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Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by browniejr

browniejr — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:21:05 +0000

@Russell You actually have a pair of shoes with one black/ the other brown, creme?!? I thought that only happened to me when I was in a hurry or dressed in the dark.

Comment on Friday! November 20 by shesnailie

shesnailie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:35:29 +0000

_@_v – from what i understand, ‘turning japanese’ was about the face you made in the final throes of a sexual encounter…

Comment on Friday! November 20 by Angie

Angie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:04:24 +0000

Yay, the check came! Nice, nice “coincidence”! I’m so happy for you and for all of us who have bought your books thinking to thank you for your inspired commentary (of which “rake store” is only my most recent favorite). And again, hooray!

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by Russell

Russell — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:55:49 +0000

“The fashion-idea in the upper right-hand corner never caught on, did it.”

I beg to differ with our Congenial Host on this one; I just purchased a pair of ankle boots remarkably similar to those shoes on Ms Crawford’s page, and how could they not be my favourite shoes ever? Eyelets! Hooks! Perforations! Never mind that Leather Soles spoiled the party atmosphere…

And I am so grateful that I wasn’t walking the earth in 1934, or I would have been doing so unshod — hard to fit my non-fleshy size 12 feet into any of these beauties

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by Mikey NTH

Mikey NTH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:07 +0000

I once had a pair of penny loafers. I had them for about twenty years (since tenth grade) and had them resoled about five times before the uppers gave out. I wish I could remember the brand, because they were super-comfortable.

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by fizzbin

fizzbin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:36:24 +0000

@ecb
You don’t know horror until you’ve seen Irritable Bear in his/her stilettos…and black leather peek-a-boo bra AND carrying a whip I had to pay extra for that.

And now for something completely different…Do you suppose that because Sears sold the Walt and Skeezix Game, this means Walt and Skeezix made a game of, well, ya know,…IT??

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by Mikey NTH

Mikey NTH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:36 +0000

ecb: And not only walked comfortably, but have been able to put a shoe where they wanted it to go. Put it on anatomy, put it on the ground sprinting – where-ever.

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by Mikey NTH

Mikey NTH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:28:18 +0000

On sensible shoes: I am an attorney and I have to wear black dress shoes. (I restrict my suits to navy blue or dark gray – mostly dark gray – cannot go wrong with that.) I just use the black leather (not patent leather) oxford style that I use with my USCGAux uniform. Leather uppers, rubber soles, and very comfortable. And dual-use!

Bates is the brand name.

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by ecb

ecb — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:19:48 +0000

Funny – after I mentioned stilettos in my earlier post, I saw three girls stomping unsteadily down to the subway wearing them! They could hardly walk and to tell the truth they looked the opposite of “empowered” or whatever young women today think they are. Their great-grandmothers could have worn the shoes in the 1934 Sears catalog and walked confidently (and comfortably) wherever they wanted!

Comment on Sears 1934: latest update by Mikey NTH

Mikey NTH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:49 +0000

The trick with the long laced boot isn’t the lacing, that pretty much stays in place between taking your foot out and putting your foot in (a few pulls one the laces every fourth ‘ring’ gets all snug).* The trick is keeping your sock in place as you put the boot on – there is nothing like a misaligned sock to give you major pain very quickly.*

*experience with military boots