Kelly Osbourne’s Confusing Coachella Outfit with Saddle Shoes

Erika — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:38:45 +0000

While every other celebrity was going for the hippie, bohemian, boho chic look at the 2010 Coachella Music Festival, Kelly Osbourne took a completely different route and went… well, I don’t really know where she went:

April 16, 2010 – Kelly Osbourne and fiancé Luke Worrall attend day 1 of Coachella

She went 60s for her floral minidress, 80s for her shiny quilted Chanel bag, 50s for her saddle shoes, and the current year 2010 for her long cardigan. In other words, her outfit was all over the place with all the different inspirations taken from different eras.

I applaud Kelly for her efforts to try something completely different from everyone else at Coachella but honestly, this really confuses me. I wish she at least did something to her hair to make it look less grandma-ish and the dress, though pretty, is a bit too stuffy and formal-looking for an event like Coachella.

Mixing and matching trends from other time periods is very tricky and should really only be done one or two pieces at a time. But I don’t think Kelly Osbourne really cares about that right now though because she recently just lost a lot of weight and looks very happy with her fiancé of one year, model Luke Worrall.

If I were to take one trend from Kelly Osbourne’s outfit, it would be her 50s saddle shoes of course:

Kelly Osbourne and her 50s saddle shoes

I haven’t verified it yet, but these look very much like the Bass Women’s Enfield shoes that we also saw on Chloe Sevigny before. Chloe Sevigny wore hers with a leather jacket and jeans, which made her saddle shoes look cool and modern.

Do you prefer Kelly Osbourne’s style or Chloe Sevigny’s style with the saddle shoes?

Purchase the Bass Women’s Enfield saddle shoes for $65.00 at Shoes.com.

Chloe Sevigny Wears Bass Classic 50s Saddle Shoes

Erika — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:47:14 +0000

If there’s any shoe that can singularly define the 50s, it would be the saddle shoe.

Picture of college coeds wearing saddle shoes with ankle socks

Defined by the contrasting colors of the shoe’s saddle (usually black or dark-colored) from its heel and toe (usually white or light-colored), the 50s saddle shoe has since evolved and is now considered an all-american symbol, along with blue jeans, baseball, and apple pie.

Shoemaker G.H. Bass & Co. recognizes the symbolic status of the saddle shoe. The Bass Einfeld saddle shoe stays true to the original 50s design, down to the rounded shape and perforated leather trim along the edges:

Bass Women’s Einfeld saddle shoes in white/black

Bass Women’s Einfeld in hemp/cocoa

A lot of women have adapted the similar oxford shoe trend, but we expect no less than fashion savant Chloe Sevigny to take the trickier-to-pull-off saddle shoe style and wear it so effortlessly:

Chloe Sevigny wearing Bass Einfelds

Miss Sevigny has even gone as far as collaborating with G.H. Bass & Co. and designing a saddle-shoe-inspired footwear collection for Opening Ceremony.

The saddle shoe Chloe Sevigny is wearing is available on Shoes.com. The Bass Einfeld saddle shoes retail for $65.

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Kelly Osbourne’s Confusing Coachella Outfit with Saddle Shoes

Chloe Sevigny Wears Bass Classic 50s Saddle Shoes