I am, you see, a kind of style agony aunt. Stop laughing. I've already written up a few mock Q&As but now I have a genuine question from a real human being in desperate need of sartorial assistance:
"I always find it particularly hard to find a dress/corporate work shoe that wears well on the sole. I am a new car salesperson for Honda and in turn I spend a lot of time outside on bitumen talking to customer and it just seems to chew through whatever pair of shoes I am wearing at the time. It seems that there is no happy medium between a shoe that looks good and a shoe that wears well, it is either one or the other. Would you have any suggestions to a shoe that would suit my needs?"
Faaark. What do I say? Tell him to get a new job?
I am officially trembling with fraudulence.
Update: while searching for a random image to run with this post I typed in 'hideous outfit' on Google and came across this:
That's the nelliest superhero get-up I've ever seen. A corset with opera gloves.
His name is Cosmic Boy (real name Rokk Krin). He's from the planet Braal.
And despite the outfit, he was romantically linked with Night Girl.
Thank you, Wikipedia.
4 comments:
Not at all difficult. I purchased a pair of venison hide black shoes from a shoe shop in Crows Nest with a wooden heel and sole. They have lasted me an eternity (which they'd need to since they cost over $250 about five years ago). I had a lovely shoe repair man coat the sole and the heel with light rubber and they still serve me very well. The issue with shoes, like most other things, is that you really shouldn't expect cheap shoes to do the trick.
Cheers- I wasn't taking the piss.
Wish me luck.
...are you trying to tell me the corset with opera gloves is non de rigeur? Why wasn't I told before? No wonder the gawjus thangs in Woolies dive into the dairy fridge when they see me coming. :(
Lucite, 6 inches, Frederick's of Hollywood. Anyone knows that shit would last longer than a cockroach under an atom bomb.
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