{"id":7,"date":"2015-01-27T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2015-06-03T07:23:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T07:23:16","slug":"the-hunt-for-novo-laiken-shoes-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for Novo Laiken shoes (in black!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long way back where Eli\u00a0and I started dating, she required some new shoes for work. I managed to get her to go shoe shopping (somehow, she hates it), and we got two pairs of great shoes for summer\/winter. The boots for winter are still ok…. but the summer heels are getting a bit (a lot) worn.<\/p>\n

She loved these shoes to bits! They’re a Novo brand ‘Laiken’, but we got them from DFO<\/a> and they might have been the last of them. All I can find are those shoes in taupe. I need black.<\/p>\n

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Laiken from Novo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Does anyone have any idea how to make these a true black, suitable for corporate wear? I can practice on the old shoes to make sure that it doesn’t wreak the finish. Or am I better off taking them to a shoe-person?<\/p>\n

I swear, next time I can get her shoe shopping I’m buying two pairs of the same…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A long way back where Eli\u00a0and I started dating, she required some new shoes for work. I managed to get her to go shoe shopping…<\/p>\n

Continue readingThe hunt for Novo Laiken shoes (in black!)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6nzXS-7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107,"url":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=107","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":0},"title":"The 5 Piece French Wardrobe","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't say I'm much for clothes. I'm a sucker for fancy dress up clothes, but I can throw a tshirt and jeans on everyday and not care. 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