Manolo for the Big Girl

Look! It is handsome, unique, wide-width boots with straps that make the calf adjustable! Yes! You can widen or tighten the calf as needed for a perfect fit! Genius, and so attractive.

Also available in Bordeaux and Chocolate. Mmmmm . . .

Happy shopping and happy weekend!

xoxo, Francesca

PS Francesca is realizing that just as Plumcake has a closet dedicated to black dresses, Francesca is in need of a shoe closet just for black boots . . . .

Francesca is amused by these wide-width suede boots by Type Z, which manage to maintain a veneer of the conservative dress boots while also suggesting an invitation to S+M activities.

These are boots for the bold woman!

Happy shopping and happy weekend. Remember: Do not do anything which Francesca would not do.

As one of Francesca’s friends says, “that leaves me a lot of wiggle room.”

;-)

xoxo, Francesca

Francesca is piqued! What is the meaning of this . . . of this . . . breakdown in all that is good and lovely?!?

You say the server was down? Is this an excuse? It is an outrage, I say, an outrage, and Francesca does not care whether it is the fault of the anti-Christ or of the puny little man in the back office who was playing Spider Solitaire when he should have been twiddling with computer . . . computer . . . things . . . it is an outrage! Look, Francesca is so piqued she has lost her ability to articulate in English. She must go buy some new shoes and try to relax.

Francesca thinks a pair of boots should do the trick. Francesca adores black suede boots in wide widths!

The Vaneli “Narayan” at 12% off! Ahhhhh, now isn’t that so much better? These boots are handsome and soft, strong yet feminine, perfect for imagining oneself to be unceremoniously kicking the puny little back office man in the heiny, while in truth maintaining one’s ladylike composure at all times. Yes, this boot will do very nicely, thank you!

Happy weekend! We have so much planned for you over the next few days!

xoxo, Francesca

Hang onto your hairnets ladies, I’ve finally found them. The well-made wide-calved tall boots of superfantasticness.

UK-based Duo Boots has 27 styles of mid-calf and tall boots that can be measured to your exact size with heels that go all the way from flat to 4 inches and calf widths in “every centimetre from 30-50cm.”

It gets better! Even with the weak dollar and the crazy-go-nuts expensiveness of London (where Plumcake as recently as last May paid 9 American dollars for a glass of tepid canned grapefruit juice that didn’t even have cocaine* in it) all of these boots are very reasonably priced.

I’m pretty sure I’ll need at least three pair for my trip in December.

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These kitten heels will come in handy when I’m single-malting my way around Scotland. The bag is Vivienne Westwood –in plum of course– and big enough to hold a haggis.

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After a highland fling, I’ll be in the hallowed halls of Cambridge University, applying for a Masters program and trying to find that elusive creature –the strapping young buck who made it through 12 years of all-boys public school and still like girls. I’ll keep it strictly classroom with these trim riding boots and a Falchi bag I bought on sale.

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Finally when I’m in London it’s all about bringing post-punk sexy back with these stilettos and this great Viv Westwood handbag which just happens to be part of my personal collection.

Fabulous boots that fit curvy calves? Talk about anarchy in the UK.

*Plumcake would never touch the stuff. Don’t do drugs. Stay in school.