Trainers = the thing on your foot you wear if you're good and you exercise
Sneakers = if you are American/have lived for a long time in America
For the purpose of this blog post I shall refer to the highlighted item as a pump or trainer but it may be that you call it a sneaker. Where possible, I shall refer to how the brand in question phrase the said item.
A while back I was working with our local shopping mall and I was helping style the models in 3 different shops - Jigsaw, Mint Velvet and Joules. One of the models had THE MOST AMAZING pair of silver pumps on - they were from Jigsaw. Yesterday, on Avenue 57, I spotted another pair of silver pumps on this amazing lady, this time from Boden (but appear to be last year or before because I can't find them online today). And so now the obsessing begins .. I WANT SILVER PUMPS/TRAINERS but I do not want to pay the earth for them because I also need some white converse and I haven't even STARTED on summer sandals for the season ahead. The reason I haven't is because I'm not actually convinced we'll get one (just like last year's wash out).
So after a quick search I have found the following for sale today:
Jigsaw Satin Trainer - £55
Superga Unisex 2750 Cotmetu Casual Lace Ups - from £37.50
LE COQ SPORTIF Deauville Plus Metal Tennis Shoes via La Redoute - £55
Dorothy Perkins - Pewter Metallic Hi Tops - £29
So after spending too long searching and not finding a cheaper alternative to the Jigsaw silver pumps it looks like I'll just have to buy those! I love them!
If you spot along the way some silver pumps/trainers/sneakers, please let me know! If you own some, please make me jealous and post on Avenue 57.
Fiona
xoxo
LOVE these, but you missed out the queen, Emma Hope, the style kind of came from her £300 pairs!
ReplyDelete£300 for pumps/trainers/sneakers - get away that's crazy!
ReplyDeleteHi Fiona thanks for the lovely compliment :) Yes my Boden ones are probably 18 months to 2 years old. I love them & they go with everything. Also loving the Jigsaw ones :)
ReplyDeleteI love the jigsaw ones too - may wait for a discount/sale and then I'm buying!
DeleteHi there-great choice you made, I love the Superga ones too!
ReplyDeleteI may have to buy some because someone said there were SO much more comfier than converse. I have converse and they are ruddy uncomfortable
DeleteI want the Nike Free Run trainers - I'm having a mid life crisis obviously and can't afford a sports car! I have the Jigsaw satin pumps in brown, I do love them but metallic would be gorgeous x
ReplyDeleteooh I bet in brown they are great too? I love the metallic ones for the summer .. are they comfortable?
DeleteI have the Superga lame sneakers - not quite as silver as the ones shown here - a little more 'subtle' if there is such as thing when it comes to silver sneakers - but I LOVE them - they go with everything!
ReplyDeletesneakers - you said sneakers - you are really an American now!!!!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see yours on in the near future
Fiona
I instagrammed them - they should be on there :)
DeleteI call them sneakers too. I call them trainers when I'm hitting the gym (which is never). I'm intrigued by Superga but the silver ones here are a bit too bacofoil for me this time - I would probably like Joanna's pair which are more subtle. I am now off to research silver sneakers. Because I'm like that.
ReplyDeleteHere are mine:) http://www.zappos.com/superga-2750-lamew-silver
Deleteoooh yes gorgeous - wow and much more in the US than the UK - that doesn't happen often!
Delete@sue - so a sneaker speaker you say ...
DeleteIt's just american for me .. trainers are for the gym I agree (not that I would know!)
Sneakers too american for me. I say the trainer/pump/sneaker by it's name so as I only have one pair I say 'oh I am wearing my Converse today' or one day in my dreams I'll say 'I'm wearing my Ash ones today'
I like the DP ones the best but I'm fond of a hi top!!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try them on later if they have them. I have not ever been a fan of the hi top but I keep people seeing in them more and more and more I and want now
DeleteI had no idea I needed silver trainers until this post! Arghhhhh! And so the hunt begins ...
ReplyDeleteLOL! I didn't really know I needed them until I'd finished writing! Now I NEED!
DeleteThey're new in terms of style and colour for me so I think I'm going to buy the Dorothy Perkins Hi Top ones to see how I get on
I am dreaming of the Ash ones
Next do a silver pair for £18 and they are spookily like another well known brand. Also a hi-top version. Might be worth a try? Thanks for a fab blog and daily inspiration from you and all the girls!
ReplyDeleteoooh Next you say, well what a conveniently timed post - I'm going there within the hour! WHOOP WHOOP - thank you!!
DeleteNooooooooo! Stop showing me other Ash trainers that I now want!! It was just the Ash Genials that I drooled over ... but metallic? With chains? Oh be still my beating heart!!
ReplyDeleteLOL - where can we each find £135 so we can have them?!!
DeleteI like the look of the Jigsaw ones best! I like the Superga ones too but just not keen on the label on the side! Silver would go with loads of outfits too! Andrea x
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