I wrote an article about shoes I would like to own (here) and about shoes I hate and there I am with a new one - again measured on shoes.
I will show you my shoe collection - just to make this shoe list full. I don't want to flaunt with my ownership or something. I'll tell you how did I get which ones and I think it might inspire you.
The first thing I need to tell you is that I am really poor student/future mother, I'm gonna have as less money as I can when I give a born to my baby, cause as a student, I'm the same looser as every unemployed woman. I'm living with some money from my parents, but it's just for my basic needs. I'm trying to make some money with tattooing, illustration and graphic design, but it's not much.
So I can't spent much money for an awesome new shoes. But I'm trying to get as much coolnes as I can for the lowest price. And I think I am really good at it.
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| Fake winklepickers |
I bought theese about two weeks ago and I absolutely love them. The brand is Underground youth and I bought them on vinted. For a 7.50 euro including postage. I found them after almost 3 hours of searching under the label "extravagant" and i had to search throught 200 pages.
If the person tagged them as goth, they would be much more expensive and selled sooner. But it was tagged just as "extravagant" and I was lucky :))
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| Dr. Martens |
I bought theese about six years ago when I was visiting Paris. I wanted to buy some creepers, it was a big boom of creepers at this time, but the store was unfortunatelly closed for a whole week. And I found an awesome punk second hand near the shop with creepers. So I bought my first and only pair of Doc Martens. They were worn out even when I bought them, now they look really shabby, but I'll wear them as long as I can. They are awesome for travelling, cause you can wear them for a long walks, in the rain, when it's hot and they're never uncomfortable.
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| Velvet platform sneakers |
Velvet platform sneakers
I bought theese about four years ago in H&M. I don't remember the price, but it was a normal price for a mainstream shop. They still look good, I guess I don't have a destructive gait as some people. They're really comfortable, I wear them for a long walks.
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| Black sneakers |
Pair of normal black sneakers. They're from some random mainstream shop, i bought them three years ago. I wear them a lot, they're black, they're comfortable, they're everything I need for everyday living. I guess they'll be soon unwearable and destroyed and then I'll buy similar new ones.
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| High platform shoes |
Theese are my favourite "special occasion" shoes. I can't wear them normally, they're too high for me, but I love to wear them occasionlly. They're also from vinted, I think the price was about 7 or 8 euro. The truth is that when Im wearing theese, i always get drunk :D
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| Fake pikes |
not so "piky", but they remind me some of the old traditional winklepickers. I guess the story behind theese is almost the same as the first ones, I get them, again, really cheap, i guess the price was about 6 or 7 euro. Vinted again, long time of browsing and searching... I don't know the brand.. I love them so much, they're so witchy and trad goth! For such a low price!
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| Silver oxford shoes |
Haha, im so proud of theese, but they're not very comfortable - the insole is too flat. But I bought them for about 2euro in tesco. Im wearing them for a special and weird occasions, as carnivals, concerts, parties, but I wore them on two weddings too!
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| Transparent boots |
I wanted theese for a long time and I found them on vinted for about 6 or 7 euro - my favourite price for thrifted shoes, I guess. I was so happy that I bought them so easily and not from abroad. I think I found them under "transparent" tag. They're great for a rainy weather, but terrible for a long walks and hot weather. They're hazy when it's hot :D But if you're fan of funky socks as me, you need theese!
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| Platform jellyfish shoes |
Vinted again, price about 6-7 euro again, the tag "platform" and many many hours of browsing. They're beautifull, but unfortunatelly the platform is not very stable. I bought them this spring and I wore them twice, and once I was walking our dog. And it wasn't easy to tame the dog and walk in theese. I hope I'll wear them more and I'll get used to the platform.
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| Traditional grunge sneakers |
...some cheap store, my basic equipment since I was ten years old. Im buying theese every two years and wearing them to decay. And I wear them often. I think theese're not gonna survive the summer and I'll buy new ones soon. For about 4 euro. And as usual - I'll hate them at the start for being too new, shiny and clean :D
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| White lolita shoes |
I wore them once, I bought them for about 3 euro from vinted, four years ago. They're too big and too white. I'm plaining to paint them black, mabye add some spikes and buy an insole so they'll fit. Hope I'll do it soon, I should shoot the proces and show it to you.
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| Winter platform boots |
Theese are from CCC and I bought them for a normal price at mainstream shoe shop... I love them, but they are my only winter shoes, so I am a bit bored of them after at least three months of wearing.
And that's all! I have a big wishlish on vinted full of shoes and many of them are cheaper than 8 euro and if you're able to save 4 euro per month, you can buy new shoes every two months :)
I hope it inspired you to get some cheap new ones. I like to search things under the tags "original", "extravagant" or "platform",... It's ofter much better than searching under the tags "goth" "gothic" and "punk".
How do you buy shoes? Do you have some tips for getting cheap shoes? I saw some DIY tutorials for platform like-creepers. Do you have some DIY shoe tips?
xoxoxo
N.
