Hotel Sight Seeing

One girl in black flats and ankle trousers, barefeet. She had her shoes off when standing on a sofa chair to watch a live performance. Hot feet!

On the other side of the hotel lounge, one (gay?) guy in black penny loafers and ankle pants, barefoot. Hot feet!

And extra time gazing at the girl shoe playing on the way back while waiting for the train!

Shoes of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates

Close up photos and description provided. Should we still judge men by their shoes?
http://uslessthings.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html

Dec 5, 2010: Take a closer look to the ones McCain has.

Brown Shoe Search

In trying to identify a brown shoe for fall and spring, the following results from a Google search drew my attention:

Take a closer look at the brown shoe (image courtesy xxx):

It appeared at least five times in the search and was quite cute; however, it was not until the shoe appeared in two consecutive result rows that I realized I almost missed something. Smooth upper leather, suede-like contours, and a white rubber sole. What I like about these shoes is the design with minimal decorations. I would go for them right away if they had black soles and laces instead. They are part of a larger "Comme des garçons" collection from UK designer Pointer Footwear. For your convenience, this is where the two search links point to:

• limitedhype.com (June 3, 2010)
• crookedtongues.com (June 10, 2010)

For my part, I will continue my search for a fall/spring shoe.

Nothing wrong with wearing certain women's socks

Stylish men who don't compromise and want to both show ankle skin and keep their feet dry would go to great lengths to wear footies for men (e.g. as suggested here), only to find out that the women's counterpart is very similar and readily available! Read the original post here.

As for me, I just got a pair of opaque nylon socks from clearance boxes. Can't wait to put them with my dress loafers...

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!