Crushed Velvet Opera Heels for Vegan Christine Daee s

For some reason velvet heels have been a fantasy of mine. Whenever I see them, I think “grown ups going to the opera.”

I’m not really sure where this idea came from. Maybe it has something to do with me watching my mom dressing up and piling on the velvet in the eighties when I was young, or maybe it has something to do with my memories of the sumptuous velvet curtain in my favorite show when I was young–The Phantom of the Opera.

Indeed, these black crushed velvet heels from the vegan section of lulus.com for a mere $26.00 would make one feel at home going to any opera, and if you let your imagination wander…you might begin to feel like the beautiful young Christine Daee herself, who belonged there in the back wings. Here are some pics of L’opera Garnier in Paris to set the mood:

What an incredibly beautiful place. I can totally imagine how the romantic and profound tale of the Phantom of the Opera was inspired by this building.