Shoes with something to look at
A buying guide from Lurevela London
Shoes people stop you in the street to ask about.
Four reasons our retro leather boots and pumps are the ones women come back for.
Most shoes are designed to disappear. These are not. Tooled flowers, cut-out panels, studded brogueing, hand-finished leather in colours you will not find on a high street rail — this is the part of the collection people buy because they want to be asked where they got them. What surprises women is that they are also the pairs they end up wearing most.
The pattern is worked into the leather, not printed on
The florals on these pairs are tooled, stitched and cut into the upper rather than laid over the top of it. That is why they hold their depth as the leather wears in, and why no two pairs sit quite the same. It is also the reason they read as something you chose rather than something you bought.
Flat or low, so they are actually wearable
Almost everything here sits on a flat sole or a low block heel. Wide contact with the ground, no balancing act, nothing that forces the weight onto the ball of the foot. These are shoes for a full day out, not for an hour at a table — which is what separates them from most shoes that look this distinctive.
Round toes and room across the joint
The shapes here are rounded and generous rather than pointed. There is room where the foot is widest, which matters if you have a bunion or a wide foot and have given up on shoes that look like this. The lace-up styles let you pull the fit in where you want it and leave it soft where you do not.
They are not a shoe you replace next year
This is the dearer end of what we sell, and it should be. Leather uppers, hand-finished detail and a sole built to be walked on rather than to look thin in a photograph. A pair like this is bought once and worn for years, which is a different calculation from the trainers we sell at thirty pounds.
Where to start
TIMELESS GRACE | Floral Lace-Up£194.00£96.99 Save 50%
RETRO HANDMADE | Floral Leather£188.00£93.99 Save 50%
GOLDEN DOVE | Buckle Ankle Boot£188.00£93.95 Save 50%
MIDNIGHT FLORAL | Velvet Boot£180.00£89.99 Save 50%
LEATHER BLOOM | Ankle Boot£180.00£89.99 Save 50%
VINTAGE LEATHER | Comfy Flat£160.00£79.99 Save 50%
Against the shoes on the high street
The usual smart boot
- Plain black, the same as everyone else’s
- Printed or bonded finish that wears off
- Narrow, pointed toe
- Thin sole with a heel you cannot walk far on
- Replaced in a season or two
This collection
- Patterns tooled and stitched into the leather
- Colours you will not see on anyone else
- Round toe with room across the joint
- Flat or low block heel, made to walk in
- Bought once, worn for years
Getting the size right
These run UK 4 to UK 7.5, including half sizes, and are cut true to size — order the size you normally take. If you are between sizes, or have a wide foot, take the larger of the two; the lace-up styles pull snug again once they are on. Every pair has its own fit guidance on the product page.
If you have ever put a pair of shoes back on the shelf because they were beautiful but you knew you could not stand up in them, start here.
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