Me and Lady Dragons - Will they, won't they?

I've spoken about my somewhat complicated relationship with Lady Dragons before. If you're not aware of them, they are a quite fabulously quirky shoe that has sprung from a relationship between shoe designer Melissa, and one of my favourite designers of all time, Vivienne Westwood. The 'traditional' Lady Dragon base of a medium-height heeled slingback with a peep toe is adorned from collection to collection with an array of cool items, from shiny love hearts, to skulls wearing bows, to wings. They look amazing, they smell of bubblegum (seriously!) and when perusing the online shoe extravaganza that is Sarenza, they were easily and unquestionably my favourite shoe on the site.

So, given my extensive shoe collection, and my extreme love for these shoes, why don't I own any?

Well, I can liken my relationship with these shoes to that 'will they, won't they' couple in your favourite romcom. Everytime I've come close to purchasing a pair, something seems to have kept us apart. When I first spotted them, what seems like many years ago now, I loved them at first site, but my prejudice against plastic shoes put me off. "Hmm", I thought, "Yes, they're beautiful, and they're Westwood, but I don't do plastic shoes - they'll look cheap and make my feet sweat!". Then, after thinking I'd made the decision, I started spotting them all over the place, teasing me - on the feet of other women at the Pure show in London, popping up in blog posts, winking at me in shop windows.

So I  had a conversation with the owner of a pair about the merits of the Lady Dragon. Were they actually comfortable? Did they rub or lead to clammy toes? My worries were met with a resounding "No!" and I resolved that maybe, we were indeed meant to be. 

Then, again, doubt set in. Yes, they were everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Suddenly every blogger seemed to have at least one pair, they were cropping up on brides in every other wedding blog. Were they reaching saturation point? Was I going to invest a reasonably hefty amount of money in shoes that I'd soon go off, as the reason I'd loved them so much in the first place was that they were so unusual?

More time passed, and still I yearned for them, like that man that you've decided is no good for you but can't stop thinking about. I decided that I'd been stupid - yes, they're a popular shoe, but since when have I been the person who decides that once something's popular it's no longer cool? Urgh! I don't want to be that person! We're talking about shoes I've loved for years here, if I still haven't gone off them, surely that love will be enduring?

Also, isn't this a bit of an overly complicated relationship to have with a pair of shoes? Err, Yes. Mad woman. It's getting silly now. Even my mother now screams at me every time I mention them "WHY DON'T YOU JUST BUY THEM?!" and sends me links to them when they're on sale.

So will these crazy kids ever get it together?

I'm thinking the answer to that question is also a resounding yes, and the build up should make it all the sweeter!

Disclosure: This blog post is an entry for the Sarenza Blog Ambassador programme.