DIY: Prada Sandal Update!

Jun 25, 2007 @ 1:48pm

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In the spring of 2003, Miuccia Prada send out some sandals.

They were flat silk, and encrusted with plastic pieces cut like jewels. And to say they were a hit would be an understatement - because, within months, they were everywhere.

You can still find the sandals at various places - thrift stores in LA, outlets in Milan, fashion closets in Manhattan - but when you wear them, everybody always goes, "Ooh, those Prada sandals."

Except with ours, we started to look down and go, "Ew, those Prada sandals."

So we grabbed some black nail polish and did a quick paint job.

Now they look like a completely different pair of shoes, but a few swipes of nail polish remover with a cotton ball, and they're back to Miuccia's original vision.

We're sick of getting pedicures for ourselves, but giving them to our designer shoes was a sort of hysterical experience.

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posted by guest

Jun 25, 2007 1:58PM

That's pretty cool! I like how you can kinda still see a little green on the stones.

posted by Modediktator

Jun 25, 2007 2:00PM

Yeah.... Still have two pairs of those Prada's in my closet - high heels and thongs, with green and yellow stones... :-P
Put them aside one week ago to sell them asap.

Very cool idea to paint them black and to give them a personal note!!

posted by annie

Jun 25, 2007 2:11PM

so, just to make sure i understand: your DIY is to take our old prada sandals, paint the stones with nailpolish, and then we have prada sandals?

posted by Faran

Jun 25, 2007 2:13PM

Pretty much. It's a way to keep wearing them even after you're tired of their original look.

posted by Modediktator

Jun 25, 2007 2:17PM

They look like a mix out of Prada and Balanciaga now - I like it!

posted by MH

Jun 25, 2007 2:41PM

Haha, I like that you pedicured yourself in between photos too :) I certainly would have

posted by joana

Jun 25, 2007 2:49PM

but when you remove the black coat of nail polish won't the plastic look dull? not thta i think it matters - it looks far better in black with the glimmer of green on the sides.

posted by p.

Jun 25, 2007 2:52PM

the black looks much cooler, in my humble opinion.
the silk looks blue in the first pic and black in the second pic -- is that just the lighting?

posted by sll

Jun 25, 2007 5:52PM

You could etch or remover-qtip swab little dollar signs into the rectangular stones.

posted by guest

Jun 25, 2007 8:05PM

be sure to use non-acetone nail polish remover or the plastic will be wrecked

posted by heidi

Jun 26, 2007 12:53AM

those are some gnarly feeet.
and yes they look better all black, but how was the actual sandla painted?

posted by guest

Feb 27, 2008 10:02PM

they are selling the forever21 ones again. they are on their website as we speak.

posted by guest

May 30, 2008 3:20AM

i hated these sandals five years ago. i still hate them today.

posted by guest

Jun 17, 2008 10:24AM

They look so thin, I bet you feel every tiny ant crunch, LOL;)

posted by guest

Aug 06, 2008 7:17PM

I am trying to buy a pair of this sandal new or used in good condition in any size the white with yellow stones if you have one to sell let me know in any size.emai; at maxjuliejay@aol.com