SLIPSHOD

If you think you are likely to get a pair of slippers for Christmas, feast your eyes on these items in a Venetian shop window...

CROCS FOR A CROCK

My faithful best friends and constant companions...

Photo © David Weeks 2015

FANCY FOOTWORK

Venice – with its often perilously uncertain terrain of wonky and cracked flagstones and frequently flooded streets – is, bizarrely, the best place for buying outlandish footwear.

Click here to see some earlier fads and fancies (not to mention fantasies!) and then enjoy what are, I think the most sparkly shoes imaginable...

Should I inquire about the price, d'you think?

And, talking of shoes...

FEET FIRST

More remarkable (some might say unbelievable) footwear from the streets of Venezia, courtesy of the eagle-eyed David Weeks.

Most of these items have been thoughtfully designed for the embellishment –or do I mean torture? – of the female of the species, but the first pair is especially bizarre: a formal pair of gent's shoes with just the ONE gold toe-cap!! 

FANCY FOOTWORK

Venice never fails to delight with a plethora of outlandish purchases including fabulous footwear for the fastidious, frivolous or foolhardy...