Shoe Post

I found these 1930s shoes while on vacation, and upon trying them on, I was more than thrilled to discover that they have arch support. This is monumental, namely because I haven't had arch support in a shoe since maybe 6th grade. And since my mother threw out my arch inserts (that my aunt gave me to try) because they were still in the shoes she hated so much she tossed without looking, there went that. But anyway, the shoes have some solid arch support! Is that normal?


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And so I was messing around on Photoshop so I could stick all the pictures together. The upper right corner looked disgustingly barren, so I thought of putting my name there. But I really needed something square, so I stuck a picture in lieu of name. It really has nothing to do with the shoes, it was more of an aesthetic choice. Which segues perfectly into my next post, which I was inspired to work on. Why now, I don't know, since I have so much to do tomorrow, but there are just some things that cannot be explained.

Vintage Shopping

Today I went to a vintage clothing show in Santa Monica. It was almost overwhelming how many gorgeous items were there! There were elegant 20s dresses with all their beading intact, old designer stuff, and even victorian dresses and shoes! I tried on so many biased dresses. I tried on a black one with a deep v-neck in the front and a very very low v in the back. The way it was cut was amazing! It wasn't just plain - there was a pattern to it. I also tried on a gold biased gown that was gathered below the bust and it had a little matching jacket!!

I ended up buying a long, black, velvet 1930s gown that is so pretty. It's looser at the top but form fitting at the waist and below. I'm going to get some jewelry for it and wear it on New Years. I also got 1930s shoes that are very wearable. They have silver art deco accents and mostly black velvet, silver for the T-strap part. I cannot believe they fit though because all the 30s shoes I find are 5 or 6, and I'm 7! But there were also really pretty red satin shoes too. Too small of course.

I want to check out the art deco show in San Francisco too. It's my dream to own an art deco style vanity.

Lauren

Okay here are pictures. Sorry about the quality - I took them with my mother's digital camera which is as old as brontosaurus, but she uses it to photograph her items she sells on eBay, so if it's good enough for selling purposes, hopefully it's good enough for this.

This dress would have originally come with some serious jewelry... as you can see, that gaping neck and upper chest area is just begging for something shiny, but it was (obviously) no longer with the dress.


I know one of the shoes has a lot of wear on the shiny silver, but you know, they're old so it's understandable, but they fit which is unusual.

Another Pair?

I don't know why I didn't just make this a shoe blog. I guess I didn't realize I was obsessed.

Well anyway I got these shoes over the weekend:





I think they would make good dancing shoes, since I don't have any heeled dancing shoes! But who knows?

Luden's and... Shoes

I've been sick for a few days, but I also graduated yesterday! It was very relieving. I just wanted to recommend, if you ever have a sore throat, the Luden's Honey Lemon throat drops! They are BY FAR the best of all Luden's, and Honey and Lemon are known to be good for sore throats, so what could be better? The berry ones are too sweet for me now, and the white grape ones taste like children's chewable Tylenol. Well anyway, I realized this has nothing to do with classic/vintage anything, so let me find some pictures.

Here are some shoes from the 1930s:

I've seen a lot of shoes like this:

Fred and Ginger!! I like Ginger's shoes, too:

Ruby Keeler's shoes (I like her tap shoes in 42nd Street too):

"New" Shoes

I have recently started buying a fair amount of used/vintage shoes. Especially Ferragamos. I really like how unique some of the shoes are, and if you know where to look and you look hard, you can find them for cheap. All of the following shoes that I have bought so far ranged from $5-$25 each. For some pictures, I couldn't decide which one had a better angle for the shoe, so I posted both!

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