Cole Haan Shoes

When I first set my eyes on the Cole Haan Air Veronica Gladiator Sandals, my automatically assumed that they must be made by a trendy, modern, youth-targeted brand like Dolce Vita or Ash, or maybe even a more high-end designer like Ann Demeulemeester, whose footwear is known for dark leather and extremely clean lines. Cole Haan couldn’t have been further from my mind, and yet the brand perhaps best known for making your sensible and marginally stylish office shoes has me wanting to wear a pair of its sandals all summer. I feel strangely excited.

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We’ve all heard Coco Chanel’s old advice that you should always remove one thing before leaving the house. It’s supposed to ensure that your look stays natural and never crosses the line into “overdressed,” but mostly it just makes Coco sound like a party-pooper. I’ve never been a big fan of that saying, particularly since it so often doesn’t apply. That being said, I really wish Cole Haan had listened to Mademoiselle Chanel during the design process of the Cole Haan Air Violet Paisley Printed Leather Pumps.

At first I didn’t even notice the embossed texture on this shoe’s nude leather, but after reading the name and taking a closer look, I really couldn’t deny the existence of the seriously unappealing embossed texture anymore. Coco, for her part, is probably up in fashion heaven saying, “I told you so.”

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