<p>oooh. I like those, too, Bunsen. After looking at the $600 dollar shoes we have been seeing here of late, these don’t look too bad! I’d probably get a lot more wear out of these than I would from any of the pricey pumps.</p>
<p>Gourmetmom, LOL- you are right! But I needed a small bag much more urgently than I needed new flats! And I would probably end up ruining them at work - some of my coworkers are known to spill shoe-dissolving organic solvents on the floor next to me… So I’m sticking with the $25 Me Toos for now. :)</p>
<p>Gourmetmom - I am not a big shoe experimenter, and I find the Louboutin internal platform to be comfortable and wildly ankle/foot/leg flattering. The flash of red sole would be nice given the navy/nude combo. Sophisticated. Are you blonde or brunette? Not to ask a weird question, but the nude shoe thing I believe depends in part also coloring of the person in them:).</p>
<p>Alumother - thanks for the “inside scoop” on the internal platform. I hadn’t thought of my own coloring when considering the nude shoes, but you are right, it does matter. Nude shoes seem to be a very natural choice with navy, probably because I am blonde with a fair complexion and the nude shade will blend right in with the rest of me!</p>
<p>Nude shoes.</p>
<p>It has a definite ring to it . . .</p>
<p>I do understand the theory of leg elongation and have noted the skaters with the tights seeming to extend right to the blades. Dunno. I see feet as sort of the foundation and floor of the body and it makes me nervous when there is no definition there. In ballet, the ballerina will typically wear a light pink toe shoe and of course dancing en pointe is the ultimate length you can go to elongate the leg. But those toe shoes are usually in a shiny satin with equally shiny satin ribbons around the ankles - there is a sense of demarcation to the outermost lower limbs. And then there are the examples of firebird - often red or black toe shoes - and good ol’ Odile who wouldn’t think of venturing out in anything but black footwear to match her black tutu.</p>
<p>Yes, I am permanently scarred from years of ballet . . .</p>
<p>^^my poor feet are scarred from years of ballet…</p>
<p>I still remember my teacher, Miss Annuschka, telling me I was a real dancer now because I had blood on my pointe shoes! And now I’m really careful about what shoes I wear–no high heels.</p>
<p>Shifting gears here, but still on Dressing Young topic–I’m heading to the Meadowlands in a couple of weeks for a Bon Jovi concert with my sister–a girl’s trip–and haven’t a cllue what to wear. Concerts haven’t been on my agenda for a couple of decades now. Ideas from concert-goers welcome.</p>
<p>I think most of us who spent years in ballet now wear Danskos or Crocs . . .</p>
<p>Masslou -</p>
<p>Do you have a pair of dark wash jeans? Combine the jeans with a loose top - something pretty and feminine. I like a chunky heel for a concert - keep the shoe really comfortable since you may end up standing the entire time.</p>
<p>Gourmetmom, maybe it is just our little N-M that opened last fall.</p>
<p>I haven’t been there, but I remember when F & N had nothing I liked ( which I tried to look at first- since grandma got me her 20%)- and I went to I.Magnins just to see- I swear there were no shoppers in the store and the salesclerks were standing around chatting,- when they saw my outfit they rolled their eyes and went back to their conversation- I went to Butch Blum instead.</p>
<p>I get too tired in malls- but I just bought a couple cute Jones New York cotton sateen jackets at Costco ( cheap silver buttons- I am changing them) & JNY cotton shirts , not to mention Lucky cropped jeans for $15.00 ( that are just like ones I bought a couple years ago for about 4X that much). Costco also has Seven jeans but I only could find ones that were too long.</p>
<p>Now if only I could find some ballerina flats that fit my weird feet, I wear sandals cause with my converse my cropped jeans feel too " American Graffiti".
( I was so tired of Nordstroms)</p>
<p>masslou, I agree with GM, although I’d wear a pair of ballet flats for comfort.</p>
<p>Concerts haven’t been on my agenda for a couple of decades now. Ideas from concert-goers welcome.</p>
<p>While I used to wear bare trap platforms when I would attend a concert, to keep my feet out of the spilled beer and overflowing toilets :p, venues are * much* nicer now ( when beer is $10 , you don’t want to spill it) ;). Now I usually wear flats, even though I am short, people are more likely to let you squeeze in front when you only come up to their chest- also more comfortable.
Cowboy boots are comfortable too, but I save those for fall/winter.</p>
<p>I wear either a very small cross body bag or one big enough to stuff a sweater in. When we went to Outsidelands last August, we were warned that it could get really cold at night, so I brought all kinds of stuff in a backpack. But it stayed warm- good to be prepared I guess. But layering is key, plus you will have to standup the whole time.</p>
<p>I usually wear jeans ( I took a pair of old Lucky bootlegs and made * stylish *rips in them with a wire brush- have to be really close fitting for that to look right). I also wear a long tank top in case it gets really hot from the jumping around, a tee and a sweater or sweatshirt I can tie around my waist.</p>
<p>On the rare occasions when I go to a concert it is with my daughter and a few of her friends and I usually wear jeans and one of my daughter’s tee-shirts and sandals in the summer, clogs in the winter. </p>
<p>I also bring ear plugs.</p>
<p>confession: I was at Macy’s today and bought ANOTHER black and white dress. My excuses? It is cute. It is very comfortable. It will be great when it it hot this summer. And…it was on sale!</p>
<p>I need an intervention.</p>
<p>mafool,</p>
<p>we could form a “stop buying clothes” support group. I’m shopping and buying way more than normal for me - although my splurges tend to be at Target. But still . . .</p>
<p>I don’t want to stop buying clothes altogether. I am in a completely different size than I was a year ago, so I do need to replenish.</p>
<p>I wonder why the black/white thing attracts me so. Yes, I can wear both black and white with my coloring. But I can also wear “jewel tones.” I guess that black and white are easy and they also hide a lot of sins. Colorful clothing at the same price points tend to look cheap. The prints are not sophisticated and the solids used can be jarring. Black covers a multitude of construction sins.</p>
<p>oh yes totally bring earplugs to a concert- bring lot of them actually, in case you drop one when taking them in or out.</p>
<p>Also my bifocals so I can see the interesting goings on near me . . . but not the walker yet . . . maybe next year</p>
<p>*Also my bifocals *</p>
<p>I made the large but practical leap ( for me), by getting a chain ( actually a glass beaded string), for my reading glasses.
It was traumatic, because it made me feel like Momma- from the Carol Burnett show.
It didn’t get better, when a 24 yr old friend of mine told me how cool they were.
ya honey, just tell me what you think when * you * have to wear them.
;)</p>