#1: I love the preciseness, working with my hands and I also love shoe design
#2: I think people should own quality shoes, and have them last a lifetime
#3: These theories demand that a shoe be timeless, and I'm all about that
#4: You know "Buy Fresh/Buy Local" and "Made in America"? Well, I feel like we live in a throw away society, people buying shoes every season when they could be getting their heel tips replaced, leather and toe boxes repaired and honoring their shoes. Our shoes are our friends and should be repaired and loved, plus we need to stop using fuel to transport all of our needs all over the globe and look closer to home for the necessities. We will always need shoes!
#5: Comfort! I love comfortable shoes, but I'm not a huge fan of the way comfort shoes look; just because their comfortable doesn't mean they need to look orthopedic. This is evident in the pair of Dansko mary janes I have that I wore daily when working at Starbucks and this is probably due to my long thin feet, but they look like clown shoes on me. Ps. I wear a size 9; 39 in Birkenstock, 40 in Dansko, 10 in my brand of running shoes - my lack of awareness of their brand clearly reflects my lack of wanting to exercise. Maybe if they were prettier I'd be more compelled!
Anyway, stumbled across this youtube video and this is a really good idea: http://tinyurl.com/heelliner
In case you don't want to watch it, she takes non-slip/no slip shelf/drawer liner (or the same lattice type of spongy material that you put under rugs on a hard wood floor) and cuts non-slip heel pads and ball pads from them. She even put them on the bottom of her shoe so her gigantic cloggy heel wouldn't slid across the floor at the dance club. Again, I really do think this is a brilliant idea. I think putting it on the bottom of the shoes would crumble for me but I like the ball pad idea too.
Now that I've entered the land of endless color opportunities with almost any shoe I can find, I will never in my life buy uncomfortable shoes again. Even your most trusted heels, in another environment, can betray you. Matt and I went to Massachusetts in July for my most beloved best friend Melissa's wedding and he and I stopped through Boston on our way. We had tickets to see the Red Sox (love love love baseball!) and couldn't find a parking spot for several hours. We ended up parking over a mile and a half away and I had my vintage rust colored, wooden heeled beauties on. I love them, I wear them most of the summers, but apparently I've never run in them. Torture! Not only did I have blister-mania all over my toes, the strap broke on one of them, making them absolutely unwearable because of the design and balance of them. Matt is the best love in the whole world and bought me $30 CZ incrusted bulky Red Sox flipflops, in between the 8th and 9th inning which were the only 2 innings we got to see. Isn't he fantastic? The flipflops belong to a 13 year old, but I love the relief they provided. Note to self: when running through Boston, stick with the classic black Keds, of which I also love. Maybe my next trip to a big city, I'll dress up the Keds by dressing like the 50s, with some cigarette pants and a checkered button up.
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| Here are the betrayers. You can see the buckle has broken off of one of the shoes. I had just had the heel tips replaced when I decided to wear them out of their element. Maybe I was the betrayer, expecting them to perform in an alien territory. My feet were unpresentable for a while, and that's just sad. Do you love your toes? I do! last week I bought cherry red polish for them and a really nice glimmery slate color for my hands! |
We're actually off to Boston again 2 weekends from now; my district won a trip. I'll be posting my wardrobe and shoe choices before I leave (if I end up being that prepared)!
Good words to live by: beauty can and should be comfortable, that's part of being a reasonable 30 something.
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