2023 Shoes Worth Fantasizing Over…

Are you in a financial position where the 150-300 range for a pair of shoes is irresponsible yet tempting? Perhaps even “possibly attainable”? Are you in your early twenties and constantly feeling lost and emotionally unwell? Maybe you’re in the arts? Maybe you don’t even know what the career you want will look like, but only that it should be creative, enlightening and satisfying? Fear not, so am I. So let’s work together here to make that existential spiral go right back round the way it came. I’ll distract myself by writing this article, and you distract yourself by reading it.

My go to websites are Jeffrey Campbell, L’Intervalle, Gravity Pope, Anthropologie, BUTRICH, United Nude and B2. In a world where fashion trends snowball from the top down, what is the point of even browsing designer? It’s best to start at the sweet spot of potentially attainable. These are shoes you can save up for. They are shoes you can buy during a breakdown without maxing out your credit card. Sure they’re no Manolo Blahniks, but in a city as crowded as Toronto who will notice the difference? Now, thank your lucky stars because I’ve gone the extra mile for you; I’ve compiled an extensive gallery of what I consider the best shoes these stores have to offer. I’ve also called out a few “too good to keep out” styles from the out of budget Cultgaia, and Loewe.

Jeffrey Campbell