Cork Wedge Platform Shoes – Quorky and Wedgy

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 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 without breaking the bank.

My next recommendation? Guess Womens Jingman. At $89.00? These are sexy sexy sexy. But, and this is a big but, they're also too flirty. Wait... that's not a bad thing. Right? 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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