Chinese Outfit for Chinese New Year: Dress 197, paired with Brevitt bar shoes

 My pink Cheong Sam (Dress 193) comes out again for the Chinese New Year Dinner. We had a Chinese New Year lunch. Usually a New Year Dinner is held on the evening of the holiday. 

The evening before? Yes. A bit like Christmas Eve or more like New Year's Eve in the common calendar on Dec 31st.

Once again I matched up pinks. I wore pink lipstick. 

This time the dress is worn with flat pink and purple shoes. The shoes might rub. I found white socks. For lunch time in the sunlight white seemed more suitable than sophisticated black for the evening.


The pink cheongsam fastens diagonally from the neck with press studs and a pink double loop and a pink knot which goes through one loop.. The diagonal slit ends under the arm, but is extended by a invisible long zip down to hip level.



I thought the shoes would rub my feet so I wore socks.




UK

J D Williams have a good selection of Brevitt shoes and similar ones. The Brevitt and other similar shoes are flat with a wide bar touch and close fastening, wide fit and some are leather on top.

For example, brands included

Rieker, Gabor Nolas, Paddas, Rieker Crush 57 pounds in beige which they call vanilla, Hotter Shake Mary Jane in black at 69 pounds sterling,

Closed toe shoes 12.50 pounds, cushion walk, wine and other colours. See my Pinterest under glamorous shoes. r

Useful Websites

Cheapest flat bar shoes on Feb 13, nine pounds.

Cushion walk in coral. 22 pounds.

https://www.jdwilliams.co.uk/shop/cushion-walk-lightweight-elastic-strap-leisure-sandals-wide-e-fit/cp921/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=3010&optionColour=Coral&pdpClick=true

Style 'Heavenly', red, closed bar flat shoe, cost 24 pounds. About up to 4.50 pounds for next day delivery in UK. Upper leather. Lining mixed leather and other. Standard delivery in UK 3.50.

https://www.jdwilliams.co.uk/shop/heavenly-soles-leather-touch-and-close-bar-fastening-shoes-standard-d-fit/GN610/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=4010#colour:,size:&optionColour=Red&optionSize=5

https://www.jdwilliams.co.uk/shop/leather-touch-and-close-bar-shoes-standard-d-fit/LZ157/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=3010#colour:,size:&optionColour=Nude&optionSize=5

The Cushion Walk in white are a whopping 29 pounds. If you are willing to pay that, my favourites.

https://www.jdwilliams.co.uk/shop/heavenly-soles-leather-touch-and-close-bar-fastening-shoes-standard-d-fit/GN610/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=4010#colour:,size:

Look for sales. In Feb they had a 20 per cent off sale with a code for two days from when i logged in on 13th, lasting until the 15th, but only on shoes over 30 pounds, or order of that price, if I had ordered two. 

Josef Seibel flat 2 cm heel flat shoes with closed toe and bar strap, style Rosalie 42, in what looks on my screen like dark turquoise but called azur which is French for blue, and another colour.

Delivery UK only which means you would have to be in the UK, deliver to a relative and collect them when you go there, or use a forwarding company.

WORLDWIDE

However, on Ebay I found Boulevard brand flat bar shoes in assorted colours, about 23.95 pounds including free international shipping.

For and from the USA

USA & CANADA

The Walking Company delivers in the USA and Canada. I found a lovely leather show with doiley punched hole effect, Rieker brand, at a sale price of about 70 dollars.

https://www.thewalkingcompany.com/collections/womens-shoes/products/rieker-mirjam-53-cream

ABEO BRAND

The same company, The Walking Company in the USA, has lots of shoes by brand ABEO.

You can also get ABEO shoes on Ebay and Amazon.

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Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 
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