United Nude: a rainbow of Mono Janes
If you read my previous posts, you know that I’m a huge fan of United Nude shoes. Just one look at the picture above and you’ll see why: this company makes shoes that are the very vision of Candyfuture, utilizing unusual materials such as EVA (foam-like vegan substance) and employing innovative designs!
Last week I decided it was time for a new pair so I headed down to their store on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan.
Window display. Amazing.
Several pairs caught my eye. Eamz Pump is a shoe with a weird futuristic heel that miraculously feels and wears like a regular heel.
These fit comfortably and are very walkable but I was unsure of the color – perhaps a bit too traditionally futuristic? When debating a purchase, I always look for a twist, and then I saw these in gold…
Ahh, love at first sight!
After my trip to Russia and seeing all that beautiful gold-leaf architecture, I’ve been madly in love with the yellow devil. Gold accents are popping up everywhere in my life, from clothing, to my apartment, to my makeup!
And so my fate was decided. I especially loved how the gold looked against my turquoise We Love Colors opaque tights!
Omg, these come as booties too?! I think I’m in heaven.
My future wife: Lo Res mary jane! Isn’t it amaaaazing???
My shoe collection is a harem: all wives are adored & loved equally, but I’m always on the look-out for more, haha. This time I have my eye on this crystal-y, plastic-y work of art. I’m still saving up for them but they shall be mine!!
Update: United Nude just emailed me and offered a 20% discount to all readers of Doe Deere Blogazine! Input “doedeere” at checkout at www.unitednude.com to get 20% off on your purchase. Or, if you come into the store on 268 Elizabeth Street in NYC, just mention my name and you’ll will get a similar discount on retail prices! (15% on anything that’s already been reduced.) Yay!
The sales girl was super-friendly & helpful. Sorry, I forgot your name - comment if you see this?
By the way, this amazing headband was custom-made by my lovely Southern friend & designer, Megan Maude.
I loved them all, but the mary janes was my favourite! <3
O my word. The Lo Res shoe is amazing. Want. So. Much.
Wow, those crinkly crystal shoes are wild! I gotta see if they have a website and can ship to Canada…
They are SO cute…did you get the booties as well?? :D
i think im in love… cosmo mirror(!) heels
Wow I really dig those booties!
ooh the plastic crystal ones are awesome and adorable! :D
Yes! Those crystal ones are amazing! They need to come in every color!
Wow, those first ones are gorgeous! I really love all your shoes, and it makes me very excited to see your gorgeous finds.
Doe, I’ve got a problem with shoes here: I’ve got really large feet, I think it might be a size 12 in the US, and shoes are really hard to find, expensive and ugly (and hardly ever vegan). Do you have any tips for surviving with very few shoes or what can be done to customise shoes? I’m just a student and shoes are so expensive I can’t afford more than two or three pairs a year because I’ve also got other things to buy. Do you have any shoe style tips?
Wow, that Lo Res shoe is incredible. $250 though… :-S
Those lo res shoes are inspired. Did you get them? I can see them gracing the boardroom at at Star Trek exec meeting…or similar!
OMG that headband was soo cute! I love how the silver looked with the blue tights but you are right, the gold is better. The shade is wonderful, i’d buy the gold ones!
wow all of those shoes are fantastic!!!
omg! i am so in love with the Mary Jane’s! i think i might have to have my sister (who lives in Greenwich village) make a trip for the both of us! btw, i love the gold shoes! i like the way they looked with your turquoise tights! muy bueno!
Wow! I was looking at the United Nude site and their prices are INSANE!(as I feared before I even clicked the link) I suppose it’s not that bad in NYC since cost of living is so high, and ALL shoes must cost a lot (as with California, and Washington state)but for here in AZ, where people are paid less, thats crazy! oh well. I kinda liked the crystal heels in burgundy (except the strap colour was all wrong).
Suzanne, I live in Los Angeles and I feel the same way about the prices. My United Nude Mary Janes (I have the white ones) cost me less than $100 because I bought them on sale and online via Amazon. I love them, a well worthy investment and if I can get another deal online for another color I want, I’d grab them very quickly.
I like the Lo Res too ~
Happy Jim Henson Day, Doe.
I saw these and immediately thought of you!
Hey, EVA isn’t that unusual! Melissas are made of EVA too and look much better ;D At least for me ^^ Crocs are made of EVA too, but those ones suck :P
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the Lo Res is awesome! I’ve been a fan of the United Nude Eamz shoe too!
As always, you are the coolest Doe!
I have a couple of pairs of the EVA shoes and when I wear them I am constantly accused of wearing CROCS, which is the ultimate shoe insult. Too bad, they are a nice shape, color and concept but the material itself does make it look like an $18 made in China shoe purchased from Target.
The Lo Res are awesome… but what are they made off? Platic? They’re looking a bit uncomfortable…
very nice even for man(like me) to see this united nude product !
it looks great !!!
The headband is very cute and those blue faceted shoes are just plain WICKED! I don’t suppose they make them in a flat?
wow! i wanted faceted shoes!!!
Wow! I love all of those shoes. I’m kinda hoping they don’t ship internationally, I want to buy so many pairs!
Sweet! I’ve been scouring the site looking for the link or name of the “mono janes.” I could not find them on UN’s website.
Yay knowledge is power!
What were those shoes in the first picture! I must have them! The will be in my teaching wardrobe I kid you not! I MUST HAVE THEM!
uhhh…not the first image the second, the pretty stripey ones! ^_^ and the booties please!
Do you think the gold shoes were named for Ray and Charles Eames?
Haha, we were just talking about that headband last night and if you had received it yet! ;)
i saw someone walking round london in those funny heels yesterday, definately futuristic looking!
I loved those silver heels,,, but a heel that is wearable and comfortable? That is almost unheard of, especially one that cute. Discounts??!!? Count me in, YAY <3
Ohh!! I loved this post!! I love your pink dress and your turquoise tight and those Lo Res!!! wow!! did you buy them? I love them so much! blue is my fave color and I love the way so original they are made, look like a diamond! thanks for sharing all these great posts, kisses!
the Lo Res is amazing. I want them! But how did they fit and feel? Were they hard like plastic or more like a rubber?
YUM! they’re all so fabulous!!
I’ve always loved their shoes. Jealous!
Wowwwwwwwwweeee! Those Lo Res shoes are jaw dropping!
I’ve seen the Eamz before… they’re cool, but I must say they remind me a little of office furniture… ^^;
The “Lo Res” style is amazing! What a concept!
Holy shoe. I am speechless. *Sends speechless vibes at lo res shoes*
wow! those mary janes are amazing!
I’m definitely much more partial to gold than silver, probably because I’m a Leo. I have to say, those are some of the most unique and yet still wearable shoes I’ve ever seen!
I think I’ve seen those tights! Sadly, they didn’t have my size in turquoise, so I got the lime ones and the lavender ones instead.
I love all of those, although I’d be so wary about walking in the ones with the funky heel…I just don’t see how they can be physically stable!
I’m glad you’ve caught the gold buzz, haha…I’m loving gold at the moment, too :)
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I am CRAZY about United Nude and futuristic shoes in general.
OH! And also, interesting to note, that Eamz heel was inspired by a chair leg. True story!
I’m soo jealous.
I’ve been trying to buy a pair of those exact shoes forever now, but I never manage to have the funds =[
great choice though!
Argh! I want them allll. Especially those gold booties. It should be a crime for shoes to look so cool.
Oh Doe, you are the best shoe finder in the world, its like you have a little radar in your head hehe
Not to sound like a broken record, but oh my, the lo res shoes may just be my new loves.