February 16, 2007

Kicks: the Habit

Il Primo Passo Shoe Boutique

Step One: Acknowledge that you could always use a new pair of shoes. Especially heels.

Step Two: Spend days (if not weeks) combing the megaopolis for a sweet pair of pumps, depleting your entire stash of quarters on parking meters in the process.

Note: If for any reason you’re unable to complete Step Two (because you have a life), skip directly to Il Primo Passo.

Il Primo Passo: a new boutique for self-professed shoe addicts that opens today. Done in light blue and creamy white with black accents like the Venetian glass chandelier, the shop is split in two, with one side for shoe gazing and the other for trying on.

They stock your favorite luxury standards — Christian Lacroix, Pucci, Miss Trish of Capri — alongside up-and-comers like Alejandro Ingelmo, LD Tuttle, and Maloles.

Once you’ve filled your stiletto void, turn to handbags by 3.1 Phillip Lim and Anna Corinna or jewelry from Diana Broussard and Candace Ang.

And then repeat.

Il Primo Passo, 1624 Montana Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, Santa Monica (310-828-4149 or Ilprimopasso.com).