Finally, a trend I can embrace

In this world of 5-minute fashion, I often tend to avoid super-trendy looks that will likely fade before a season is even over. Those cowboy hats that were everywhere a few years ago, near Eastern detailed embroidered sequined flats from spring/summer 2005, and this season's ever-present ugly patent leather on a cork or wooden platform (thanks Christian Louboutin!) -all examples of this phenomenon. ...However this fall there seem to be an ever increasing crop of vintage looking shoes and boots. Oxfords and ankle boots especially featuring wing tips and spectator detailing. Very excited by this new crop of lace-up boots and laser-pricked divets, I found myself a reasonably priced pair of non-leather oxfords.

I bought them online and had them shipped to my office -as is my typical practice. Online purchase + no doorman = office delivery. It's a very functional equation. They arrived today and I had to try them on to make sure they weren't too high, or tight, or whatever. Generally these are not problems I encounter as I tend towards the perfect size 7 foot and I have a gift for looking at a heel and knowing just how far I can stretch my comfort in it. So I took off the brown boots that match my dress today and revealed my mismatched trouser socks. I put on my new shoes and walked over to the kitchen to refill my water bottle. Keeping all my specific tests in mind. The shoes passed with flying colors. I could have gotten away with a half-size smaller, but I don't anticipate any problems. I look forward to a season full of wearing them. Not one person in my office who walked by me (and there were a few) even noticed I looked like Pippi Longstocking with my mismatched socks. What a hoot! I snuck back to my desk and changed back to my boots.