A cartwheel test and Zoraide shoes. courtesy photos
Zoraide............A princess in a Puccini opera you might say? You would be right! But you might also like to know that they are shoes, handcrafted in Italy, of course. Yes, those of you with your ear to the ground know of what I speak....Here is the thing.....there is something called "The Cartwheel Test" YES – even the highest Louboutin's must pass it to be worthy to of your foot....No matter how high the shoe – if the architecture is correct, you will be able to do a Cartwheel in them....Any designer who makes a shoe for Twyla Tharp should be canonized. Paola Bay the architect / designer / ninja behind Zoraide gets it! She gets our female foot! How it needs to be held. Not loosely strapped in without thought to the heel, arch or ankle – NO – that shoe is on your foot like a warm hug around your waist . Your foot will look like the neck of a swann my ladies...You can do anything in this shoe. Spend the whole day in it! Dance in it! You know what in it! Take the subway AND the G5!