In Which I Wonder About Fashion And Color
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brightlotusmoonOne of the paralegals in my office said to me, "You have small feet, right? What size shoe do you wear?" When I told her I wear a six in general (five and a half without insoles, five without socks), she said, "Perfect! I have a pair of boots I think you'll like. I got them for my daughter but they're too small on her."
She brought me to her office, and pulled out a pair of Western-style fashion boots that had thick, chunky heels. I stared and said, "Are those supposed to be platform heels?"
She nodded and smiled, and said, "Here, they have a website."
"Oh, " I said, "Those are Ariat Fatbaby boots! I have a pair, but they don't have those heels."
"These are Fatbaby Hi-Rise," she said. "The heel is two inches."
I looked at the boots, and at the website, and said, "You know, I really like how the pale blue contrasts with the chocolate brown."
And so I took them.
I'm wearing them right now. The boots I had been wearing are now sitting under my desk. The Ariat boots fit like a dream. Oh, they are insanely comfortable.
http://www.ariat.com/products_detail.aspx?pcid=9&cid=2&scid=19&pid=721
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7342739/c/112346.html
See? Blue. I have to wonder what my mother would say. She used to be a fashion illustrator. She once lamented over my wearing brown shoes with nothing to match, and another time practically forbade me from owning a brown handbag. I wonder what she'd think about baby blue suede?
*grin*
Honestly, I know next to nothing about how colors are supposed to coordinate in clothes. Why I cannot wear brown shoes without another brown item of clothing or accesory is beyond me. I love brown. Of course, I don't wear brown shoes with black pants because it looks weird, but most of my pants are varied shades of tan and khaki. Two are chocolate brown. Most of my tops are earthy colors, or dark blue or dark green or dark red. I don't wear belts. My shoes are either black, chocolate brown, or rusty brown (I call that cowboy brown).
It's all shoes, right? It's all clothes, right? Unless the colors are some ungodsly shade of neon mixed some ungodsly shade of pastel, is it really that awful? No, seriously. I want to know. Fashion people, help me out here.
She brought me to her office, and pulled out a pair of Western-style fashion boots that had thick, chunky heels. I stared and said, "Are those supposed to be platform heels?"
She nodded and smiled, and said, "Here, they have a website."
"Oh, " I said, "Those are Ariat Fatbaby boots! I have a pair, but they don't have those heels."
"These are Fatbaby Hi-Rise," she said. "The heel is two inches."
I looked at the boots, and at the website, and said, "You know, I really like how the pale blue contrasts with the chocolate brown."
And so I took them.
I'm wearing them right now. The boots I had been wearing are now sitting under my desk. The Ariat boots fit like a dream. Oh, they are insanely comfortable.
http://www.ariat.com/products_detail.aspx?pcid=9&cid=2&scid=19&pid=721
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7342739/c/112346.html
See? Blue. I have to wonder what my mother would say. She used to be a fashion illustrator. She once lamented over my wearing brown shoes with nothing to match, and another time practically forbade me from owning a brown handbag. I wonder what she'd think about baby blue suede?
*grin*
Honestly, I know next to nothing about how colors are supposed to coordinate in clothes. Why I cannot wear brown shoes without another brown item of clothing or accesory is beyond me. I love brown. Of course, I don't wear brown shoes with black pants because it looks weird, but most of my pants are varied shades of tan and khaki. Two are chocolate brown. Most of my tops are earthy colors, or dark blue or dark green or dark red. I don't wear belts. My shoes are either black, chocolate brown, or rusty brown (I call that cowboy brown).
It's all shoes, right? It's all clothes, right? Unless the colors are some ungodsly shade of neon mixed some ungodsly shade of pastel, is it really that awful? No, seriously. I want to know. Fashion people, help me out here.
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Date: 2008-07-23 06:23 pm (UTC)