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So, it seems that Pierre Hardy (he's the jewelry director for Hermes! He's the shoe designer for Balenciaga! he has little name recognition in the US!) has done a line of shoes for The Gap, which they have advertised poorly.
I went to check it out -- because honestly, what else am I going to do when I'm supposed to be "working"* -- and I quite like these mary janes. Other people might prefer some three-strap wooden platform shoes. $98 isn't that expensive for shoes, especially non-plastic shoes, but it's more than I want to spend right now. (Also, those maryjanes are materially similar to shoes I have that I got almost 8 years ago at Banana Republic for about the same price; they're also similar to stuff that Payless has been selling for $20 since Summer, 2007.)
No, the thing I want to order is this: Scherenschnitte skirt, in red. I will wear it with big clunky red high-heeled mary janes (they are almost cartoonish) and red-and-white striped tights (might as well run with that cartoonishness). Not sure what to wear on top. White tees don't look good on me, so I'd have to find a red shirt that was flattering. Or maybe pink?
(Potentially acceptable substitutes: Favorite Things in red -- yes, she also sells a jacket, but the largest size cannot contain my buxomity; Schwarzwalder in green -- gnomes!; Anchors Away in indigo/red.)
Oh, yes, and all that snow? Only about half-melted today. It's in the low 40s F.
*I'm kidding; I'm totally working. As long as I'm here until later this afternoon, monitoring things, I'm doing my job. Thus far the internets have not ex-or-im-ploded on my watch.
I went to check it out -- because honestly, what else am I going to do when I'm supposed to be "working"* -- and I quite like these mary janes. Other people might prefer some three-strap wooden platform shoes. $98 isn't that expensive for shoes, especially non-plastic shoes, but it's more than I want to spend right now. (Also, those maryjanes are materially similar to shoes I have that I got almost 8 years ago at Banana Republic for about the same price; they're also similar to stuff that Payless has been selling for $20 since Summer, 2007.)
No, the thing I want to order is this: Scherenschnitte skirt, in red. I will wear it with big clunky red high-heeled mary janes (they are almost cartoonish) and red-and-white striped tights (might as well run with that cartoonishness). Not sure what to wear on top. White tees don't look good on me, so I'd have to find a red shirt that was flattering. Or maybe pink?
(Potentially acceptable substitutes: Favorite Things in red -- yes, she also sells a jacket, but the largest size cannot contain my buxomity; Schwarzwalder in green -- gnomes!; Anchors Away in indigo/red.)
Oh, yes, and all that snow? Only about half-melted today. It's in the low 40s F.
*I'm kidding; I'm totally working. As long as I'm here until later this afternoon, monitoring things, I'm doing my job. Thus far the internets have not ex-or-im-ploded on my watch.
