I Need It #1: This Thong-Wedge Sandal Has Made Me Lose Control
Among other things I’m coveting…a tank, the Prada “Glass Slipper”, and more.
“I Need It” is where I can talk about things that make me froth at the mouth.
Salivating Over This Thong-Wedge Sandal
While last year I sang the praises of Phoebe Philo’s thong wedge—footwear’s rabid sexual awakening!—there is a more playful thong wedge that’s since reared its head: the Tory Burch Sublime Wedge Flip-Flop.
Like the shoe’s title states, the wedge is truly sublime. The obsidian leather insole is pristine-looking—so sleek that you could drag your tongue from tip to heel; you could fry an egg on it; you could see your reflection in it. As for the wedge, it’s polished: there’s a sharp incline at the midsole that descends into a soft plateau at the heel, creating a sort of genius angle that I imagine in a piece of Danish furniture. ( SNAKE’s
, design brain, texted me a curvy “Eames La Chaise” to illustrate the thong wedge’s slope.) And the shoe’s descent isn’t even the best part: the sole has a moat-like construction that encircles the wedge like a Land Rover’s bumper, giving the Sublime a cool, modernist kick. Like the conversation pit of soles! I dare say the shoe is reminiscent of the architectural Robert Clergerie or Stéphane Kélian designs of yore.
The second genius touch to the Sublime is the slacker, stoner, summer-bummer thong fabric strap. While Phoebe Philo’s thong wedge has a simple leather thong strap, the Sublime’s woven sandal strap is what you’d find on a pair of $9.99 flip-flops you might buy at a beach booth. The visuals are cute: there are little figures doing breaststrokes who curvily warp into the word “Sublime.” Remember the paparazzi shot of Charlize Theron smoking weed out of a DIY apple bong in her bikini? This is the sort of sandal she’d wear. On that note, Siri, play “Scarlet Begonias.”
That Epic Prada “Glass Slipper”
I need an old-new, slightly perverted