I am green with shoe envy. High school student Jane Aldridge runs her own avant-garde fashion blog called Sea of Shoes, and her gorgeous outfits and photos are making my eyes pop out of my head like a cartoon character. Don’t be fooled; Sea of Shoes is not your average teenager-with-a vain-love-of-photographing-herself sort of blog. Sea of Shoes touts fans like Kanye West, and Jane launched a small collection of shoes for Urban Outfitters earlier this summer.
Everywhere she goes (and she lives in suburban Texas, mind you), this girl looks like a high-fashion editorial model. (Maybe it’s the Jil Sander shoes speaking).
I’m not sure I’d ever wear these shoes, but, on her, this outfit is pretty fierce. Tyra would be pleased.
A vintage cape, J. Crew shirt, Levi’s Jeans, Prada boots. She definitely has money to spend, but you have to give her points for imagination, too.
The Yves Saint Laurent Cage Sandals! I always thought they looked like a work of art on their own that couldn’t possibly look good on, but she totally proves me wrong with this outfit.
This outfit is so romantic and pretty, only made better by the adorable tie-up shoe. I love how she doesn’t limit herself to just having one sort of style, whether that be punky or edgy or girly. She wears what she likes and isn’t afraid to mix it up.
What do you think of Jane and Sea of Shoes? Do you think she makes a good style muse?
What do you think of Jane and Sea of Shoes? Do you think she makes a good style muse?






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i love her style. personally, i have a show fetish, so i like how unique hers are
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ooooh nice!!!
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I love all of it, she is so incredibly fierce and confident.
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omg that sexy, lucky bitch
(term used endearingly though full of jealousy)
daisy / 555 posts
i luv those cage sandals
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I’d never heard of her until now. But I’m intrigued. What life must be like for her!
rose / 855 posts
Jealousss.
hydrangea / 63 posts
i follow her blog too. her style is awesome and don’t even get me started on those shoes <3 ! And she and mom shares stuff too, more closet space! haha. She sports her shoes so effortlessly, and I can’t even walk in any thing more than kitten heels! I wish I have the kind of money to spend on shoes! (turning green myself
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could have fed a few thousand starving kids with the $ she spends on clothes?
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she’s awesome. and i thought nobody dressed like that in the suburbs… <3
daisy / 512 posts
No thank you. I don’t see the point of having more than, say, ten pairs of shoes. I myself have only eight pairs, I don’t wear four pairs on a regular basis, and one of those is a pair of scuba booties xD
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gorgeous! i’m loving the ysl sandals.
dahlia / 2942 posts
1st and 2nd are my favorites. I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t become a model.
hydrangea / 84 posts
@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - I think she already is a model, in her own right.
Girl’s got fashion sense! And a deep wallet, which doesn’t hurt when you collect Prada and Coach instead of postage stamps or paper weights.
Can I be her when I grow up?
dahlia / 2942 posts
@BeautifulMess - How is she/her mom so rich?!
orchid / 124 posts
I love the top in the last photo!!!
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I love her blog but sometimes it makes me sad, why ooh why im so poor
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she & her mom buy designer shoes like they were from Ross or payless.
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“I love how she doesn’t limit herself to just having one sort of style,
whether that be punky or edgy or girly. She wears what she likes and
isn’t afraid to mix it up.”
My thoughts exactly!! Though I wouldn’t wear all of what she’s photographed in, I LOVE the last outfit!!!
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The first and the last shoes are my favourite. Drools.
magnolia / 1017 posts
ttoally thought that was emma watson.
i love the last outfit! omgosh! <3 she’s really creative. *JEALOUS*
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i like her confidence to rock those outfits!
orchid / 173 posts
She has a great sense of fashion, with a slim physique [I love how she isn`t stick-thin] and a pretty face to go along with that.
Even if I had the money, I`m pretty sure I`d be too lazy to come up with fashionable outfits and then model them in a blog, but I`m jealous she`s already got one foot [har har] in the fashion industry.
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Wow.
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she looks good in every outfit! X
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this girl is goiong to be very famous.. very soon.
i love her confidence, unique style and desire to be a little different (that’s got be tough in the suburbs!!)
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love the last one.
tulip / 11 posts
@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - I know her mom’s a former model, though I’m not 100% sure that that’s the reason why she has such a large shoe budget at her fingertips. Either way, the two of them make a pretty fabulous duo.
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*drools* so.. many…shoes… *twitch*
She’s a great model. Absolutley perfect.
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soo jealous! i loveee the shoes that are like strappy haa the first heels(:
and the cage sandals….woahhh
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Those Prada boots = sexyyyy.
daisy / 728 posts
Cute, wish i can pull that off too ~ ^^
magnolia / 1017 posts
@coconut_dream@xanga - really? she’s pretty stickish to me.
dahlia / 2942 posts
@cristeen - no wonder!
magnolia / 1354 posts
She’s so gorgeous!
And I LOVE her shoes. They are magnificent! I’m a huge heel lover and always feel that a pair or shoes can make or break an outfit. The heels she is wearing in the first picture, by far, stand out to me. Her fashion sense is spot on. J’adore.
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its creative.
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OMG SHOES!
(i love nice shoes.)
dahlia / 2747 posts
what a lucky, lucky girl. .___.”
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both she n her mother are cool!
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She’s cute AND has good taste.
Her mom seems to be a fashionista, too.
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Oh wow. She looks great in every photo so far. And I’m loving those shoes!
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I’ve been following Jane and her mom’s blog (http://atlantishome.typepad.com/) for months now. Both very stylish and articulate women.
I remember when she posted that last outfit. I was in love :3
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lol omg… she looks gorgeous, i especially love her last outfit!
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@cristeen - I didn’t know Judy was a model, I was only aware of her career as a designer. Quite an interesting family.
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I like the clothes she wears, but honestly it looks like she just copies her outfits out of fashion magazines, there is nothing really original about how she puts any of them together. If I had her money when I was in high school, I would have dressed the same.
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In the first picture I thought she WAS Emma Watson. And wow! She’s only in high school and she could already rock those outfits!
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Wow. Nice.
daisy / 651 posts
@Rhapsodical_Hazie@xanga - I agree completely ;P
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woow… jealousyy
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i like the style but i rather purchase shoes that i can on a day to day basis. these are nicer to wear to go out with the girls or a date.
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I love her, hahaha!
One of my daily blog clicks
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My shoes are probably not as expensive as those this girl wears, but I have many. My poor husband had to give up his closet in our room because my shoes had to have a home of their own.
I love the way this girl isn’t afraid to wear shoes that aren’t quite “standard” footwear. Her shoes and her outfits stand out as unique, fashionable and flattering. It doesn’t hurt the clothing that the girl is extremely pretty and makes a great model!
rose / 960 posts
she’s so cute. and her clothes are so nice.
nofair >.<
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she looks like a doll. and dresses up like barbie. i like her and her blogs!
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would be much cooler if she bought everything second hand.
orchid / 179 posts
hey i’m an average teenager-with-a vain-love-of-photographing-herself!
but yes i envy this chicks clothes and shoes
peony / 1 posts
@fairyfloss2004@xanga - I absolutely agree. I love clothes and fashion, don’t get me wrong, but come on. There are starving children all over the world, including Texas- Perhaps some of these style bloggers/mentors who obviously have a lot of clout and influence should make an example by clothing the poor (I don’t mean in Prada or Chanel) once in a while, rather than spending ridiculous amounts of cash on pieces they wear once or twice. Jeeeeez.
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That’s pretty awesome, she seems to know what she can do and that definitely takes confidence. She rocks that stuff!
daisy / 661 posts
i like a few of them.
i like the first one and the third the most
rose / 948 posts
Pretty!