I have these and I LURVE them. DH does as well, so worth the splurge.
They are actually really cute with skinny jeans because the chunkiness of the shoe helps balance out the booty in the skinny pants IMO.
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Re: S/O gladiators....
I can not imagine an outfit they would be cute with that doesn't involve a whip.
I say this with love.
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