Yesterday I went into London, to visit the Foale & Tuffin exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum with a friend. Afterwards I had a few hours to spare until I was due to meet another friend for tea, so I’d planned to spend the afternoon looking at the Relics of Old London exhibition at [...]
Tag Archive 'shoes'
Jeffery-West
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Jan 25th, 2010
My friend Patrick is a Very Bad Influence. We were talking about shoes, and he pointed me in the direction of Jeffery-West. Now we’re both coveting beautiful shoes that we can’t afford - and they aren’t even made in my size! (And I still haven’t saved up enough money to go on a shoemaking course.)
These [...]
Desert Boots.
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Sep 3rd, 2009
The boots in the picture are all from the Clarks Originals collection. I don’t think I ever owned a pair of desert boots. Wallabees were popular when I was a teenager, and I didn’t like those at all, so I think I went straight from school shoes to Dr Martens. I think my Dad might [...]
Well, okay, I’m not going back to school, but I am applying for jobs. Assuming I’m actually invited for any interviews, I thought I’d better go for something a little bit smarter than the shiny Dr Martens I was looking at the other week!
These are Hush Puppies, and I bought them online from Cloggs. I [...]
Exactly what I need!
Posted in inspiration, shoes on Aug 12th, 2009
I’m sorry that the posts have been few and far between lately - I’m having far too much fun at the museum, and haven’t found time to blog about it all while I’m at home.
I’m partly helping out on the reception desk of the museum, and partly giving a hand to the visiting artists who [...]
You may have gathered that this is my favourite time of year not because we’ve finally had a whole afternoon of unbroken sunshine - but because the new styles of winter boots are just starting to appear in the shops!
OH MY GOODNESS, PINK PATENT TARTAN DOC MARTENS. *faints with joy*
Mind you, I do already have [...]
Hurry up, winter!
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Jul 22nd, 2009
I never seem to have a great deal of luck with summer shoes. Every year I buy a pair that look as though they ought to be comfortable, and every year I end up with terrible blisters. I’ve pretty much given up hope of finding a pair of smart shoes that I can wear in [...]
Hooray, my new clogs have arrived!
Anne is right, and Walkley clogs don’t really have curved enough soles for dancing in.
But these were the only pair of clogs on Ebay, they happened to be in my size, and they were very cheap indeed. So these are the clogs that I’ll have to make do with, until [...]
Chiltern Open Air Museum.
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration on May 24th, 2009
Today we went to the Chiltern Open Air Museum, and I got to pet this little lamb! He is ten days old! Bless!
We also saw an encampment of the Romano-British re-enactment Group, the Vicus.
As you might expect, I very much enjoyed the fashion show. Lots of tunics! And a demonstration of toga wrapping. I’ve taken [...]
Ever since my visit to the Museum of English Rural Life, I can’t stop thinking about clogs.
The pair above (which I believe are the same ones that you can try on in the museum) are an eight-eyelet farmer’s style clog made by Walkley Clogs. I’ve been coveting a pair of these for years and years, [...]