As an Overboard fan and a shoe obsessive, I cannot judge. But I can suggest an experiment: try taking a season off. Wait it out. Are six-inch animal print platforms the must-have this minute? How about five-pound black ankle boots with a cloven hoof toe? There’s a virtual guarantee that they won’t be in for long. By the time they hit they sale rack, the urgency will have expired like last month’s milk. Next season, ease back into it and buy the one perfect pair, and make it so exquisite that you’ll wear it every chance you get. Keep it up, and soon, you’ll have such an impressive collection that one of those pairs will likely come back into style some day and break out of the archives. Just don’t hold your breath.
If, however, you wake up from your bout of amnesia tomorrow and realize that you have untold amounts of cash and a yacht with a revolving, mechanical shoe closet that needs filling, don’t hold back. In which case, I’d recommend the calfskin, closed-toe, Manolo pump in every available color. It too is a classic that will hold up twenty years from now.
