so over the last year I have shared my outfits every single day on Instagram
and one thing that I've really tried to do during that time is to find artisans
I absolutely love to find things that people have handmade handcrafted and
poured their love and like their expertise into making something and then
I love just being able to wear that all day so that's really why I've focused in
on like brands that do this that aren't necessarily fast fashion like that are
more crafted over generations one of my favorite brands that has done this has
been Nisolo I hate pretty much only wearing Nisolo
shoes because I'm just such a fan not only of their practices but they just
also just have amazing shoes they're really comfortable and they're versatile
for different types of outfits so this is the brand that I want to start
perhaps doing a video series on where I just show like artisans where I show a
feature brand that I'm really proud of that I'm excited to be able to share
with you guys and so I want to do this like a "Feature Friday" it won't be like
every Friday but I definitely want to kind of spearhead that direction and
like bring more attention to brands that you probably have never heard of if
they're even a brand at all sometimes it might just be like an artist which would
be so cool so let's just get started so I have 9 different pairs of shoes that I
just want to run through really quick they are all still for sale and they're
all linked down in the description below it's just amazing that they're still for
sale even some of my bought like well over a year ago the first pair is the
Dari boots I would say if you're gonna get one pair of shoes that these ones
will last through most seasons in most weather and can be worn in different
like I've worn this with a long vintage Dior skirt and I've worn them with
shorts so you can do just different things with this so these Dari boots are
just a nude ankle boot and it's got zipper down the side it's got a stacked
leather heel and all of their sole are very soft so whenever you try on
their shoes just be sure that you use like a carpeted surface so that like no
wear and tear happens in case you need to exchange sizes or anything I also
like that all of these are there's no like plastic or anything underneath like
let me just tell you I've got these Camilla slides any pair of slides that
I've ever worn they all get a little scuffed up on the top including these
ones but what drives me nuts with other pairs of slides is that if it's not made
like really with real fabrics inside it then right here where it's scuffing you
would normally see like white you know whatever material they made the inside
with always shows but with these it's just like you can tell if it's cuffs
there's still just the same material inside it same color everything like no
one unless they came in really close would even notice that my slides are a
little scuffed so these ones these Camilla slides are six and a half the
Dari boots are a size 7 so I went a little bit up in those just in case I
wanted to wear socks I really like like six-and-a-half is my true size I liked
it that it wasn't like too tight on me or anything they're just very
comfortable I feel like slippers let's say all of these really feel like
slippers so that's really fun so next I got some Ava ballerina flats I got a
couple of colors so one is the tan and this one I got originally it's got a
little bit more wear and tear because I've had it so long this is the beige so
both are six and a half I'll put all of my sizes down below so you guys can see
it I won't true to size on these because if they were too big they would just
slip off my ankle if they were too tight you know that wouldn't be great either
they do stretch a little bit so you might notice that they come a little bit
tight they might feel tight when you first get them but they do stretch out
it's leather yeah I just love that the pointed toe gives me a little bit more
height it visually looks like I'm I'm taller than I am when I wear that in
fact in my last video I was wearing these because they do help me look
taller and that's what that whole video is about so this next pair is one of the
first shoes from the solo that I ever got which is the Mariella
mule is still in pretty good condition naturally you're gonna have a little bit
of wear over here on the side but these ones are over yeah you're in maybe a
year and a half was about when I got that a year and a half ago so I do take
a little bit of like a like a damp cloth and I just rub down the the inside
insoles and then I do take like a nubuck leather cleaner to the outside give it a
good clean sometimes just for record but these are holding up really good I'm so
happy with them I got them true to size you know again a nude shoe just I just
love the look of a nude shoe because it just makes me look taller so I really
try to reach for shoes like that but after loving that pair so much I ended
up getting a black pair as well this is one of the only pairs of like leather
shoes I have that is polished leather on the outside I bought these pair it was
around fall and so that really brought me through fall and winter is when I
especially wear this pair I like to wear these with like just a light sock on for
colder weather of course I live in Virginia so and if I'm visiting
Wisconsin this might not keep me as warm but I you know where I live it makes
sense to wear them in colder months so I would say that the Mariellas are
extremely comfortable especially because they have a heel like they fit my foot
really good it's nice to have like a little bit of a heel if I'm just not
wanting to wear a full-on heel it's just very versatile very comfortable
something I could wear all day at an office so for days where I do want to
wear a heel I love these Palomas I just love that right here at the ball of my
foot there's actually a little bit more cushion which I've never experienced
from other no solo shoes so they've really thought about that especially
because this has like even more of a heel than the others to have that extra
cushion just makes such a difference I also love the peep toe and it's just
kind of fun you know I don't necessarily like paint my toenails anymore is that
weird but I just really love the look of these they have a very like natural look
to them and I just think that's great if I'm going to wear a heel
kind of nice to have it more on the neutral side anytime I'm wearing my Kamms
like my Sailor pants I love to wear it like a lot taller heel with them and so
yeah I just think that that's a really great look so a couple more pairs these
are my Alma's I just think that this is really great if you want like more of a
leisurely look there's no heel to them really and they stay on my foot really
well I mentioned these in my favorites video just because like I'm really
obsessed with them they just seem to go I've said this a thousand times about
all these shoes but they seem to go with everything I love that they have a
really unique like woven pattern on them and they also have a darker insole so
that means that they're not gonna show dirt as much I just really like them a
lot they they have just such a unique look I just love them so those ones are
really great for like summertime I like to wear them a lot with like shorts too
that's a really great look I got inspired by that actually with Yoli and
Otis is another great brand on their model they always wear these shoes that
look a lot like that love to wear that for summer but another great heel that I
like to wear for summertime this is my newest parents my Sarita wedges so as a
wedge it's got this beautiful like wood texture as well as this like raw leather
look these ones are super comfortable because there's not much of an arch to
them so it's not like I'm walking in heels all day if I wear these tight
enough then I really do not have any problem walking in them and also a bonus
is that because I'm shorter one thing that I always struggle with is like if
I'm in an in an airplane or if I am in a theater a lot of times I'll get like
pain in my knees because I'm studying and like my feet don't touch the floor
so these ones will allow me to like sit comfortably in a movie theater is what
I'm really looking forward to this is kind of a perk and I can really stand to
have a little extra height sometime so not opposed to that at all I also
noticed that this is the first pair by them that
I've had that has like rubber and the soles so that was kind of nice because
then it allows you a little bit more stability than otherwise you might have
at that height I think it's really important so these ones like I had
missed six and a half and then by the way myomas I got in a six and a half as
well pretty much everything I get in a six and a half that's pretty much it for
my collection I think that all of these they have their different purposes I've
been really like selective with my shoes so I'm selective about the brand once I
find a really good brand I'm pretty loyal so that's why I have like the
majority this is the majority of my shoe collection in general I take care
of my shoes with a few different products let me just run through them
really quick so this first one is a Kiwi express shine this is just a
leather cleaner that just you know their little wipes and I'm able to so just
like any of my polish leather I can touch them up or I use them on the
insoles I can shine them up before I actually polish or shine anything I use
like a little cloth like this where I can just get it damp and just make sure
that there's like no excess dirt on anything so for a new buck it's you know
I'm really careful I don't like to over clean them or anything but after I make
sure that there's like no dirt around any of the edges I use a suede and new
buck cleaner I got this one years ago from GH Bass & Co I actually got this
for Zack but I pretty much use it now myself so I will just take a little bit
of foam from that and put it on this little tiny brush scrub it in we're
really good like a lung all of the new buck and then I just let it air dry then
once the air dries then I take a little buffer brush like this one and I just
make sure that all of the suede is brushed out to its original nap I also
can use this one on my polished leather stuff just see if I want to give it a
little bit more of a buff or shine so I can link these things down below but
that's pretty much my shoe collection the intention behind it is that I want
all of these pieces to be classics that I can keep in my closet for a very long
time I like to take care of them I think that if like anything needs to go to the
cobbler I would say them to ye old cobbler and like get them
fixed up so that's kind of how I want to take care and treat my clothes having a
company like Nisolo the stuff that they released last year is still for
sale like it's not like I'm going to buy something and immediately it's out of
style like this stuff has been made for generations and anytime that I can wear
products that people take pride in like I can feel that pride and I just feel
like I've taken part in something a lot of the craftsmen who make these like
hand make these shoes they are I've heard have kids that they're sending to
college for the first time in that whole communities existence so you're just
providing a fair wage to everybody in the company and I just love that I love
to know like where my money is going so anytime I can like find that out if
companies are more transparent then I definitely want to like take part in
that so anyways I hope you guys have an amazing Friday let me know if you like
this as a series because I have plenty of other people other companies that I
would love to be able to feature like for jewelry clothes anything like that
so give this video a thumbs up and I will see you guys on Monday
I'll see you then