Comments on: Shopping with the Shoe Goddess (updated)

By: Alannah

Alannah — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:39:09 +0000

well if you ever decide to sell the shoe clips you got from your mom…please let me know

By: Miss Meghan :: The Perfect Fit: What your shoes say about you » BOVINES, BALLET FLATS AND BABES

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:24:22 +0000

[...] what whirlwind weekend. first shoe therapy with the fabulous justine! we had a blast and i even took her wayyy outside her comfort zone with some sparkly ballet flats that were encrusted with super intense rose-gold glitter. she opted for two very cute pairs of sleek pointy toe flats in an incredible leather. we hit the bergdorf, sergio, ferragamo and even macy’s (gasp!) in our quest and i must say there is a massive GAP in the marketplace for sexy, unusual flat boots (although I do love [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:24:58 +0000

I fully support Cuban heels and other boot type heels that are meant to be that way.

By: Chris McLaren

Chris McLaren — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:27:15 +0000

Chris McLaren: I am shaking my head sadly.

Well, if it’s any consolation, I’ve been wearing blunnies (with gel insoles) almost exclusively—outside of those times when I can get away with sandals—for most of the last decade.

AND, I always smile when they are name-checked in that Waifs song.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:59:14 +0000

Make with the details, girlfriend. How do you tell whether shoes you’re trying on in the store will still be comfortable out on the street.

And fear not flat shoes. They’re way cool right now. Espec with skinny leg jeans, which I swore I’d never wear but which actually look okay with another 80’s throwback–leg warmers.

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:24:35 +0000

Marrije: Feel free to ask any quessies you like. As long as you don’t mind the mockage!

Richard: Stunts like that are prolly why I have the ankle issues in the first place. Sigh.

So does that mean you’re against cuban heels? I love me some cuban heels.

Why would anyone want to be one of the lads? Gah! Give me the purse-carrying nancy boys any day of the week!

sdn: Feel free to donate ‘em to me!

By: sdn

sdn — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:24:34 +0000

oh, shoe clips! my mom turned me on to those back in the day. i have all of hers now, but tend not to use them. still, a good changearound option.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:20:14 +0000

I guess the ankle issues have cropped up since the time you (in high heels) and Paul Witcover and I (not in high heels) walked up thirty flights of stairs. As I recall Paul and I were huffing and puffing while you didn’t even break a sweat. Sorry to hear about the ankle issues.

Glad to see that you correctly divide shoes into high heels and flats. (Warning, style opinion imminent!) Mid-height heels, yuk.

I think I just damaged my status as one of the lads; oh well.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:19:01 +0000

Actually most leopards I know are seriously cool and have bags of style. I very much doubt that they’d want to wear a reproduction of my skin, but if they did I think I’d probably be flattered.

By: marrije

marrije — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:02:47 +0000

ha! chastized! point taken! but it’s so much more fun to ask you than to ask google, which is decidedly unfunny most of the time.

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:31:18 +0000

I just googled and guess what the very first hit for “blunnies” is? And second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth etc etc . . .

If I’ve achieved nothing else here at least I’m improving people’s googling skills!

By: marrije

marrije — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:21:13 +0000

i had not a clue about what blundstones were, either, but now i know! thanks to google! they remind me of my beloved docs, the ones my boyfriend doesn’t like on me, so now i wear girl shoes all the time… i am a really poor excuse for a feminist sometimes.

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:11:59 +0000

I meant the latter. I was imagining how I’d feel if a bunch of leopards were walking around with a reproduction of my skin on their feet . . .

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:07:47 +0000

Justine, hardly anyone wears real fur these days. On the other hand, if your comment was meant to express sympathy with leopards having their fine sense of fashion copied and abused by hordes of Essex Girls and Liver Birds, well I can only echo your sentiments.

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:58:08 +0000

Marrije: Blunnies is the shortened form of Blundstones.

Katerate: I know! All I want to do is go shoe shopping . . .

Maureen Johnson: Magical powers, naturally.

Cherie: I was around in the 1980s, but sadly shoe clipless. When I get some I’ll let you know if I have the power to make them stay on or not.

Chris McLaren: I am shaking my head sadly.

Scott W: And you are even worse.

Ted Lemon: Mate! Those are just a selection of shoes I didn’t say I liked any of them!

Cheryl: The poor leopards . . .

Bennett: I reckon you’d be wrong. There were heels everywhere I looked. Everywhere! Twas insane.

By: bennett

bennett — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:30:35 +0000

i am pretty sure flats are still the thing right now. better enjoy it while it lasts!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:55:11 +0000

Oh jealousy! With feet as oddly shaped as mine I am in desperate need of a shoe goddess to help me. Shoe accessories sound good too, because I’m mostly limited to wearing trainers or very boring-looking courts.

Leopard spots, by the way, are just huge in the UK this winter. Funny how things you would never have worn two years ago have a way of coming back.

By: Ted Lemon

Ted Lemon — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:08:47 +0000

The green ones are okay – the pointy toe is very Wicked Witch of the West. The white ones are very Glinda the Good – I like them a lot. But the sandals with the white leather bag are a crime against nature. And leopard spots? That’s just *so* done.

Sigh.

Anyway, not one of those shoes has a decent toebox. You need to hit up Scott’s chic New York sneaker friends. Too bad they’re fictional…

By: scott w

scott w — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:34:35 +0000

justine pinches barmaids all the time.

By: Chris McLaren

Chris McLaren — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:26:06 +0000

You realize, of course, that with this single post you have irredeemably damaged your status as One Of The Lads, right?

Writing about sport won’t get you back in, either. You’re going to have to pinch a barmaid or something.

By: cherie priest

cherie priest — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:32:04 +0000

In America (at least, where I lived in America) back in the mid to late 1980s shoe clips were sort of hip … for about ten minutes. But like so many things associated with the decade that taste forgot, now they are too often relegated to the land of mockery – along with acid wash jeans, frosted blue eyeshadow, and Members Only jackets.

They’re hip little doo-dads, though – when used correctly. Unfortunately, what usually ended up happening to ME was that I’d get two or three pairs of shoe clips and promptly have one of each set kicked off at church, at the mall, at wherever. I don’t know if the clippie technology has improved or not, but fifteen or twenty years ago, they were damn hard to keep in a set.

By: Maureen johnson

Maureen johnson — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:59:14 +0000

How did you arrange this? You totally have magical powers. Or e-mail, or something. Were any of the shoes, dare I even ask . . . five HUNDRED dollars? (This will grow old soon. But until it does, I’m riding it until the very end.)

By: Katerate

Katerate — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:09:31 +0000

You make me want to go shoe shopping now D:. Or at least get gels for my work shoes.

By: marrije

marrije — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:44:24 +0000

what are blunnies???

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:30:19 +0000

It’s a small world after all. I know Gemma of shoewawa fame. She’s a sweetie.