Inspiring!

If you follow fashion trends, go to:

http://www.selectism.com/news/tag/shoes/

Over 70 *pages* of shoes, collectors, special editions, and pearls of high-profile designers. Making me envious! Below is a capture of how their pages may look like:

Power Shoes Turn Heads on the Web

Primarily women's heads, since ladies reportedly go into a search madness to follow the fashion statements of the U.S. First Lady. This time, it's a wedge from Kate Spade.
When will men shoes get such an exposure? President Obama, will you follow your wife's "initiative?"

Live Post: Upcoming Capital Outlays

Here is a "live" list of upcoming capital outlays, i.e. wardrobe stuff I may need to buy:

• Earth-tone dress pants (wear with brown/burgundy shoes?), [Black Saturday shopping]
• Solid grey pants (wear with black shoes?), [Sept 6, 2010]
• A solid yellow shirt, long sleeve,
• A solid/striped dark red shirt, long sleeve, [Black Friday shopping]
• A shirt with stripes, long sleeve, [Black Saturday shopping]
• Some matching socks (mercerized cotton? sheer socks?) [Dec. 18, 2010 - use or lose a $10 coupon!]
• Brown casual shoes (lace up or slip on?) [Dec. 18, 2010: See this post].
• Some sort of buckle shoes (Added Dec. 2010)

Here is a "live" list of items already bought, ready to be "commissioned:"

• Black lace up dress shoes,
• Black shiny penny loafers,
• Sheer socks,
• Solid grey trousers/pants,
• Dark blue shirt.

I will be posting descriptions of such items (brands, purchase price) as I get ready to wear them! I anticipate items bought in September to start first week of October, and items from October/November to start by December if I make purchases on time for Labor day and Fall sales.

The Art of Shoe Throwing

You've seen it on TV with U.S. President Bush dodging a shoe thrown at him during a press conference (courtesy CBS):



Now it's back, and some news agencies (AP: a shoe flies, a leader ducks) call it a trend...


I think the trend mentioned in the AP article is largely inspired by former Soviet chief Nikita Khrushchev who, at the 1960 UN Assembly incident, slammed is shoe to the podium in protest against opinions expressed by leaders of countries under colonialism. There is a quite famous picture circulating all over the web, like this one courtesy marshallpoe/Mechanical Icon:

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Initial Story

Eight Ten pairs of shoes, and my "collection" is bound to grow as I prepare to renew some of my outfit for the fall. Retiring my most used shoes won't stop my collection from growing. So I want to spend some time sharing key highlights of the shoes I buy. Stay tuned!