Cork Wedge Platform Shoes – Quorky and Wedgy

Trish — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:56:43 +0000

Got your stylish jeans? Your summer dress? Those funky, awesome skinny pants that make your backside look luscious and perfect? Now you need the perfect pair of cork wedge platform shoes. But can you wear them with that outfit? Is a cork heel great with everything? Stay tuned to this channel and you'll find out.

No really, you will! Promise!

Going back to the 1920's to the 1940's, when glamor was made fabulous by such names as Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, Mary Pickford, Judy Garland (yes, Judy too!) - let's be honest, I could write a book that included stars he outfitted with shoes - but the point is the very inventor of the cork wedge platform made it for starlets. They were dazzling and chic for the time. (Main reason being that leather and wood were in full reserve during the wartime, cork - not so much.) Presto, chango, ala ... yeah, poof - we'll just go with 'poof', the platform cork wedge was born.

Now, fast forward nearly a hundred years, and they're back in style. Not just in style, but in everyday style. They aren't for - they aren't only for - the red carpet. Alright, the inherent problem with that is that /most/ wedge platforms with a cork heel are not going to be red carpet worthy by today's standards. Yes, even those bright glittery gold wedges you've sitting in your closet. But hey, so what, right? I mean you can wear those with jeans. And I know you have a pair of those.

So let's look at some great cork wedges that might work with ... various outfits.

Fergie Women's Quickset - a sexy shoes that comes in a variety of uppers : gold, black snake, blue snake, chesnut sna- ... lots of snakes there. Anywayyyy... this is a beautiful shoe to pair with a pair (see what I did thar?) of skinny jeans, fat jeans, wide legged jeans, wide butts, skinny butts. It's a great pair of shoes, is what I'm trying to say. And at less than $60, you can have a really balanced cork wedge platform shoe.

My next recommendation? Guess Womens Jingman. At $89.00? These are sexy sexy sexy. But, and this is a big but, they're also flirty. They're that sort of shoe that makes you feel... girly, and pretty without the Bedazzler (Don't lie, I know you owned one once.) Great with jeans, beautiful with a summer dress, they'll even look amazing with a little black evening dress. Red carpet ? No. It's just not going to happen with a cork wedge platform.

Hey! It upsets me too!

Lastly, in my special considerations pile, is Vince Camuto Women's Blaze. Not cheap at $101.60, but not anywhere near an Emili Pucci either. (I'm not above spending $600 for a pair of shoes, but I draw the line at cork wedges for that much.) But we're not talking about Emilio (sorry Em!), we're talking about these lovely awesome gladiator sandal cork wedge platforms with the sexy little braided leather gold straps. What's so special about these? They have the cork (which means cushion, cushion, cushion) and they have a wood heel, which means office worthy! Black, sexy, hot, pencil-skirt-short-jacket-suit, office shoes. (*deep breath*) So yeah... I like them!

So there you have my three favorites.

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Platform Wedge Shoes & Cork Wedge Shoes for the Funky Diva

Trish — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:04:32 +0000

Some women collect ceramic cats or cookie jars, others collect pants or skirts. Some even collect shoes, but I have two specific loves: the wedge and the platform shoe. When those two combine, the platform wedge shoe, I can nearly have heart palpitations. I just love a platform shoe. What I love about the wedge is that I get the little extra height and that lean leggy look from the slight wedge. It just pushes the heel up ever so slightly (about an inch, like a pump) which pushes that muscle in the back of the leg out just a teensy bit. Enough to get noticed and quite a few whistles.

The magnificence of the platform wedge shoe can't be denied. I'm really not sure why more women don't wear them. They're very comfortable, and you get the height without the wobble (you know the wobble? Where walking feels like you're about to teeter over from the stiletto your balancing precariously upon) I can't imagine what genius came up with the stiletto and couldn't think of the platform at the same time. Or, even easier, think of the wedge shoe. I want to believe it's a man, but considering how good high heels look on a woman, I can't believe it's all men's fault (even though I'd like to.) I think I lost my point somewhere back there. The point is the platform wedge offers all the looks of the stiletto, but all the support of a flat or pump. The fact that the wedge has support under the arch makes it very comfortable and easy to walk in. What makes the platform wedge so perfect is that it has support under the heel, toe and arch.

Wedge shoes have thousands of heel types, cork being the most popular. There are some spectacular cork wedge platform shoes. I actually love the new ones from Fergie and Jessica Simpson. It must take a star to realize the fun in funky. I love the look and, more importantly, the feel of the cork wedge. It has some really great qualities, not the least of which is they look freakin awesome.
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