Isabel Toledo's Payless Shoes Are Mostly Cheap, Cute
LatestIndependent-minded designer Isabel Toledo was widely known in fashion before Michelle Obama wore one of her ensembles on inauguration day, but it was probably the latter event that made Toledo enough of a “name” to warrant a collection for Payless.
And the results, like this $39.99 pair of heels with laces and cut-outs, are wacky without passing the limits of wearability. Only Toledo could make something that looks like an Irish dance shoe mated with a Fluevog and still have it be cute.
The style has a flat version, too — Toledo said that she wanted her collection to be comfortable — but I’m not so into it. Lose the “with a Fluevog” part and you just have an Irish dance shoe made in China from man-made materials. (Though it does also come in silver.)