My prep for Paris fashion week selfishly involves getting the wardrobe ready. Yes, I am there to do work and there's plenty to do to prep the serious stuff up. Let's face it though, what goes into my suitcase also needs SOME thought. I'll actually be upfront and say it requires meticulous planning that involves scary lists on the Blackberry. Sadly I don't belong in the "Oh? I just threw some shit in my case...." camp. Too little and I end up buying crap in Paris that I won't ever wear when I get back. To much and I end up with a case that gives me giant red welts on the hands everytime I try and lift it up.
Seeing as I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to eat with a £=EURO exchange rate, throwing a lot of money at the outfit situation ain't gonna help. Hence the recent high street binging yesterday and more today - at H&M to be precise. Shoes were actually the last thing I expected to buy there considering my increasingly selective policy over footwear. These cream lace-up wedges though were precisely the sort of all-purpose walking shoes that I needed considering the fact that I'll now be staying smack bang in the centre of Paris and therefore won't be Metro-ing much.
I couldn't quite shake the feeling that they needed something done to them and in this crappy DIY section of mine, shoe fix-ups are quite prominent. In the spirit of that, I bought some of these cream camelia plastic bracelets, cut-em-up and bunged them on the wedges. I could almost describe that in a Gordon Ramsey's F Word recipe voiceover - H&M - WEDGE - BRACELET- CUT- TWANG (the elastic of the bracelet) - GLUE GUN - STICK - WAIT - DONE. One advert break and they were finished. I may get another bracelet to add more to the wedges but basically all I need to do now is carry an emergency tube of superglue around with me lest I lose a flower or two... and off I go...
