Fashion – Page 3 – Christine Elias

Everywhere I look there are people stomping around in salt-stained boots. Shoes, too — but some people just don’t dress for the weather and this post is not about them and their lack of planning or common sense.

Poor salt-stained boot lady. Her boots are a mess.

I take very good care of my footwear and I actually don’t have any salt stains. I give my boots a good vinegar rubdown nightly.

See?

But look at the heel! It’s a horrid mess. And no amount of vinegar treatment will fix that. Believe me, I’ve tried. And tried.

I know that I could wear proper winter boots. This has been suggested to me my many people, including my wise and patient loved one, who puts up with my fondness for footwear and my lack of interest in boots like these:

But I hate carrying my shoes around with me. And now that I walk about 4 km each day, it would be even more of a pain to lug even more stuff with me in my trek across the city.

But I found a solution!

You’re not serious? What the hell are those?

They are “overshoes“— that’s right, they fit OVER my stylish footwear of the day. Genius!

Needless to say, they are hard to find (wonder why?) but soon I will be the queen of protective — if unfashionable — footwear.

So, I don’t make resolutions — I tend to make purchases.

But I have been very, very good lately. I bought some shirts because I needed new shirts and I bought some pants because, well, there’s something odd going on with my midsection that’s necessitating a bigger size.

This is how good I’ve been. I’ve had my eye on these boots for some time. They’re a Church’s AURA II Chelsea boot.

Church’s, AURA II — not telling you the price. Click if you must.

Nice, right?

But nope. I resisted. And I continue to resist them on a daily basis.

I visit them online weekly and also look at similar (not much) cheaper versions that don’t get me in a lather.

So if I am going to make any resolutions, it’s to try and buy things I need and not want.

And I do have a need for footwear — just not those boots.

You see, my Dr. Martens are just about to give up the ghost. I’ve repaired them once, but one of the eyelets is just about to rip through again. (The eyelet provides a smooth, rigid surface for laces to be fed through, and stops (or in my case does not stop) the leather from fraying where the hole was made.)

I need a new pair of brown or oxblood lace up shoes. This is a fact. I have proof of imminent shoe failure. I could get a new pair of the Docs, but the quality (obviously) is not what it used to be.

So I am thinking about these lovely shoes that I could — without a doubt — really use.

Even nicer, right? And really quite practical.

Category: Fashion

Ugly? Maybe, but ever so useful!

I don’t make resolutions — I make purchases