Retrouver

After a year and a half of not writing, and inspired by the Sartorialist, this page's ecrivain is back.  So many shoes went unphotographed last year!  So many of them now ugly-heeled, sole-scuffed, and muted from the wear of my two little pied machines.  Lots of catching up to do, but I won't start from the archives.  These silver Miu Miu python lob-nosed flats, shinier than dimes, call Sam & Libby's second reincarnation to mind at the tip, but nowhere else.  A pretty little dark grey card with tiny writing inside the shoebox alerts me:  Shoes with meticulous finish details, made of fine reptile skin that has been tanned using traditional methods and processed to obtain a pearlescent effect.  The origin of the skin is guaranteed and its export is governed by the provisions of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species.   Bought at Scoop Beach, at the July sale, for 70% off.  Vive la pearlescence!