Tory Burch jane thong @ Jildor

Birkenstock gizeh black patent @ Jildor

Christian Louboutin ankle-wrap pump @ Bergdorf Goodman

Oh Deer! Kate @ Zappos

These days it seems like the prices of high end designer shoes have jumped. A really nice shoe used to cost $500 to $600, now that is on the low end. The sweet spot, these days, for a designer shoe is $650 to $900. We’re wondering, is a designer shoe worth the high price? For example, if we showed you two shoes that looked basically the same, and told you that one was a Christian Louboutin and the other an Oh Deer! - which one would you want? Is the quality that much better in the designer shoe? Or is it just the name? What is it about shoes that causes us to throw caution to the wind and spend an insane amount of money? Well, there’s something so lovely about putting on an expensive pair of shoes.  Slipping into a pair of $1200 Chanel pumps can make you feel like Dorothy in her magic slippers. Why is that? I think it’s because it makes you feel like you’re worth it, and special enough to wear something so well crafted. I suppose that means I’m buying into exactly what luxury brands want me to, essentially I’m part of the problem. What’s a girl to do? I think many of us out there get the meaning behind Oscar Wilde when he said: ” I have a simple taste, only the best”. Hopefully, we won’t all go broke doing it. Happy shoe hunting!