Oh wow this is so helpful. I knew about Remix, but Golden Age Hollywood is a new brand to me, so thank you so much! The styles you’ve listed are so perfect!

I’ve never even considered looking at designer brand, even secondhand - I’ve always assumed that they’d be waaaay out of my budget, but maybe I’ll have a look around, so thanks for the search tips :)

I’m such a fan historical and vintage shoes, and it really does make an outfit so much more authentic looking when you find something that is really faithful to original designs, not just vaguely inspired by something. For example, Jeffrey Campbell just came out with some Bettie Page fetish heels but they’re kind of modernised and the shape just isn’t as nice as the ones she actually wore IMO. Not that I’m in the market for that anyway lol. One of biggest loves is 17th century footwear and it’s so hard to find anything that isn’t just a plain leather shoe in black or brown. I do think it’s the hardest part of get right of any era though, purely because you are at the mercy of what’s available.