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Jimmy Choo ‘Letitia’ Sandal

Jimmy Choo Letitia Sandal, £869.00

Jimmy Choo Letitia Sandal

Citrus hues were splashed all over the spring runways, so work the mouthwatering palette with Jimmy Choo’s red Suede and leather ‘Letitia’ platform Sandals. Featuring sleek gold hardware and a high stiletto heel, this platform pair will make a punchy contrast to monochrome daytime looks.

Jimmy Choo Letitia Sandal

Jimmy Choo shoes are coral red suede sandals with a self-covered stiletto heel that measures approximately 6 inches and a 2 inch covered platform. The shoes also feature an open toe, two buckled straps, a contrasting waxed leather panel to the sides and a leather sole.

Miranda Kerr wears a pair of Jimmy Choo Platform Sandals.

Fashion Phonetics by Elle UK

How well do you know your designers?

There are many International designers on the fashion scene and sure enough, some of the names take some thinking about before pronouncing.

Well, thanks to ‘Elle Magazine UK’s Fashion phonetics’ we can now confidently talk about our favourite designers without being corrected.

Here are some names that you might be familiar with. I have also taken the liberty to put face to name where possible.

Lanvin: lon-van

Marchesa: mar-key-sa

Moschino: moss-key-no

Loewe: low-ev-aye

Erotokritos: er-otto-crete-us

Herve Leger: her-vay le-j-air

Hermes: er-mez

Avsh alom gur: av-sha-lom-gurr

Burberry Prorsum: burr-berry p-roar-sum

Giambattista Valli: gee-yam-bat-easter var-lee

Mawi: m-oy

Comptoirs des Cottoniers: con-twar day cot-on-yay

Pauric Sweeney: pore-ig swee-knee

Giuseppe Zanotti: ji-sep-ee za-not-ee

Gianfranco Ferre: gee-anne-franko fair-er

Thakoon: ta-coon

Rei Kawakubo: ray ka-wa-coo-bo and founder of Comme des Garcons: com day gar-s-on

Charles Anastase: charles anna – stars

Irina Lazareanu: eye-re-na la-za-ray-nu

 Coco Rocha: co-co rosh-ah

Alexa Adams and Flora Gill are the designers behind Ohne Titel: own-er teet-al

Roksanda Illincic: rok-san-der ill-in-ch-itch

Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto are behind label Eley Kishimoto: eel-ee kish-ee-mow-toe

Miuccia Prada: moo-chi-a pra-da

Andrew Gn: an-drew jen

Sonia Rykiel: son-ya rick-eel

Azzedine Alaia: az-a-dean a-lie-ya

Jean Charles de Castelbajac: je-on sh-arl de cass-tell-bar-yak

Marios Schwab: ma-ree-os shh-wab

Hussein Chalayan: who-sain sha-lie-on

Balenciaga: bal-en-see-aga (a young Balenciaga, born on January 21, 1895 and died March 23, 1972 aged 87)

Rodarte: row-dart-ay by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy

Stuart Weitzman: stew-ert wise-man

Spijkers en Spijkers: spike-ers ‘n’ spike-ers

Sophia Kokosalaki: so-fia coco-sa-la-ki

Proenza Schouler: pro-n-sa shoe-ler

Nicolas Ghesquiere: nicola guess-key-air

Narciso Rodriguez: nar-see-so rod-re-gez

Jean Paul Gaultier: john-paul go-tea-air

Ines van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin: in-ez van lambs-veard and vee-nude matt-a-din

Hedi Slimane: eddie slim-arn

Consuelo Castglioni: con-sway-low cass-till-e-an-ee

Alber Elbaz: al-bear el-baz

Osman Yousefzada: oz-man you-sef-zar-der

Agyness Deyn: ag-ness dean

Doutzen Kroes: doubt-zin cruise (Dutch Super Model)

So be in the know and do not embarrass yourself and get caught out with pronounciations.

Ukrainian Army Women and their Shoes….

Every one has been linking to this photo of the Ukrainian Army hotties during a parade in “full dress.” As one may see, for footwear, anything goes, from the slingbacks to the wedge heels, and to the sexy, stiletto heeled pumps.
By the comparison, the standard female dress shoes for any Army is usually ”Black oxford shoes, or black service boots… very plain, functional, serious, and appropriate, but not hot.