Tag Archives: shoes
I’m Loving: UK Brand Whistles
A minimalist UK brand that has the aesthetic of Zara (albeit pricier–few brands beat Zara’s look-for-less quality/value) and free shipping to the U.S.? I’m totally down with that. The brand caught my eye with that “feminin” french sweater, which I was able to get my hands on right before it sold out (thanks for the birthday […]
Things I’m Craving This Fall: Green, Moto, Leather, and Cutout
It’s still hot as Hell in SoCal, so I’m actually just craving temperatures that allow me to be fully clothed. Not the ideal atmosphere for a girl who’s addicted to sweaters. But cool weather or not, here are the things I’m eyeing as we head into my favorite season. 1. Dark Green Fall’s color palette […]
Knee-high Sheath Boots: Or, Chaps
Coincidence? Ok, it’s a stretch. But when I first started seeing knee-high sheath boots about a year ago, I was for some reason immediately struck by images of horses. Recently, with the Fall approaching, I’ve seen them pop up again. I scoured the Internet because I was certain that I had, in fact, seen something similar on a horse […]
Birthday Month means rationalizing everything I buy.
In grad school, I started this not-uncommon annual tradition of rationalizing a purchase by classifying it as a birthday present to myself. Tons of people do this. But I tried to rationalize it even more (I shop a lot, guys), by focusing on an item I knew I’d have for a long time. Four birthdays […]
Open-Toe Booties are Like the Vests of Feet
This fall is being dominated by two types of shoes–the smoking slipper and the cutout/open-toe boots. Let me start by saying I like both of them. If something looks good, it looks good–I won’t question the function of it, because really, it’s fashion and at a certain point its function is solely to make you […]
The Wrong Coast 