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

[(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

[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.

[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]

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

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

You haven't seen the range of colours they have.