The shop only carried one brand, a cute-sounding (albeit cheesy) name called Sally Angel.
As I've never heard of that brand before, I asked the SA whether it's a local brand, and she proudly replied "We're a Spanish brand, everything you see here is imported."
So I thought, oh ok. But it was a bit weird since if it was indeed a Spanish brand and they were importing it directly and dedicated a whole shop in downtown Taipei to the brand, it must be a big deal for them and one would expect the manufacturers to advertise a bit more.
But either way, whatev.
There was this pair of beautiful pale lavender suede pumps with small circular and slightly larger rectangular dark-colored copper studs surrounding them. If you look closely you can see that they're slightly shimmery. And they have comfortable 5cm heels. It says "Sally Angel -- Spain, made in Macau" on the soles. The price seemed right too, at 1200nt (approx 36usd). It was love at first sight.
Just now I took them out to admire their gorgeous-ness again, and decided to Google the brand to see whether they offered any other shoes that I might like.
...And the only results that are remotely related to shoes that I found under "Sally Angel" are all in Chinese. Simplified Chinese. That could only mean one thing.
The shoes are indeed "imported" -- from China.
Niiiiice.
I mean, a nice pair of shoes is a nice pair of shoes. I would have gotten these beauties even if I knew they were from a Chinese brand beforehand, but they had to lie outright and claim that they're a SPANISH maker? Did they think no one would buy their products if they didn't invent some flashy tale about being EUROPEAN?
This is so incredibly sad. :(
I still love these shoes a whole lot, but now I'm also kind of pissed off about being lied to. If I had cared about the maker of the shoes, I would be FURIOUS now for being cheated against.
Have you ever heard about Sally Angel shoes? Are they indeed Spanish? (Highly doubt it.)
Anyhow, you know you want to see pictures of my bjootiful shoes.
<-- if you squint you can make out the "spain" written underneath Sally Angel.
