Philly Fringe

I love the Fringe Festival.  I love the performing arts anyway, but isn’t there something sort of exhilarating about seeing something completely new?  Maybe in an unusual space?  Get out of your comfort zone!  See a new take on a classic!  Have an experience!  That’s what the Fringe means to me.  There are dozens of shows between now and September 21, so take a look at their program and pick one.  Need suggestions?

Perhaps Two Street—A Tale of Star Crossed Mummers.  Two Mummers brigades, both alike in dignity. Ronnie and Jules are perfect together, except that they belong to rival Mummer’s brigades. From the same company that created Heavy Metal Dance Fag and Antihero comes an outrageous comedy that skewers our love affair with true love and all its unrealistic expectations.

Feathers… sparkles everywhere… sure looks like the Mummers to me!  This pair has silver sequins all over the vamp, and a sparking adornment at the toe—on top of lots of feathers!  Now that’s the spirit.  Oh, and you get to pick your heel height, from 2.3 to 4 inches.  Find them at Etsy seller Angel Bling Box, starting at $129.

How about The Yellow Wallpaper?  It tells the tale of a woman who gradually becomes fascinated and then obsessed by the wallpaper (and what lies behind it) in a room where she is sequestered alone.  (…or is she?)

The Mercy by Kelsi Dagger Brooklyn is the bright yellow of the wallpaper, but also has a clear insert to mess with your mind a bit.  Is it there?  Is it not?  Are you imagining it?  (You’re not, don’t worry.)  A classic tasseled smoking slipper, reinvented!  Yours for $90 from Heels.com.

Feeling outdoorsy?  Then The Way Of All Flesh: A Graveyard Cabaret might be for you!  Back (from the dead) by popular demand after two years of sold-out performances! Sip free cocktails as darkness falls and three lost (singing) souls appear through the mists of Laurel Hill Cemetery for a toe-tapping, spine-tingling evening.

These skulls on the Sweet Tooth Peep Toe Platform are ready for a cabaret!  They’re decked out in gorgeous, er, bone paint?  And the heel has a pink bow that laces like a corset down the back.  Ah!  So cute!  The heel is five inches, but the platform will help with that.  Find them at Iron Fist for $50.

Don’t like these three?  I guarantee there’s a show out there for you.  Take a look and have an adventure!

Trend: Cap Toes

They’re everywhere: cap toes!  I love cap toes; they’re professional but unexpected at the same time, and they’re on absolutely everything right now.  Just look at these booties:

How I love them!  The Moxby by Michael Antonio are booties in wine faux leather, with a round cap toe of black patent leather.  They have a three-quarter-inch platform, 4.5-inch heel, and a zipper up the back to let you in.  Also available in black/black patent and nude/nude patent (both lovely in their own ways); your choice for $59 from Shoes.com.

The Shelby by Violet & Red has so many interesting details: the patent cap toe, of course, but also the patent bow at the toe, and the lace fabric of the upper!  Perfect for work, under jeans, just doing errands, going out... is there anything this little flat can’t do?  Find them at DSW for $60.

Don’t you love the green on the Viveca by Mossimo?  It’s such a breath of fresh air.  (Though it comes in a beautiful blue or purple as well!)  They have a four-inch heel and a pointed cap toe of shiny silver patent, and can be yours for $28 from Target.

Glitter!  Shiny!  Love!  The Sophie by Romantic Soles are soft and spectacular at the same time: a patent gold upper, capped at its pointed toe with gold glitter.  It does have a three-quarter-inch heel to lift you just a little, and comes in all silver, black with silver, and a cool brown with tortoise combo as well.  All $59 on Zappos!

Wowza!  The Eryn by Kelsi Dagger is one sexy cap toe.  A black body is trimmed with leopard at the heel and on the ankle strap, and is finished with a lipstick-red cap at the pointed toe.  It balances on a 4.5-inch heel and can be found at Karmaloop for $112.

With so many options, you’re sure to find a cap toe that tickles your fancy!