Put it down to thick calves (according to a survey in Dolly magazine in 1981 my calves were 10cm outside the “normal” parameters), but I always said I didn’t understand people who had a shoe obsession. That is, right up until the day I was hit in the head by a (boot) shoe box which didn’t stay put when I hurled it Knicks-style towards the top of the pile on my wardrobe, thereby being knocked backwards off the chair/phone books I was standing on. Being summarily buried in the proceeding shoe box avalanche was my moment of realisation – jesus I have a lot of shoes! And they hurt.
Having it pointed out that I have little illustrations on the end of each box only cemented the fact that there was a little bit of Imelda in me.
So happy was I to wander in to Craft Victoria this week and find a teeny little exhibition of shoes called “Shoe Show”. Featuring the work of some of Melbourne’s leading emerging shoemakers, it gives us a look into the art and inspiration of their bespoke practices. I was particularly taken with the ‘shoe pants’ – yes, shoes connected to the pants – worth wearing just for when you go to a Japanese restaurant where you have to take your shoes off. The conjoined shoes were a leetle bit too close to the dreams I have where I’m trying to run but can’t move. But ooh, the white boots with embroidered gaitors…
Got me in the shoe-collecting mood so I took a look at net-a-porter…OOOOOhhhhhh, look at them……
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Coco 10.29.09 at 7:09 am
There’s a ‘normal’ calf? Oh no, I think I’m becoming self-conscious…
Patsyfox 10.29.09 at 3:38 pm
Yes! Or at least there was in 1981 – Mia Freedman would have them for dinner if they tried that now. Thank you Dolly for an early start on my body obsessions. P.s. My upper arms were too big also!
Mary 10.30.09 at 11:32 pm
I love those Balmain boots, I even considered buying them until I realised that would be totally ridiculous. Then again…
Patsyfox 10.31.09 at 3:03 am
Cambridge dictionary definition of ridiculous: absolutely necessary
Mrs Underhill 11.01.09 at 4:04 pm
Patsy!!! I too was taken with the Emma Greenwood numbers when I popped in last Friday. I had seen them earlier on the Meet Me At Mikes blog was glad to spy them in the flesh. They’re kind of Dolly with less hooker about them no?
Mary 11.01.09 at 7:31 pm
Yes only 1600 pounds of ridiculous!
Patsyfox 11.04.09 at 2:13 am
Ha ha, yes they are a bit Dolly now that you mention it! But in a cooler, kind of Fitzroy kind of way. Dolly-does-sensible.
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