Hi all. I’ve always taken months off posting here and here, to stay gleeful in the process. It’s hard to do now with so much happening but, despite my hesitancy, I think it’s a good idea so here we go.
I’ll be back in May. I leave you now with two important developing trends:
See you soon. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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Breathing a sigh of relief that my cork wedges aren’t dorky — I’d been wondering! And another, bigger, very hopeful sigh of relief that brave people are standing up for equality. Thank you for the links.
Enjoy your break, Lisa, and I’ll be looking forward to your return. Please let us know how your festive/cowboy party goes (and what everyone wears, of course)! I’m dying to know!
Have a wonderful weekend! Be gleeful and be good to yourself. ❤
What a great idea, have a lovely time off!
Well, darn. I’d need a rest too if my sacred alma mater was put through the revenge wringer.
Now how will we know whether the orange Mashburn arrived in a smaller size, and whether it was steamed and ready to travel to Houston? Without boots, boots were banished.
I’d gotten easy with the Dries, worn with your Chanel cap-toe flats. The collar just needed to be popped, way up big.
Thank you for the greatest blog in the world. The only one with followers who check their calendars at mid-week, counting the days ’til Saturday. xo
“… Who check their calendars at mid-week, counting the days ’til Saturday.” … I do exactly that. xoxo
The cork wedge sandals (known in these parts as “buffalo sandles” for no reason I know) were the thing that compensated for missing height for me in my younger years. I may have even worn them the first day of law school? (I was worn down by life and returned to Bass mocs and Dr. Scholl’s by the time I graduated.)
In the 1970s, I wore cork wedge sandals with mini dresses so abbreviated I’m in awe of the photos. My mom told us that we were wearing a look popular previously in the 1940s. There is nothing new under the sun.
Hah! I started law school in Dr. Scholl’s and cutoffs, so clueless was I about the culture of my deeply urban law school. Thanks for the shout out about buffalo sandals. I instantly pictured those in my mind upon reading of cork wedges, but your comment brought back the name.
Thanks for the post, Lisa, and I will be glad to have you back in May! Enjoy your time away from the blog.
I’m LOVING the work that Bernie Sanders is doing and the crowds at democratic events. I’m iffy on the wedge sandals…I’m such a klutz that I could twist an ankle falling over in these shoes. I’ll just appreciate how they look on others.
Oh, golly – cork-soled wedgies! I remember in the 70s, when they were something like $6.95/pair at the Woolworth’s on Nassau Street in Princeton, across from the university (hip hip hip hooray!). I actually wore them with colorful socks and flared low-rise pants and jeans, but I think the height was a little less than in the pic you show (otherwise I wouldn’t have worn them b/c I was tall enough already). People now disparage 70s fashion, but it sure was fun while it lasted…
Have a great month away – but remember that we all hope for a picture of you in whatever you wear to that big party in Houston (even if you forswear the cowboy hat ‘n’ boots!).
Oh Woolworths, oh K-Mart, please return.
Last night I dreamt I went to….K-Mart again.
Mothers’ instructions stay forever. The best thing is a dress and jacket, she said. And there it was in my dreams, a dress and jacket [blazer style] in a tan ground, dark brown overlay windowpane plaid, the dress was a matching plaid “sheath.”
Hanging up very high in the K-Mart store, the ensemble was way out of reach, all I wanted to do was “feel” the polyester:wool fabric, and whether or not it was lined.
[Lisa, you did want us to talk among ourselves, right?]
Does this mean we won’t find out about the Texas party dress choice?
Have a lovely spring.
Ceci
My favorite outfit in 1975, the year I started college, was a home-sewn red calico sundress paired with a pair of peep-toe copper-brown suede sandals with 3-inch cork wedge soles.