No shoes for you!

[blamebrampton]

Thanks to everyone who gave shoe suggestions yesterday. I now have a list of brands to look out for. Alas, Sydney really is not a place to shop for shoes, I think because everyone wears decorative flip flops or, for the mad, ugg boots.
 
But the next time I am in Melbourne I will be heading to Sole Devotion, 1 Degraves St Melbourne and 124 Greville Prahran, open seven days. They have Trippen and Fluevog and EVERYTHING! pushdragon and meredyth_13, you should go!

Alas, the shop that alleged to have Trippen in Sydney did not. But they did have Alistair Trung clothing. If I was tall and rich I would only wear his clothes, and if I was just rich I would still wear several pieces. Asian-inspired deconstruction in lovely fabrics. Yum! I may not wear an awful lot of fashion, but I appreciate it when it is well made. (And to be fair to him, the prices were steep but not awful given the amount of handwork, which is all done by accredited labour.)

My shoe shop experience went like this.
me: Hello, I would like some shoes
nice shoe shop lady: Certainly! Wander about the shop with me and point out styles you like.
me: I have stumpy manky feet, BTW.
nssl: Easy, we have loads of brands that cater for people like you.
me: Yay!
nssl: Right, I have an idea what you like. Let's measure your feet. Hmmm. Gosh, they are stumpy.
me: It's true.
nssl: Not to worry, I'll go and pull a few pairs for you. [comes back, sad face] There's only one pair in your size! [tries them on] Oooh, that's not good.
me: I look like a Mormon.
nssl: I was gong to say Amish. That's not the look we're going for here. Sorry.

She was a very nice shoe shop lady, though. I'll hold off until I can get down to Melbourne.

In other news, Georgia is still immensely depressing, and while Michael Phelps may have won the most gold medals, it is my considered opinion that he is not the Greatest Olympian Ever. Jesse Owens leaves him for dead for a start. Call me an old grouch, but being an Olympian used to mean a great deal more than just winning. Pierre de Coubertin would argue my point, I feel.

Comments

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

i might have to bribe you with prons to take a picture of your feet and post it. i just can't believe that they're stumpy that even the nice sales lady would say something!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

God no! I like you people!

The right one is always a bit swollen, has a huge scar running down from the ankle to nearly my big toe where they went in to rebuild my navicular (and a little scar on the side where the screw went in), my little toes are both crooked, there's a bump over my right navicular (the bone your foot pivots off) and my toes are splayed in a manner that harks back to a childhood spent kicking off my shoes at every opportunity.

I find it's best to put shoe sellers at ease rather than have them have to pretend I have attractive feet. I have magnificent hair, so it balances out ;-)

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Gosh, they are stumpy

LOL!! She did NOT say that! I refuse to believe you. *g*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We'd already bonded! And she is an Australian shoe shop lady. They are honest!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

great. now the picture in my head is terrifying. :P

you know, there could be potential for albus/scorpius foot porn with all of this.

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

Can't wait for the day when we get to see those feet :-).
being an Olympian used to mean a great deal more than just winning Yeah to that.
Good luck shoe-shopping. I would have suggested Birkenstock, of course, but you already knew about them ...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

My left foot isn't so bad ;-) but the right one is kind of anti-porny.

I have actually just cheated for the very first time and written one of my accidents into a fic, but it's for darkfest so it won't be posted for ages. however, if anyone says "Oh, that's not what happens!" I will post photos and X-rays.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I dropped my fave pair of Birkies in for resoling just this afternoon ;-)

You will laugh and laugh at my feet, it's the only sensible response. I'll hopefully have attractive enough shoes by then that I will not care!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

awesome! well...at least i now know which fic will be yours. :P

i've always wanted to use something that's happened in my life for fic, particulalry my kidney transplant, but i haven't figured out how to make it magical. there's no WAY draco would allow anyone to slice him open with a scalpel to remove an organ. how barbaric.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You know, he might if it was the only thing that would keep someone he loved alive, but you're right, it would come with a raft of issues that would be fascinating to write about. And you have both the talent and the experience to make it brilliant.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

PS, no you won't - it's dark fic! People will be smashed, bashed and slashed all over the place!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

aww...thanks, but...if i did it (and that's a big if right now) it would have to be humorous. my idea is that magical surgery is uninvasive (is that even a word) enough that the patient is awake during the procedure. i can just see draco snarking and mouthing off on the operating table, telling the mediwizard or witch how to do their job and how awesome he himself is for giving up an organ for harry. who's the hero now? :D

[(Anonymous)]

After last night's conversation and also after reading this post, I will never complain about not being able to get shoes in my size on sale again.

From Anne

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

well, yes, we know characters will be slashed. ron/harry...draco/harry...lucius/percy...oh wait. you mean sectumsempra slashing! got it. ;)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I would SO read that!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Heh!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's the price I pay for a mis-spent youth. I advise foot and knee care while you're young!

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

I got the sensible footwear talk from my mother.

She wore stilletos in her youth and she now has terrible varicose veins and combined with the car accident she had 23 years ago, her hips are stuffed as well.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's all too true. Pointe shoes and no varicose veins for me, but yeah, the hobbling look is never that attractive. I think I need to wait until I am 50 before I can carry off a cane with elan.

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

I saw a group of Amish this weekend while driving across Ohio. They were eating pancakes at a small diner. I haven't been able to get the image out of my head since. I think it was the children's obvious glee at the seemingly bottomless bottle of syrup.

They wear very sensible shoes.

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

I was once told that if your mother had varicose veins you were more likely to get them yourself, which is what really put me off wearing heals, and not the possibility of dodgy knees (which I have anyway) or other associated leg joints.

Oh have you tried Laura Benini http://laurabenini.com shoes, I thought of them last night 10 minutes after I got off the phone from yourself and I only just remembered. The range they carry is much larger than what is on the website (they do have comfy flats), I have been to one of their parties and they have a range of lasts in lots of sizes, styles and colours. I don't know if you want to go to the trouble of booking a party but they are based in Rydalmere so it might be worth giving them a call.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I like the Amish, or at least what I know of them. If you're going to be a Serious Christian, I think you should be serious. Though I am glad to see that there is a place for pancakes and maple syrup!

You know that you can buy Amish clothes online. This amuses me.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cool concept, but not kooky enough for my tastes. Looks like I'll just have to go to Melbourne. Oh well ;-)

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

There's fic there, you realize.

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

We shall have to meet someday and go shoe shopping together. My right foot is also totally messed up. I have to buy very expensive shoes once a year and then wear them until they shred. I look longingly at the high-heeled boots and sob. (note icon which is a pair of Shiv's boots).