Category: Footwear

Payless pranks snobbish shoe shoppers

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Payless opened a pop-up boutique, where it put out its footwear in a different setting, with fancy backlit displays and a dramatic angel statue greeting customers. Several shoppers, who were duped into thinking ‘Palessi’ (get it?) was a new luxury brand, were willing to spend up to $600 on Payless shoes.

I have a shoe story of my own. I had bought a pair of pumps (between $200 and $300) by L.K. Bennett, best known for Duchess Kate’s Sledge pump. Nordstrom​ sent me Prada by mistake. They were UGLY. I called customer service and told them had the Prada shoes worked for me, it would be a steal.  The customer service rep laughed and said that “And we wouldn’t have known the difference.”

Coming ’round again

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What ties footwear to a given time? I loved my Dr. Scholl’s wooden exercise sandals and didn’t care if the straps blistered my feet; then I had to have a pair of Earth shoes because my classmates were wearing them; later on, I had to have a pair of Frye boots. By tracing trends in footwear, you can estimate my age!


Frye “Jane” boot

I recently bought myself a pair of Frye boots in the classic “Jane” style. Actually, it’s the same style that I had before. As I wrote before, I promised to buy a pair of boots for fall/winter. Frye is having its day again, and Dr. Scholl’s exercise sandals and Earth shoes have made comebacks in recent years.

Give ’em the boot

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Boots

As I promise myself every summer that I’ll get a pedicure, every fall/winter season, I promise that I’ll get a pair of boots to wear with my below-the-knee length skirts. Here’s a selection of favorites that I posted to ThisNext.

Alas, the Prada degradé riding boot is out of my budget.

Any of these boots would provide a counterbalance to the heft of Utilikilts!