The Miu Miu mule

In 1997, my mother went to Italy on a work trip and a friend took her to the Miu Miu outlet outside Milan. She returned with a transcendent pair of women’s size 5 platform mules for my tiny feet, electric blue with pale purple bows and a striped rubber athletic sole. I am pretty sure I cried, like this little boy who got an octopus. I’ve never refound them, which is why I search “Miu Miu iridescent kitten heel vintage” about as much as I call my mother (a lot.)