STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

itsapinkthing · Coach

am I losing touch with fashion reality?

Cricket · Gucci

I saw a girl wearing Topsiders the other day and they looked so cute on her. They were the traditional dark brown. Takes me back! smile

wicked · Coach

I like 'em!!

jrhampt · Kenneth Cole

Hah. I actually saw a page in this month's Lucky on how to wear pleated, pegged pants. I was so appalled that I immediately threw the issue out.

kenzie · Chanel

jrhampt wrote:

Hah. I actually saw a page in this month's Lucky on how to wear pleated, pegged pants. I was so appalled that I immediately threw the issue out.

I was seriously disturbed by that page.

boobaby · Kate Spade

according to jcrew peg or tight rolling is making a comeback:

Kitty · Hermes

If it makes you feel any better, I recently bought Birkenstocks for bumming around town.

CjStar · Nine West

I've been thinking of buying a pair, and no one in my city wears them so I must be losing touch too.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

I figure we're all in the clear until we start wearing two or more pairs of socks in different colors at the same time while tucking our pants into them...

And, yes, that Lucky page was upsetting.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

i have them.. but we have a boat so i have a use for them. but that doesn't explain why i wear them while not in the boat, so i too am losing touch.

Jahni · Dooney & Bourke

I have two pair of Topsiders... I love'em...I just think they're a classic kind of cool.

Bastet · Kate Spade

boobaby wrote:

according to jcrew peg or tight rolling is making a comeback:

I choose to believe that they rolled the jeans like that to show off the shoes that they're trying to sell, as oppose to trying to revive that hideous, unflattering trend. biggrin

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

what?! i peg roll my pants every day and then use half a bottle of vavoom on my bangs!!

i think the shoes are very cute and you can definitely pull them off.

Mandy · Kate Spade

boobaby wrote:

according to jcrew peg or tight rolling is making a comeback:

Is it bad that I looked at this picture and thought, "I can tight roll WAY better than that"?

Suasoria · Chanel

I'm in the minority here, but I'm wondering how Topsiders could ever be cute or flattering on anyone who isn't a boy under the age of 10. But I brake for comfort, so I suppose they're better than Crocs or other functional shoes...

Farrah · Marc Jacobs

Honestly, I do not think those shoes work on anyone. Well, maybe on a dude named Biff that has clambakes on the Cape and wears pastel plaid shorts, but that is it. JMO.

boobaby · Kate Spade

Mandy wrote:

boobaby wrote:

according to jcrew peg or tight rolling is making a comeback:

Is it bad that I looked at this picture and thought, "I can tight roll WAY better than that"?

No, as a true product of the 80s, I had a similar thought. Then I thought maybe Jcrew was pushing some post modern version of the tight roll. "The tight roll of this millennium is more undone, more carefree..." wink

Suasoria · Chanel

boobaby wrote:

Then I thought maybe Jcrew was pushing some post modern version of the tight roll. "The tight roll of this millennium is more undone, more carefree..."

Oh Boobaby, that's just perfect. You crack me up.

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

i've read this post a couple of times trying to figure out what it is that made me really not like the shoes--whether it was just my own personal sense of style or whether I really felt like they were not in style generally. And here's what I've come up with: I just don't think they're flattering. Like I just don't seem them making any outfit on anyone look better. Which is different than say when leggings came back in. When leggings first came back, I knew they weren't my personal style but I saw tons of girls pulling them off and looking supercute. With these shoes, I just don't see that happening. jmo, of course.

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

I think what this really comes down to is personal style. I don't see these shoes as being trendy at all. I think that they are a good alternative to sneakers or even flip flops. If worn appropriately, they can be very cute and functional. In other words, if you plan on wearing them to work or even trying to "dress them up" then you're taking it too far. Now when you start adding things like rolling your jeans, you are probably taking it too far unless you actually just stepped off of a boat. I like these shoes, I think that they are cute with a sporty/nautical edge that can be worn with all different kinds of outfits, especially in the summertime. I personally have seen a lot of cute outfits (but keep in mind that I live in Florida where the chances of just steeping off a boat is high) with these. They look cute with jeans and a polo, capris instead of rolling jeans imo, and they look good with shorts too. I guess it just all depends...