When Swedish girls go crazy

It almost never happens. Swedes are some of the most well-behaved and self-controlled people I have ever meet. But I recently found myself in a situation with some pretty aggressive and intimidating Swedish girls. Yes, believe it or not, these beautiful blonds really have quite a temper when you meet in the right circumstances.

The circumstances were of course a shoe sale. Now cheap shoes can make any girl crazy I guess and so when it comes to a sample sale on the ever so hyped Swedish Hasbeen-clogs, you really have a lethal cocktail.

This Nerd Girl has never been good at sale-shopping. I just don’t have the killer instinct. But for these really cool shoes, I thought I’d give it a try and as nice and civilised as the Swedish girls are I thought it would work out fine... But oh how I was wrong.

These 1970s retro style sandals have been popular the last few years and were seriously put on the fashion map when Sarah Jessica Park was seen wearing them in the streets of New York. 

Swedish Handcraft

The Swedish Hasbeens are according to the website handmade in old local shoe factories around in Sweden. The production focuses on sustainability and only uses natural leather and wood. Quality that lasts is the motto for these shoes and quality costs...  Which is why the early morning sample sale was quite popular. 

The sample sale I was at offered very, very cheap prices – more than half price on almost all of the many different models. So it should be worth standing in line at 8 in the morning a long with a lot of other eager girls – some of them in fact already wearing pairs of the much hyped sandals.  

Actually I should have known better: A shoe sample sale at 8 in morning is so not a Nerd Girl-thing to do. That early my pace is about that of an elephant and I'm not i a good mood. So of course I was way too slow. Bumping into the other girls who had already snatched up 5-6 pairs of the colourful hand-made sandals they would angrily hiss ‘these are mine’ if I came too close. In the end I walked out empty-handed, wide awake and a pretty intimidated.

So when I do buy my pair of Swedish Hasbeens, not the sandals but these lovely ones -  I'll make sure to do it in a nice and calm shoe shop.

A Nerd Girl and her shoes

Unfortunately my laptop has been highly unreliable in the last two weeks – hence no blogging. I’ve tried to write several posts, but have been cut off every time due to some technical error. So I’m praying that there won’t be any more of that in the coming week. But if there’s nothing on the blog for some time – now you know the reason.

Whilst in Berlin I did do some shopping. I got these nice shoes from Chie Mihara, who I just discovered. Unfortunately my camera is broken and only takes really bad pictures at the moment so I can’t show you any photos of me in my new shoes. But this is what they look like:
Mine are brown with lighter laces, and until I checked out the designer online, I didn’t know she makes so many different styles and colours. Now I'm totally hooked on her designs and a bit sad that I didn't get them in green as well.

Film noir, Disney and a sprinkle of erotica

Those are the ingredients to the chic and sophisticated shoes by Finnish shoe designer Minna Parikka.

Her designs have it all: girly hurly happiness, burlesque mystique and then the über cool details – what more could you want?! -

Just look at her – a shoe designer who combines a sense of style with a sense of humour in the best way possible.

Summer shoes

Brand new silent sneakers

I finally found a pair of shoes that I like to replace my poor old All-stars. Yeah.. I know that shoe shopping is supposed to an easy thing for a girl, but this Nerd Girl a picky cheapskate- a bad combo in this case. As much as I adore interesting fashion, I also stink at shopping for the specific things I really need. Inspiration usually leaves me, when I know I have to get a specific item and then I just can’t make up my mind. Anyway these are from Bobby Burns and I especially like the pointy shape. They look so friendly and silent, that now I'm sure I can sneak up on anyone, without making a sound.

20s for spring:
Shopping in my search for sneaker-like shoes, it was of course easiere to find many other things I wanted.

Not only in shoe-design, but in fashion and style in general I’m getting more and more inspired by the 1920’s and 30’s. I love Wackerhaus’ style and her loose dresses like this one.

I've been looking at old pictures from the 20s and 30s to see what kind of shoes women wore back then and their are usually very simple, almost a bit boring shoes. But I've found some shoes online that I think fit well into the 20s and 30s style.

From Topshop:

From Asos:

Sneak attack

It's time for new sneakers. My old black Converse All Stars are at a stage where they’re making a squeaking sound - almost like they're begging me to replace them - every time I take a step. - It's actually becoming pretty embarrassing walking around like that, people turning their heads to see who’s making that weird sound. Yes alright, I get it they want to be put to rest.
But I’m just so bad at buying new sneakers. I tend to stick to one pair for years and years and grow so attached to them, that it takes me weeks or even months to decide on new ones. If these weren’t ‘complaining loudly’ I’d keep them.
So I’ve been hunting the internet for some cool suggestions for new ones. Now, I’m tempted to go for the classic Converse, but some new blood would be good too. I mostly go for the black and simple look - I like my sneakers sneaky.
The ones above are are from Pointer and I like that thier understated but still have a super cool print.

I really like Peter Jensen’s rabbit-print too even though rabbits aren’t exactly sneaky, but more of a bouncy kind. These sneakers come off as happy and comfortable yet elegantly simple. But uh, I hope those rabbits don’t start grunting.