After my post last week on the Shadow Stud shoes by Jeffrey Campbell, a reader & fellow blogger Vanessa emailed to let me know she wrote up a post on style ideas for the shoe. Brilliant! Vanessa was nice enough to let me re-post her article, but make sure you check out her blog HERE.

Last week, my gorgeous mate Natalie wrote a post about the Jeffrey Campbell Shadow Stud shoes on her blog, Oh My Gosh Shoes.  You might also remember Natalie from her other online home, XL as Life.  I interviewed her last year as well as writing this post to help her style a tricky skirt she’d bought.

In Natalie’s post about the Shadow Studs, she asked her readers to link her to their polyvore sets to show her how they’d styled them.  I had intended to do this, but once I started styling I found it too difficult to stop.  Before I knew it, I had four finished outfits, so I decided to write an entire post about these amazing shoes, and how I would style them.

My first thought when I looked at the Shadow Studs was, “My god!  You’d have to have the grace of a ballerina to walk in these without falling over”.  It was that thought that led me to my first outfit.  I thought that these heel-less wonders would be the perfect footwear for a gothic ballerina, with a lace tutu, feathered jewellery and a dramatic masquerade mask.

Gothic ballerina by nessbow featuring a pleated skirt

The Shadow Studs have an obvious gothic and metal influence.  For that reason, I thought it would be fun to pair them with a cute, cartoonish outfit.  They’d be completely at odds with the rest of the outfit, which would really make them stand out.  I adore adding unexpected pieces to outfits.surprise shadow by nessbow featuring a pirate skirt