the day's dilemma ... if the shoe fits wear it? And what my final decision was!
I really need my good friend over at Privileged to answer this for me... she has posted many times about the loafer vs the ballet flat.
I used to be a loafer girl. In high school and college they were a part of my uniform, both tassled and the penny versions. I wore brown, not black. They were Bass, I believe. With navy knee socks or without when I could get away with it. In college the beat up loafers were often worn with a pair of faded and torn Levis paired sometimes with a pretty cardi and other times with an over-sized college sweatshirt (Harvard and BC mostly). For dressier occasions I had my go to Papagallo loafers... like Belgian loafers with little heels and affordable on a college girl's budget. The Papagallos came with me from college to the working world. And then seem to have suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth...
During my earlier working years, pre-children, I had loafers with chunky heels -- alas that was the style -- and pumps and flats. Then I started to have my children and loafers came back out of the closet with my ballet flats. (Pumps are not at all practical when chasing around the very young!) My favorite go to shoes were a pair of buttery Cole Hahn loafers. They were quite simply the best shoe on earth. I still have an affinity towards them.
When I was at the end of my second pregnancy it was Christmastime. My husband searched high and low for gifts for me. Clothes were certainly out of the question. Gift certificates too impersonal. I got two memorable gifts that year, my Roomba vacuum cleaner. (I've written about my love for Roomba on more than one one occasion here.) He also gave me a pair of Gucci loafers. In black. I'm not really a brown shoe girl. I loved them and wore them a great bit for a few years. And then I fell out of love with them. Not just those loafers but all loafers.
Suddenly my feet felt heavy and my ankles felt chunky. Ballet flats became, and still are, my shoe of choice.
Yesterday I was cleaning out my closet (another post entirely!) and came across the Guccis. I decided to try them on this morning... I'm not so sure what to think. I still think they make my ankles look thick. I think they are heavy looking. I really prefer the ballet flat... Or do I?
I always stand like this... people always ask me if I dance...
The loafer vs the ballet flat...
me and my dorky photo... flat vs loafer?
Yes, I really do stand like this... really such a dork! I'm trying to make myself look thinner for you all. Kids have been on vacation for two weeks and I have eaten everything in sight and gotten no exercise whatsoever and these orange pants are super tight!
Gee, maybe if I put my arm over my stomach I can hide the fact that I have eaten all week! But Ok, I must quit being vain and self conscious and get back to my original post... loafer or flat?
Well, neither one was cutting it for me...
So I went with...
These!
Good choice, yes?!
I used to be a loafer girl. In high school and college they were a part of my uniform, both tassled and the penny versions. I wore brown, not black. They were Bass, I believe. With navy knee socks or without when I could get away with it. In college the beat up loafers were often worn with a pair of faded and torn Levis paired sometimes with a pretty cardi and other times with an over-sized college sweatshirt (Harvard and BC mostly). For dressier occasions I had my go to Papagallo loafers... like Belgian loafers with little heels and affordable on a college girl's budget. The Papagallos came with me from college to the working world. And then seem to have suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth...
During my earlier working years, pre-children, I had loafers with chunky heels -- alas that was the style -- and pumps and flats. Then I started to have my children and loafers came back out of the closet with my ballet flats. (Pumps are not at all practical when chasing around the very young!) My favorite go to shoes were a pair of buttery Cole Hahn loafers. They were quite simply the best shoe on earth. I still have an affinity towards them.
When I was at the end of my second pregnancy it was Christmastime. My husband searched high and low for gifts for me. Clothes were certainly out of the question. Gift certificates too impersonal. I got two memorable gifts that year, my Roomba vacuum cleaner. (I've written about my love for Roomba on more than one one occasion here.) He also gave me a pair of Gucci loafers. In black. I'm not really a brown shoe girl. I loved them and wore them a great bit for a few years. And then I fell out of love with them. Not just those loafers but all loafers.
Suddenly my feet felt heavy and my ankles felt chunky. Ballet flats became, and still are, my shoe of choice.
Yesterday I was cleaning out my closet (another post entirely!) and came across the Guccis. I decided to try them on this morning... I'm not so sure what to think. I still think they make my ankles look thick. I think they are heavy looking. I really prefer the ballet flat... Or do I?
I always stand like this... people always ask me if I dance...
The loafer vs the ballet flat...
me and my dorky photo... flat vs loafer?
Yes, I really do stand like this... really such a dork! I'm trying to make myself look thinner for you all. Kids have been on vacation for two weeks and I have eaten everything in sight and gotten no exercise whatsoever and these orange pants are super tight!
Gee, maybe if I put my arm over my stomach I can hide the fact that I have eaten all week! But Ok, I must quit being vain and self conscious and get back to my original post... loafer or flat?
Well, neither one was cutting it for me...
So I went with...
These!
Good choice, yes?!