Staples

Apparently, a pair of D & G t-bar shoes is not a staple. That is, something which should be purchased in multiples, with only slight variations.

I was browsing the Coggles sale and came across this pair which I love love love. Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel are the masters of this look. I simply can't get enough of it.

But a junior male walked by the screen and said "Don't you have those shoes already? I'm sure I've seen them in the study. On the floor somewhere." Humph, I thought and clicked onto another tab.

I tend to do this; buy several shoes in similiar styles, organise my wardrobe and discover that all of my black jackets are of similiar lengths and cuts. Walk into a store and think "I must have that!", only to discover that I already do. And let's not get me started on when I discover something I adore has gone on sale and so I buy a second pair, jumper, skirt. Ssssh, that's a secret ...

And speaking of Coggles, you have to admire a store founder who names it after her lover's partner in infidelity.

The story goes that in n 1976 founder Victoria Bage, was about to expand her successful new business and open her first store when she discovered her lover was having an affair with his secretary, Sarah Coggles. Victoria did not suffer fools gladly though and on discovering the affair, she promptly threw him out and named the store after the secretary to remind him of the mistake he had made.