My Dolly Adventures: Meme/Tag: Doll shoes!

Well, I have had the idea of this tag for so long, but either I had a hell-of-a-week, or I had another things to post, so this never came up. Anyways, one day a friend of mine took a pic of her doll-shoes, and I decided it was time to start a doll-shoes meme, being the shoeaholic I am, it was just natural. Ok, so the rules for the tag are the following (they are pretty simple, by the way):

Rules:

Take a pic of your doll shoe collection. You can picture all the sizes of shoes you have, even the ones that are handmade/commissioned and so on.

Answer the questions! They are only six, but you can add more if you are inspired to do so.

Tag friends so they can continue the meme.

The picture is here, and I will ask the questions after the cut!

1. Which was you first pair of shoes?

The first pair are -in fact- two: the far left black and the white. When I got my first BJD I wanted to buy wigs and shoes in the same store, and I found Coolcat. They have reasonable priced shoes and gorgeous wigs, everything decently priced, so I went ahead and ordered.

I got everything in exactly 15 days, and when I saw the black pair, one of the stitches on the back was open, so when I let Coolcat knew the package had arrived, I simply suggested they should check better the shoes, and what did I get? They sent me a replacement black pair without asking! I was like OMGWTF. Anyways, I love those pairs, and I recently got an idea on how to customize them, and make the more varied.

2. Which type of doll shoes do you prefer?
I do prefer the fancy, ultra special heal pairs, those with ribbons, decorations, button, and everything make them so fashionable and unique. BUT, as you can see from my collection, I tend to buy more classic shoes... besides, it is what you can get in 1/4 size.

3. Do you have any grail pair?

Yes, I do! Ever since I met rRabit I have been fan-girling about that pair of boots that only came in SD size... as everything. Until I saw they have that model in Latte color, in 1/4 size and it instantly became my grail:

Also, since I found out that Paul Zangby's shoes for Tonner 22" fits the Withdoll girl high heel feet, I have been drooling over some pairs, because they are incredible! The bad thing is that he is from China, and Chinese packages are now 100% subject to custom fees in my country, and I don't want to pay taxes nor wait 1/3 of a year for a pair of shoes.

4. Anything that bothers you regarding doll shoes?

Of course! Since my fave size for dolls is 1/4, and not Volks MSD but mature minis, I find it rather hard to get 5.5cm shoes that are mature and have heel, instead of the classical fancy-cute-kawaii thing that comes in that size. I have nothing against people who likes that style, but I think it is going to be time for shoe-makers to make more variety of models!

5. Do you prefer boots or heels/flats?

I have three pairs of boots, two handmades, and the brown ones were a gift from my lovely hubby. But I'm not too inclined on winter-dressing my dolls, so I mostly don't know what to do with the boots, even if I drool over them.

I do prefer heels, I even wear them myself -in human size, of course-, love them!

6. Any anecdote regarding your shoes?

The brown pair in the first line was purchased with a voucher I got from eBay. They were discounted so I bought them only with the voucher. They are from Dollmansion, and even if they are good quality, they took 115 days to come home! I ordered in October/2013 and got them in January/2014! Incredibly fast, that is why I don't want to purchase nothing from Chinese vendors, at least for now =S

Ok, so I'm tagging (I will tag you in Flickr, too :3):