Daniel

It is quite an intimidating shop to walk into, especially if you happen to be dressed like I am in scruffy jeans and a t-​shirt. It is almost as if the sales assistants are looking at me thinking ‘she can’t afford to buy anything here’. They would be right however as this is really high end fashion. Armani, DKNY, D&G, Missoni, Ugg and diesel are just some of the names on offer. If shoes are your thing then this is definitely the place to go as the shoes are quite simply exquisite but they will set you back a bit.

Well, I must say I’ve never experienced this before. Having almost had the embarrassing rebuttal of a glass door already that day (at Share up the road) I nearly didn’t bother with a second fiasco — to gain access to Daniel Footwear one must ‘press the button to enter’. It’s quite intimidating, if I’m honest, as it feels as though you’ve almost to prove you are worthy of entering before getting into the shop. Or at least, it feels like you should go in with the dedication of spending, so as not to waste their time! Unless that’s just me being a little paranoid, walking into a high end shop where I could rarely afford to make a spend makes me a tad nervous it seems!
Anyways. I went in and had a very brief look around. I knew in an instant that not only would these delicious shoes hurt my feet, but hurt my wallet too. Everything about this footwear screams high end, from the über heels to the fashion rivets and tassles back to the quirky buckles and loud design. Certainly, for a very serious statement and eye opening entrance, this is the place to go with regard to footwear. If you happen to be looking for a cosy pair of pumps I’d jog on, as they say. In my head all I could hear was a stern voice repeating over and over «there’s nothing for you here,» and so I felt it was time to make my exit. The shoes, although not my taste, are certainly in a class of their own. An expensive class if nothing else!

Fancy, fancy, fancy pants. If what you fancy in perusing some rather sleek shoes with very special price tags then this is perfect. At the moment there is a sale on so you can expect to find some more reasonably priced shoes but I’d prefer to save myself for a special pair of Irregular Choice because I couldn’t see anything that particularly grabbed me and said ‘put me on your feet now and feel amazing in spite of the pain’.