Your new best friend: ESPADRILLES

Most of you will agree that shoes are beautiful, beautiful things. How wedges give you height and save you the discomfort of spindly stiletto heels. The elegance of a court heel with boyfriend jeans rolled up at the leg. How trainers are having a moment again... the list goes on. However one shoe that has never rated very highly in my eyes is the espadrille. Espadrilles - a French word - have apparently been in production since the fourteenth century so have quite the history. Once upon a time, espadrilles were seen as peasant shoes, but have grown in popularity over the years. Nowadays they are no longer solely - haha! - sold in Basque countries - they have a designer backing too. Chanel espadrilles, I'm looking at you.

Espadrilles were one shoe purchase I thought I'd never make. But with High Street stores like New Look and River Island bringing out pretty floral versions, it was then they caught my eye. On a total whim, I ordered a pink and blue floral pair from New Look a few weeks back. Ridiculously comfy, they've hardly been off my feet since. This weekend I bought my second pair - again from New Look - this time in blue floral print.

So far I find they go brilliantly with denim cut offs or trousers with a rolled up leg. 

But as ever, I turn to LookBook for styling types and inspiration:

Would you wear espadrilles?
Which type of shoes can't you live without?