Lanvin platform cone heels

[s54]

unfortunately, you can't always go by the price listed in the magazines. the magazines are printed way before the shoes hit the stores and before the shoes are even produced. a lot of times they are using runway samples, and the pricing isn't always accurate. i wish you could, but you can't.
if that were the case, i would have been able to get the runway versions for $685. i went to barneys yesterday and the patent t-strap with the cone heel was $800 plus tax, and jeffrey had the sandal in satin, not patent for $785. jeffrey also had the lanvin sandal with the thick wooden heel and platform with the metal plate, and it had a snakeskin strap. this style was over $1500. these were all with much shorter heels than the runway versions. sad.

 

[iluvfashion]

The open-toe red sandal I posted a few days ago was for $895 plus tax at Ikram. The green ones I ordered are $800 plus tax.

 

[brian]

^ yikes! that is way too high of a markup from the original 685 that the runway-high versions should've cost!

 

[brian]

pastry,read back a few pages. i got a pair in the red open toe pumps from the boutique in paris (which was a drama to get), under the impression they were the runway versions. from what they have told me, the runway versions are not being produced at all, and the turqoise patent leather was not produced either.

that's really odd... lanvin's website says that the t-strap IS available in turquoise... ... they really need to get their crap together...

the website also shows the satin sandal in the catwalk height:

but the closed-toe pump in the shorter heel:

all photos, lanvin.fr

 

[brian]

^ yikes! that is way too high of a markup from the original 685 that the runway-high versions should've cost!

i digress.... while $900 really is quite a price to pay for these shoes, it's all up to you, really, and if you're willing to pay it. they are beautiful shoes.

 

[iluvfashion]

Maybe other colors are available but just not in the US.

 

[brian]

Maybe other colors are available but just not in the US.

i don't think so..... s54 said that the boutique in paris told her that the turquoise is not being produced.

 

[DP_woman]

The closed-toe version is so ugly.

 

[DriversHigh]

wonderful wonderful shoe but I can't help but think:


STRIPPER SHOES!!

How are they much different?

 

[DP_woman]

They're upscale stripper shoes.

 

[ckashie]

I have to say even though I like some of these shoes, the ones Lindsay is wearing are very, very ugly.

 

[vintage_princess]

I think seeing Lindsay wearing them, ruins them for me..

 

[brian]

she loves lanvin

 

[Guessgirl96]

I hate the ones Lindsey is wearing, but I still really want a pair...

 

[sonyagirl]

I love these shoes and I may be ruining my chances of getting them but it seems a certain store is getting a shipment of them next week....

Cathy Horn wears them in today's NYT article

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/fashion/thursdaystyles/13HIGH.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

THIS was going to be great, I told myself. I was going to march into Michael's on West 55th Street, wearing the highest heels to come out of Paris, Lanvin's peep-toe stilettos with five-and-a-half-inch cone heels and a two-inch platform, and they were all going to look up from their Cobb salads with demiportions of Roquefort and — well, it was going to be great....

 

[brian]

cathy got a pair of the runway ones?

so not fair!

 

[iluvfashion]

I just received my Lanvins. They are gorgeous.
The heels measure 5.25. I love the color too. They are patent, emerald green (a bit darker than the picheart:

 

[brian]

^ i love those. very gorgeous, luvfashion

 

[DP_woman]

Gorgeous. 5.25 isn't so short.

 

[vintage_princess]

congrats on your new Lanvins!