Last week I did a profile on the amazing Ivania of the blog Love Aesthetics, and I can imagine you all fell in love with her as much as I did. Well I am soooo excited to share with you a DIY guest post authored by none other than Ivania herself! In this post she shows us how to make an organsm-worthy pair of Jil Sander inspired two tone platform heels. These are definitely on the top of my list, I've seen the Anywho girls wearing shoes similar aswell. If you haven't checked out her blog I would head there quick smart, her style and DIYs are lust worthy. Take it away Ivania! 
I found these babies at a secondhand market. Their perfect shape struck me immediately and reminded me of a pair of recent pointy Jil Sander platform heels. Though their silver color in combination with their heel- and platform height made me doubt about the possibility for them to be part of a tasteful ensemble. Did they used to belong to a Spice Girl or a stripper? Yes the shiny silver had to go. Or at least half of it. These heels are made out of a synthetic kind of satin. Special fabric paint would probably work best on cotton, canvas, velvet or any other real fabric coated shoes. For Leather shoes there are special leather paints for sale at any shoe maker. But this cheap material almost feels like woven plastic, a permanent marker was perfect for the job. Permanent marker also works like a charm on faux leather.
How to:Draw a line along the exact middle of the shoe with chalk. If you have a very steady grip draw along it immediately with the permanent marker. Else you can always stick a piece of tape along the line to avoid making mistakes. Then fill in all the color, remove the tape and Voila! Two tone heels.
I don’t care to which 1995-stripper, -Spice Girl impersonator or drag queen they used to belong, with this 15 minute alteration they were even good enough to wear to last year’s Amsterdam fashion week!
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