Avondale Shoes

It’s always good to see independent shops that aren’t part of a chain, and for certain items I feel like they’re harder to find than others. Shoes are one of them — when you think about it, when was the last time you bough shoes from a unique shop rather than a branch of something bigger?
Avondale Shoes is a local independent shop, so it gets points from me for that right away. It’s not a huge place but it has a decent range despite this. It’s hard for me to get excited about shoes because, without wanting to fall back on stereotypes, I’m a boy and I don’t care about shoes. If you don’t count jandals I have three pairs: one for drumming, one for manual labour, and one for looking nice (which are just like the drumming ones, but made out of leather). If I did care about shoes, it would probably make shoe shopping a lot harder. Luckily there are places like this chock-​full of all different shoes, most of which I have no interest in owning. But it’s nice to know that they’re there.

Shoes, shoes, shoes… this store has packed in as many as the little venue can hold! So crowded with shoes (in an organised fashion) that the first time I went in I was staring more at the cramped space, floor to ceiling with boxes and displays, than of the shoes on offer. An installation artist could get some inspiration from these guys!
Anyhoo, the shoes? Ladies, mens and children’s shoes to choose from; I have bought some gorgeous knee high boots from them and have browsed for smaller boots but yet to find some that fits the bill. The place is more expensive than Number One shoes, but cheaper than Hannah’s. The quality seems quite good and it is a relief to see some higher quality items on this strip of $ 2 store craziness in Avondale. Go buy their shoes so we can support them to stay!