To buy, or not to buy. That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the pains of an empty wallet or the slings and arrows or not having gorgeous shoes.
Violent Green another shop I follow on blogspot keep tempting me by posting 'Sale Item of the Day' and these shoes from Strummer named the Espadrille Flats now cost $49 down from $196. I'm contemplating buying them just for the saving but I wonder how often I would wear them. While I have been searching for a straw rimmed pair of boater shoes do I dare buy something in a bold print? If I wore horizontal black and white striped shirts in a Parisian manner then maybe I would be swayed to purchase the shoes but will I be happy with my purchase? It's difficult to say, I have bought shoes in the wrong sizes online and haven't been able to part with them so do I really want to put myself through the trauma again?
I do like the neat little shoelaces and eyelets of the shoes and the structure is sweet enough, yesterday I thought I really adored the print but in the morning after I am having my small doubts. With more shoes on the horizon coming in February in ballet form I think I should save my money for the time being and bide my time and wait to pounce.
They've been labelled as the perfect shoes for seeing sweaty Summer festivals and concerts and with the light canvas material I'm not surprised. For a hardcore festival such as Soundwave or No sleep Till you would have to wear something a lot thicker and dense to stop your feet from bleeding if daring to enter a mosh pit. Still, if you were to enjoy the sounds and sights of a festival while lounging around on grass then these shoes in canvas material would be ideal- from the side profile shown here they look a bit like Toms except the sole is outlined in straw and the shoelaces add a little more security to wearing these shoes and preventing them from sliding off. Which is helpful if you plan on dangling your feet from a jetty at the beach.
I feel like such a borderline old person sometimes when I'm hypercritical of teenagers clothing- while I can accept and warm up to baseball/ raglan shirts, pink hair and sparkly make up I will never accept short-shorts in denim that allows the viewer to see the edges of someone's butt. That's just gross and sick- have some pride in yourself and don't bare your skin so much. Also in my humble and modest opinion you really shouldn't wear low-cut shirts in the daytime when your bits threaten to spill out over the edges. These opinions are all just based on what I think though and may not be for everyone but I think that when you dress too skimpy you can attract the wrong sort of attention and it's something you'd regret in the end.
Ah Winter, at least in this bitterly chilling month everyone is force to rug up for the good of their health whether they like it or not and dress modestly. For that reason, Winter is my favourite season as well as the fact I can layer clothing, snuggle into my bed sheets and sleep well and that none of my pets have died in Winter whereas it seems they have all died in Summer. There's a lot more creativity and though that does into an outfit for Winter where you can mismatch prints and have elaborate layers but in Summer, or at least for Australians you have to dress to be comfortable and I hate that sometimes.
Maybe it would be nice to abandon my individual sense of style and just become a true and fully-fledged hipster- buying short denim shirts and small black singlets as well as wearing leggings as pants with long white socks and cheap canvas shoes... YEAH RIGHT! I would disappoint my brother, myself as well as my hippy and pot-smoking Literature teacher if I abandoned my sense of self and style. Still, maybe lying next to a similarly dressed lover would be nice and having the frame tinted with odd colours from Instagram or even old 35mm film.
I'm much happier picking off vintage goodies online such as loose hanging denim shirts as well as denim jackets with alterations and long tennis socks to accentuate my long legs. At least hipsters get that much right and know how to show off their bodies in order to attract the opposite sex- not that I need that though, I'm happily tied down with the best ball and chain in the world.
