Spring Trend: Pastels

In addition to python and block heels, another trend hot in stores this season is pastels.  At first I thought, “Pastels?  Boring!”  But then I began seeing shop windows, and was a little unnerved: these pastels are almost assertive in their pastel-ness. Fading wallflowers, they’re not.

The Eowalellan is pastel blue and white, but with a shape more boardroom than Easter.  (And a 4.5-inch block heel to boot!  Combining trends: you’re doing it right.)  Also available in all black and all white, but neither has the personality of this color-blocked pastel blue, which is $50 at Call it Spring.

The Sweettea is a sweet indeed!  This flat is in lavender leather, topped with a bouquet of daisies at the round toe, held on with golden studs.  The insole is cushioned for extra comfort, and there’s a tiny quarter-inch heel.  Also available in all black and a very pretty nude with multicolored flowers; your choice for $79 from Nine West.

The Thaya by Ted Baker is a pastel mint pump trimmed in gold at the pointed toe, at the tip of the four-inch heel, and all up the sole and down the heel.  It’s so refreshing, this color!  But it’s the touches of gold that take it from regular pump to fancy pump. It’s also available in black, nude, and white, if you want to be all boring about it.  Find them at Zappos for $111.

The Easy Does It by Chinese Laundry is a lace flat with another popular feature this season, in addition to the pastel: the pointed toe finished with a straight-across-the-toe cut.  This particular version is in pink lace, but it also comes in black or blue python, white croc, taupe suede, and a sort of tiny black dot print.  Yours for $37 from 6pm.

So give pastels a second look.  They’re not your mama’s pastels anymore!