Jeepers Creepers

Hello! For some reason yesterday, I randomly remembered those gothic platform "creepers" that have been circulating on the blogosphere a while now. I was curious, so I googled them. According to wikipedia, they are called Brothel Creepers, and originated in WWII, when soldiers stationed in african deserts wore suede boots with hard crepe soles. They were invented in 1949 and remained popular through the 50s and 60s.

"The brothel creeper regained popularity in the early 70s when Malcolm McLarensold them from his Let it Rock shop in London"s King's Road. Teddy Boys were the obvious customer, but the brothel creeper still proved to be popular among regular customers when McLaren and his partner Vivienne Westwood changed the shop to more rocker-oriented fashion."
The shoe has since been adopted by subcultures such as ska, punk new wavers, greasers and goth." (wikipedia)

They've become pretty popular in the fashion world(as evident on TUK'S blog). Refinery 29 even did a post on the ways designers are translating the trend.

Michelle found these for only 10 pounds at a charity shop. She wears them here.

Susie Bubble in her TUKS suede creepers.

And here are some from Rivithead online:

http://www.rivithead.com

I looked at quite a few different sites and the prices seemed to be from around $50-$80. Some sites even have some vegan ones.

Rumi's demonia boots worn here.

Rivit head look a likes:

And I ABSOLUTELY LOVE these Sonia Rykiel creepers(right, phi on the left). They're only about $1,346. Birthday present?

refinery 29

These are not exactly pretty shoes, but I think thats what I like about them. So ugly they're amazing? A lot of people hate them, but I can see myself buying a pair if I could find them a bit cheaper. I can only imagine what kind of looks i'd get!

So what do you think? hot or not?

Off tomorrow....hopefully i'll have some good finds to show you!

xoxo julianne