bad sneakers
 | yesterday i admired a pair of green rubber clogs. i was told they were plogs — fully autoclavable, not to be mistaken for splogs, which i own in purple.
the conversation reminded me of my own rubber clogs, and in fact my entire assortment of funny shoes. won't you join me on a quick tour of the collection? |
the aforementioned rubber clogs. they are exactly that yellow. when i wear them i'm acutely aware of looking like a frightening cross between a dutch tulip farmer and a duck. and you know how i feel about ducks.
my beloved chinese tennis shoes. in fact, i think they were made in taiwan, but let's not get bogged down in political issues. i bought them at a discount store on lower west broadway for $9. they're bright red with gold metallic tracery, with embroidered pagodas scattered tastefully about. what can i say? i like my elegance overstated.
windex-colored pagoda-scattered mules. while we're on the subject of pagodas, let me introduce you to the least comfortable pair of shoes i own. footbinding would hurt less, but they do look smashing, and we all know i'm pretty seriously committed to fashion.
chinese slippers. are you beginning to detect a motif? these are midnight blue velvet bedroom slippers, embellished with beads and sequins. (i'd give anything if they had pagodas on them, but alas.) these bedroom slippers are far too fine to remain confined to the boudoir; they have taken me all over manhattan, as the wear pattern sadly shows.
polarfleece snow leopard boots. but now we come to a true vermonter of a shoe: snow boots in leopard-print polarfleece. they're waterproof, toasty, and allow me to move with enviable catlike grace. well, as much grace as a cat could muster on two feet of hard-packed snow.
frog boots. there is very little else to be said about these, except that they were a gift from paul, who knows my tastes a little too well.
Comments
certainly an enviable collection. I, myself, own a pair of red satin Chinese slippers.
Posted by: auntb | October 27, 2003 02:04 PM
And when you're done with those there's always our friend steph's collection.
Posted by: paul | October 27, 2003 03:59 PM
I own a pair of those clogs, but mine are dark mossy green, as befits an Oregonian...
Posted by: Betsy | October 27, 2003 04:56 PM
are you sure that's not just mold from all the rain?
Posted by: julie | October 27, 2003 05:04 PM
HA! I bought them that way on purpose so that they'd blend in nicely with any future mold growths...I'm all about the color coordination, don't you know.
Posted by: betsy | October 27, 2003 11:35 PM
ABOUT THE BOOTS... I'M GREEN WITH ENVY.
Posted by: grmaw | October 30, 2003 07:35 PM