I’ve found some cheap* look-a-like Chloe ankle leather boots in brown at Office shoes. These camel shoes are perfect for your you casual wear with jeans or even dress them up with a skirt and a nice handbag.

Buy them for only £ 38.00 UK = $62.00 U.S. dollars

What a better way to beat the Monday blues than with a cool sale on some shoes?

See what the Chloe boots look like here on Net a porter’s website, they also look like the Chloe Kimberly without the heels.

*inexpensive.

photography by Bryan Adams for the Zeiss Calendar 2011.

I think this issue made me want to respect Elle Paris a bit more because it featured fresh content; pages and pages of portraits from some of the most talented people I admire in the fashion industry such as Victoire de Castellane, Marc Jacobs, Martin Sitbon, Stefano Pilati and Isabel Marant.

Designers that are a bit quirky, off beat, non-the-less exceptional and who chart their own territory.

But I was quickly brought back to reality and very disappointed because they didn’t bother to put a “token” black model in the mix.

The cover featured five all white and seemingly blond models Iselin Steiro, Kasia Struss, Natasha poly, Daria Strokous and Ginta Lapina.

Goes to show that we still have a long way to go in terms of diversity in the fashion industry, especially here in France.

I’m not asking for all black issues, or all white issues, but beauty is diverse and that’s not represented here.

Below, are some of my favorite portraits from the batch of designers. Click on thumbnails to see larger images.  The image quality is a bit shady, because I couldn’t get my scanner to work so I took photos of the photos.

xoxo

Mirjam Linschooten outside Chanel Fashion show Paris. Wearing Wool cream blazer layered over leopard jacket. Black denim and mustard color booties.

It’s a shoeicide!

Be still my heart, while my brain calculates how to get these BALENCIAGAs into my life!