A brief addendum to the section on
COMFORT AIDS - I realised I forgot to include one of the comfort aids in my pigalle toolkit!
Please note this is
only for use when wearing hosiery! If you never plan to wear your pigalles with hosiery, feel free to ignore this post altogether (^(oo)^)
Hosiery can present quite a challenge for the pigalle 120 wearer - the slippery surface of the hosiery and the pitch of the shoe makes for some very very squished little piggies in that pointy toe box, I imagine! Fear not, for Wolford has very thoughtfully addressed this issue for us.
It's called, appropriately enough, "stop slipping!"
Stop Slipping is basically a very flat, wide silicone strip place on the footbed of the shoe; your body heat and the texture of the silicone against the hosiery will keep you from sliding around in your pigalles! I'm told it's the same silicone used for the inner bands on the stay-ups. Best of all, Stop Slipping does NOT use adhesive or leave any residue. It's designed to be transferred between all of your shoes with ease! All you do is wash it with cold water & a little soap after use, & let it air dry before you use it again (^(oo)^)v
proper placement should look something like this (I put a piggy face at each end, since it's a bit difficult to see the clear silicone strip: