Hunt for iPanemas

Yesterday I discovered that my flip flops were falling apart, which was a true horror, as I really loved them.

Last year I was looking for summer shoes that would:

• stay on my feet. So that I can run and walk like a normal person.
• not make my feet sweat and smell. Me and my mom have that problem, we can’t wear shoes out of faux leather, otherwise our feet will smell like we haven’t washed for a week. Oh, the horror and the embarrassment!
• look good (or OK at least)
• be comfortable. I hate that clotheslines make their own shoes that are really bad quality and don’t fit at all with your feet. It’s like shoes that aren’t made to fit your feet??? It doesn’t make any sense! So I needed to buy something that would anatomically fit.

Yes, I am pretty darn picky at some things. But luckily I found shoes that would satisfy all of the criteria above.

I present to you iPanema flipflops. I purchased this model last year.

You can even wear these when you are swimming!

I wasn’t exactly psyched with the design but fell in love with them after the first day. No blisters, no rubbing between toes. The silicone(?) out of which the fastenings are made out of is really soft and flexible.

I think I have made myself clear, why I desperately needed a new pair!

I surfed the net to find whether they have a list that shows where iPanema flip flops are sold,but they didn’t have such information on their UK homepage, but they did have a great deal. Order over 25 Pounds and voila you have free shipping worldwide. If you don’t exceed the 25 Pound limit, you will have to pay 3 Pounds for shipping which is pretty cheap i my opinion. They have some items on sale online so you may be able to get 2 pairs of flip flops and free shipping for 25 Pounds. Of course this may be a bit of late notice, as they would arrive to destination after 3-4 weeks or so.

To check them out click HERE.

And while checking out their stuff, I came across a pair of flip flops that were designed by a designer of Estonian origin, who has an über-popular sporting clothesline in Rio de Janeiro. His clothesline is called Oskler.

And here they are iPanema flip flops by Oskar Metsavaht.

They are unisex so if you want to, you and your bf can wear the same flip flops : D

I found my pair of iPanemas from Spantal sport in Pärnu Kaubamajakas.

They were 23 Euros.

Pretty identical to the ones I had before but I don’t care. They didn’t really have a great choice of sandals there. There were some that were designed by Gisele Bundchen that were quite cool.

So for people who might want to purchase these amazing flip flops online I’m just gonna say for size comparison that I usually wear European size 39 footwear for summer, 40 for sneakers, winter footwear and such. The pair I purchased last year were size 39 and my toes were pretty near to the edge so they should have been a size up but they were sold out. This year I got my hands on size 40 and they are great.

I just might add that I was not fond of paying 23 Euros on a pair of flip flops. Heck, you could get a pair for just 2 Eur. But I mean these are well worth the money.

Hope I could help.

Love,

Janne,

New shoes.. Yay??? Gross pictures alert

Ok. A week ago I bought myself a pair of new shoes. I was in love with them, well still am, but it’s kind of a complicated love that hurts real bad but has a lot of potential. The thing is it hurts like hell to wear them. While I was walking home with the shoes on, I felt kind of a tingling sensation at first that later developed into an excruciating pain.

About 7 min later I arrived home and discovered this.

Huh, so that’s why it hurt to walk. And being quite used to this happening with most of my shoes, I just added a plaster and was done with it. Then I had to leave home, but I forgot to take my phone with me so I came back after walking about 150m or so.

And made a second fabulous discovery.

Plasters didn’t work, go figure.. But I was not willing to give up just yet, I sprayed the backs of my shoes with macadamia nut oil (just an oily product that was in reach), hoping that it would soften the back and plastered my feet again.

Actually there were so many layers of plaster that it was uncomfortable to walk, but not painful.

So at the end of the day I felt like this about my shoes

That they were sent from hell and had barb wire, machetes and Kalashnikovs implanted in them. They also had swastika on them…

I wore them for a couple of days but then I ran out of plaster to keep my feet relatively pain free.

So this brings me to the main point of this whole article.

What to do when your new shoes make your feet hurt?

Have a nice one,

Janne.

Shoes for the birthday girl!

I’d like to dedicate this post to my dear friend and our fellow blogger Liis.. because today it’s her birthday! Unfortunately she’s atm veryvery busy and can’t post. But she has written one post so far and now go read IT! and also wish her happy birthday!

So.. shoes. You all know you love shoes. Check out what I found. *drools*

    

     

These lovelies are from Gaetano Perrone AW11 collection. They are just sooo fun and glamorous that I want to wear them all at the same time.

 

   

   

Some best pieces by Miu Miu. CUTIES.

 

            

And finally something from Giuseppe Zanotti. Silver handbag is a thing that I really want, but I haven’t found a decent one so far. This one here looks just perfect. *sigh*
And of course the shoes.. I could really use these black ones tonight. : (