Covet: John Fluevog “Elizabeth” Shoes
I don’t know how many pairs of black, high-heeled Mary Janes I’ve gone through in my adult years. I always feel like I can’t go wrong with that style. Here’s a fanciful version: the “Elizabeth” from...
View ArticleCovet: Charlotte Olympia “Fairy Tales” Shoes
I love fashion. And I love books. (Not in some hipster-Instagram, “I love books! they’re so old-school!” way, but as someone who has been reading actual books for close on four decades, and owns...
View ArticleOn the Street: Doc Martens, Redux
I took these two photographs during my commute one morning last week. I could easily take several similar photos during every morning and evening commute, as well as at my office, to make this obvious...
View ArticleCovet: Boots by Francois Pinet, 1870s-1880s
I didn’t know about the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto until recently, when a friend sent me a link to the Bata’s current exhibition, Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th...
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