First of all I wanted to apologise for not posting for nearly a month. Time has somehow gotten away from me but I intend to remedy this starting today! I’ve been busy gardening, dancing, Cuba Street Carnival-ing and just generally enjoying the tail-end of summer and the Fringe Festival.
However, it is nearly March, and I can feel the weather starting to turn, so my next few posts will probably be about winter fashion.
Much as I love summer, I much prefer my (and everyone else’s) winter wardrobe. Scarves, boots, mittens and coats and lots of layers. I’ve never been one to show much skin (OK yes I did wear a very short jumpsuit with a zip down the front to the Cuba Street Carnival on the weekend, but that was a rare exception) so summer fashion has never excited me as much as winter. I’m quite happy to throw on shorts , but I don’t exactly feel my most stylish during the hot months.
I have always been a big fan of The Sartorialist and his pictures of people all rugged up in New York, Paris and Copenhagen in the last few weeks have really inspired me. I keep overdressing. Of course, by June I will regret ever being excited about the possibility of it being cold...
To get started I thought I would show you a picture of my favourite shoes. These are the most comfortable pair of shoes I own. I was going to clean them up for their photoshoot but in the end I decided against it. This is what they look like when I wear them:
They are Diesel Stylelab and I have worn them to death in the three years I have had them. The benefit of a good-resoling (before permanent damage is done) is evident in these puppies. I have much nicer shoes, and much better looking shoes, and much less bashed-up shoes, but these are what I wear most of the time in winter, and strangely enough, they are the shoes that I get the most compliments on. I guess they looked well loved in person, rather than ratty like in the photo!
The other day it rained really heavily here in Wellington and I reluctantly pulled them out. By the end of the day I pleased though, as my feet were warm and dry and comfortable.
ooh, i like those. are they flat or do they have a lil heel?
Posted by: reddoorread | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 01:44 PM