Comments on "Shoes" - Faerye Net

Re: This I do not understand

2003-08-20T23:25:51+00:00

heh…yes, I do know what color my shoes are. I often wear “nice” clothes to work, thus requiring that I branch out slightly into appropriate shoes. But nothing excessive like coughFelicitycough, not to name names or anything…

Re: This I do not understand

2003-08-20T13:30:09+00:00

Ooooooh, your hiking boots need replacing? We need to go SHOE-shopping? poing poing

Re: This I do not understand

2003-08-20T11:38:24+00:00

Yeah, I’m with you there.

1. Timberland hiking boots, for everyday wear and hiking. These are worn smooth on the heel and need replacing.
2. Black suede dress shoes. Sometimes you have to wear a suit.
3. Sandles. For when I need sandles.
4. Snow shoes. These are somewhere in my parents’ garage.

Re: This you do not understand

2003-08-20T09:35:50+00:00

That list really looks short to me…huh.

This you do not understand

2003-08-20T09:35:17+00:00

Okay, I’m sure I’ll forget some here, and some of these are not available to me for packing reasons. We’re excluding slippers, which I don’t really care about and tend to lose.

1. Brown sandals I am wearing half of now. Bought in Walla Walla WASH with my sister, because I didn’t have any brown sandals.

2. Slip-on brown sandals. Because 1 were getting ugly (since fixed w/balsam) and 2 were soooo cute.

3. Wedge-heeled black Clark’s sandals: bought in 8th grade or so on big sale. Sole peeling, need cobbler.

4. Black leather stupid pumps. Franco Sarto. Supposed to be comfy work shoes. Instead big chunky heels slip off my feet and gash my ankles. Thinking of exchanging for diff. size.

5. Black nubuck 40’s style pumps. 4. are not pretty. These are. And it was out of birthday money from my grandma. They are sooooo cute.

6. 40’s style camel near-stilettos from Isaac Mizrahi. Because I got a free salmon-colored vintage suit and didn’t have a thing to wear with it. And because $197 shoes seem reasonable when you’re planning a wedding and completely mad.

7. Black magnolia-decoration strappy sandal kitten heel slides. Because I got a free black vintage evening gown and didn’t have a thing to wear with it.

8. Lavender-died godawfully uncomfortable heels, because I had to bridesmaid, and didn’t realize that dress shoes named after a death goddess were a bad idea.

9. Gold strappy dress sandals. Because I was going to a formal and I needed mermaid-lookin’ shoes.

10. Cream ballet-style slippers. For the bride.

11. Slightly sparkly flat Mary Janes in black

12. knee-high near-stiletto black leather boots. Because.

13. Worn-out suede ballet-style slippers—for Ren Faires.

14. Black suede Minnetonka moccasins.

15. Big brown stompy London Undergrounds. Because I love them too much to get rid of them even though the sole is cracking.

16. Light brown rather odd London Undergrounds. A cross between farmer boots and 70s running shoes. My dear London Underground was going under, and they were on sale.

17. Black Doc Martens Oxfords. Docs I can wear to work.

18. Brown suede Hush Puppy Oxfords. To wear with slacks.

19. Grey hiking boots.

20 and (probably) 21. Old hiking boots. For beach, et c.

22. Speedo flip flops. Beach, et c.

23. Blue slip-on keds. Comfy and easy.

24. Red suede Skechers tennies. Cuz they’re fun.

25. Old Reebox tennis shoes. For actual tennis.

26. Columbia waterproof boots. For the midwest.

Other shoes may be around, old Salt Water Sandals, my first pair of heels ever (white, for 8th grade Graduation), old keds…they may be in a bag my mom brought from Bend, or languishing in her basement, I don’t know. I’m probably forgetting some, as this is just off the top of my head. As I write this list, I keep thinking things like “Ooh, I need new ones of those. I need those in black. I could use a more stylish pair like that.” Does the picture begin to emerge?

Re: Shoes as Supports

2003-08-20T08:46:54+00:00

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Rock Star, the brother I never had.

This I understand - kinda

2003-08-20T08:33:50+00:00

I dont own a lot of shoes, if i had the money and time to shop that might be different

1)Merrell Jungle moc’s because my feet should be comfy and few things are better then these.

2)Teva Flipflops because my feet should be comfy ans sometimes its hot.

3)Hiking boots because “comfy” gets redefinde when youve just walked 7 miles over rough terrain.

3)Dressy sandals they were cheap and i needed something to wear for interviews.

4)Two pair of running shoes. I dont like wearing them unless i have to, witch isnt often

5)Evil nike flipflops that i only ever wore in the shower, at the gym.

Now, if i could i would probably get a much nicer pair of dress sandals, a nice pair of dress shoes, a pair of casual brown leather sandals and a pair of GOOD running shoes. I could go on but then i might incriminate myself ;-) oh, and new hiking boots, mine do this funny thing on the right boot where it digs slightly at the toe…...

Re: This I do not understand

2003-08-19T23:09:16+00:00

Hear, hear.

“Coupling”, arguably the best TV show to appear in the last five years, has an excellent rant durng, I think, its second season about women and shoes. One character, when faced with his girlfriend’s exploding shoe collection and, suggests that the only reason an individual would need that many pairs of shoes would be if they grew extra feet at night and walked around in them.

Shoes as Supports

2003-08-19T22:34:22+00:00

An outfit of clothes is the symbolic self we present to the world. Our feet are our supports. We stand on them and they reliably keep us up. Thus, shoes are the symbolic support to the self we want to present to the world. When we want to assume an identity with our ritual garb, the footwear is the foundation of that identity, and while it may be overshadowed by other elements of the garb, it colors and provides support for all of it.

Re: This I do not understand

2003-08-19T22:32:27+00:00

Jesus God! You know what color your shoes are?

My shoe collection:

New shoes that I wear.
Old shoes that I don’t wear anymore except sometimes.
Some other shoes that I think I wore once.

This I do not understand

2003-08-19T20:49:41+00:00

And I’m probably not meant to understand. My entire shoe collection consists of:

1) Tennis shoes. These are worn by default.
2) Brown casual dress shoes. Because I need something to where when I’m not wearing jeans.
3) Brown dress shoes. Because I have brown dress pants.
4) Black dress shoes. Because I have a black suit.
5) Previous pair of tennis shoes (same model as my current tennis shoes, just worn out). Because sometimes you plan on getting your shoes dirty.

That just about does it. Five pairs of shoes for any occasion. Why would anyone need more???

Re: Word.

2003-08-19T14:30:19+00:00

Either that or deep inside her there’s a shoe-demon that has been stunted because she has such unusual feet. I hesitate to call them “big”, because while they are long, they are extremely slender. They look like the kind of feet a willow-fairy would have. At any rate, Isaac Mizrahi and his ilk don’t design with willow faeryes in mind.

Word.

2003-08-19T14:06:36+00:00

What you just said. Yeah.

I would add that it SKIPS a generation; witness our mother’s sensible SAS sneakers and SAS sandals. Yick.

A note

2003-08-19T13:50:52+00:00

Due to my toe, I have been wearing the same right sandal for pretty much two weeks. I am so tired of it now.

Prior to the toe, I wanted some black, heeled sandals appropriate for work. This weekend, I met them. They are on sale for 70 bucks at Nordstrom (yes, I walked around the Nordstrom shoe dept. when I can’t try on shoes. I do hate myself, yes.) They are black suede and Italian and cunning. And I cannot have them yet.