I have a way of skirting the things on my to-buy list which might actually make my life better. I really don’t know what it’s all about, but Hunter Wellies? Yeah, I’ve been meaning to buy a pair for a decade. I think about it every month (and definitely every time it rains), and still, have yet to pull the trigger. I’m really not sure what that’s about. The same thing happens every time I visit a shoe department. Neon yellow? Check. Magenta? Totally. Black? Not so much. In fact, sick true story, but I used all my flats and heels to make a wall of shoes in our apartment back east and pretty much managed to hit every note in a Crayola 64-pack.
All this resistance and yet, like any normal person, I wear out my black flats at an alarming rate. (My patent yellow “banana” flats, as Rob lovingly calls them? They barely leave their shoe box.) The happy medium I’ve found is nude. Somehow they feel a bit more fun than practical brown or black, but they go with everything, and have an uncanny ability to make your legs look longer. (If you don’t believe me, try some on.)
clockwise, l-r: KORS MICHAEL KORS “ODIN” NUDE PATENT FLAT, $129.00, CUSP; CORSO COMO “PALOMAR” NUDE PLATFORM PUMP, $138.95, NORDSTROM; REED KRAKOFF LEATHER BALLERINA FLAT, $375.00, NET-A-PORTER; STUART WEITZMAN “NIGHTY” PATENT LEATHER PUMP, $298.00, NEIMAN MARCUS.
