Saddle Shoes C/D?

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Retro chic or not so neat?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

dud on anyone older than 10. And pretty dud on anyone younger than 10, too.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

absolute dud.

real vintage-wearing betties don't touch these with ten-foot garter stays.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I love, love, love LOVE saddle shoes.

Call it my Audrey Horne obsession.

I make no apologies.

― Miss M, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they could be kind of interesting for a day casual look. I had some suede ones in high school but I can't remember the last time I've seen them. In high school I especially lusted after some Bass pink and cream suede saddle shoes at Marshall Field's but I never got them. I think the problem is that in the literal versions the soles are usually so thick they look a little geeky but when Marc Jacobs brings out his version as he inevitably will, they will probably be A-dorable.

The imaginary refinement of saddle shoes could be nice with argyle socks, like these variations on wingtips:

http://www.vogue.co.uk/Street_Chic/South_Molton_Street/inside_images/right_5.jpg

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always thought they were really cute, though I've never owned a pair.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I was thinking about these last summer, then I tried to give it up because I knew Sam would say it wasn't right, but I got Nylon mag to read on the train home last night, and they had a special On the Street, Baltimore section, and this very smart looking girl is wearing a tight purple and blue flowered low scoop neck button-up puffed and short sleeve top, a slim pale pink Prada pencil skirt, light blue bobby socks, and saddle shoes (Bass, maybe?, I can't tell). She has pulled back (dyed?) orange hair and black cat's eyes glasses. She looks good doing her John Waters Baltimore thing.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

as with the boots-over-pants issue, i think it's genetically predetermined whether or not you can pull off saddle shoes. they tend to look lame as part of a whole pseudo-50s getup, but the look that mary describes above sounds charming since it mixes things up a bit.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

god there's this girl around town (she works at a record store) who rocks the saddle shoes OH MY

― amateur!!st, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.lynchnet.com/tp/articles/ew1990o.jpg

― amateur!!st, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i want a pair. unfortunately, i've had a hard time finding good, classic ones.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.muffys.com/modern_traditional.html

― Deke Rivers, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

eight years pass...

http://natulan.jp/orion//img/big/TOD-1K44-09%23245.jpg?1347366581881

I need to find these boots in my size and available in the USA or I am literally going to die.

― carl agatha, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:40 (thirteen years ago)

I HAVE a really similar pair of boots to this that I picked up on ebay a few months ago for dirt cheap, it might be a place to look if you haven't already.

― NR’s resident heavy-metal expert (Nicole), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:57 (thirteen years ago)

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