12.19.2008

Best search agent for finding boots

on racked.com i stumbled upon modista.com.

it shows you shoes and as you choose the shoe it shows you similar ones like it so that you ultimately find your dream shoe.

great idea right... well, yeah, in theory.

as i tried it i kept clicking one shoe leading me to another shoe, leading me BACK to the first shoe.

it was the worst.

it got me thinking about how complex it must be to create algorithms (right?) that search the way you want them to search and reflect your style.
i mean, it's difficult enough to choose words to describe style, how do you do it with numbers?

THEN...
i kept searching the internet for "mid-calf boots" because, just when you thought you had the complete collection of boots, they come out with another type that works so much better, well at least for this year.

I found myself at shopstyle.com, a website that i underestimated.

compared to the fiasco that was modista, shopstyle.com is soooo much better. how do they do it.
no really, they must link to select stores.

what did I find you ask?

inspirational ------------->
(meaning not affordable)
D.CO COPENHAGEN booties/mid-calf boots/boots from a website called farfetch.com. The shop they are from is called OLGA in paris. ugh. shipping costs would apply here too.



<-----------------------More affordable are these ALDO SAMMIE boots, which are cheaper on amazon.com than on the ALDO website (or their actual store, that's right i went).

i'm not 100% sure if they're cute because... they're the first that I actually like. one should not make rash boot decisions.

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