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A Sandal Sob Story

SaskiaAllow me to introduce you to the sandal from hell. This shoe taunts me. You'd think that being the editor of a top shoe blog (natch) I might be able to call in a few favours to get some hard-to-find sandals? Alas, no. No number of frantic phonecalls, bribes to friends living in other cities or constant trips to every Clarks shop within a 50-mile radius has resulted in my getting hold of 'Saskia' in my size. And now they've only gone and shoved them on the front cover of Grazia, making my job even harder. If you see a pair in a 6.5 or a 7 (in either colourway), buy them for me and I'll have your babies...

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They're popular because they're a complete rip of those gorgeous Chloe shoes aren't they? Good luck anyway

Posted by: missmeso | June 10, 2005 8:01 PM

it's not even on clarks' website, more info on the shoes please =) i want a pair!

Posted by: essentiial | June 11, 2005 4:09 PM

Essentiial - here's what I know so far -

The sandal is called Saskia and it's £24.99. Only a few shops currently have ANY pairs left (Glasgow, Leeds, Reading, Milton Keynes, and a couple of others).

If you want to check your local stores, the stockists number for clarks is 08705 785886 and they are incredibly helpful. The shoe comes in two colours, shown above is 'natural', and there's also a darker brownish bronze which is slightly less in demand but equally as hard to come by in popular sizes.

I was in town today and visited two Clarks shops on the off-chance they had some returns. One girl told me that the sandal had been discontinued completely.
Another said that more will come in, but there was a 2-week wait until the next delivery, and that you can't reserve them because of the high demand. So I assume (though I will try and confirm this on Monday) that they're re-stocking because of the popularity since the sandals were put in Grazia.

Either way, join the queue behind me!

Posted by: Gemma | June 11, 2005 7:03 PM

let us know when u find out if it's gonna be restocked =D
I live in the US so it really sucks for me, hehe but i hope asos will make some replicas

Posted by: essentiial | June 12, 2005 2:38 AM

The chloe ORIGIONALS are nicer :)

Posted by: Skinny17869 | June 12, 2005 7:44 PM

they are, but a blogger's budget doesn't stretch that far...!

Posted by: Gemma | June 13, 2005 10:40 AM

Bad news......these are now sold out nationwide. The suppliers have advised Clarks that it would be several months before they could supply any new stock. Clarks have received about 200 calls today regarding these shoes ~ they must be kicking themselves!!!

Posted by: DM | June 13, 2005 4:43 PM

Thanks for the update DM! It's all a bit crazy, isn't it?

I wonder how long it'll be before people start selling them for £100 a pair on eBay?!

Posted by: Gemma | June 13, 2005 4:57 PM

hm...i would wait several months for them! but it will be winter then, grrr.

Posted by: essentiial | June 13, 2005 5:47 PM

I have two pairs of Saskia to sell! Am posting them on Ebay tonight so check them out. A UK size 5 (Eur 38) in the Bronze colour and a size 5 1/2 (Eur 39) in the Natural colour. They are as gorgeous as they look in the magazines. Both brand new in the box.

Posted by: louise | June 16, 2005 3:38 PM

darn i need UK size 3 =(

Posted by: essentiial | June 16, 2005 5:24 PM

Please see ebay for the Saskia sandals and get bidding!

Posted by: louise | June 16, 2005 8:38 PM

Have finally decided to part with the Natural Saskia's in UK size 5 1/2 - see ebay NOW!

Posted by: Louise | June 21, 2005 2:30 AM

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