Summer Heels

Every so often fashion kindly drops a bombshell. Ponchos which made us look squat, skinny jeans which, if made badly, had the effect of a sausage strangled by cling film, chokers which cut us off at the neck in the 90’s. This season’s bomb is the death of the vertiginous heel. Heralded and welcomed across many a publication and fashion blog, no-one will praise this trend as much as your feet. Gone is the awkward bag stuffing of blister pads, heel grips and plasters and the long worn phrase “I’ll wear my heels but pack my flats in case.”

The block heel is the lift that gives us confidence, the construction which means we can last all day in them and the shape which saves us from shuffling (you know who you are ballet flats.) So let’s count ourselves lucky and soothe our aching feet with all things deliciously low heeled until the fashion pendulum ascends that heel height again.

Try them with your cigarette pants, summer dresses, skinny jeans. Go bold if you are feeling brave and style out this trend in hot colour pops which will enliven even the dullest of summers. And if a block is too….well, blocky….then try a kitten heel: demure, feminine and just as easy to step into summer in. BUT – your block heels can in no way look orthopaedic. Give Scholl a wide berth and head for the high street instead.

See how to wear your summer heels on the Earth, Wit and Style Pinterest