Dear Valentine,

Please can I have this beautiful Pair of Vintage Sparkly shoe clips?

Black Suede and Rhinestone Vintage Shoe Clips from Janne's Vintage in Reigate Surey

Each black suede petal of the flowers is wired so you can fluff them up exactly as you wish. The centre of each flower has a diamante/rhinestone centre surrounded by sixteen smaller stones.

You can find them at Janne’s Vintage Shop in Reigate, Surrey, UK. We’ve not been able to visit in person yet, but cannot resist their website with its unusual accessories and understated elegance.

I’ve loved them for so long…brownie points would be earned for originality…pretty please (fluttering of eye lashes)…

Tip No.1 – Buy your Vintage Shoes by Shoe Size!

Sound obvious right?

But, one of the worst things we find about buying vintage shoes online, is that we always fall in love with shoes that do not come in our size.

We’ve found a lovely little online store that helps us buy vintage shoes by shoe size…Tangerine Boutique.

Tangerine Boutique

Of course there are times when size dooesn’t matter because ‘ownership’ of those shoes is enough…just staring at them makes us feel lovely – but that is another blog post!

The Little Guide to Vintage Shopping by Melody Fortier

And before we forget, Tangerine’s owner Melody Fortier has kindly put together the ‘Little Guide to Vintage Shopping’ with even more Vintage buyers tips, which you can pick up for the very reasonable sum of $18.95.

Thanks to Melody for such a useful guide and for helping us How to Buy Vintage Shoes by Size – toodle pip!