24.04.07 to be 35 and pink

Posted under: fluff, personal

I’ve lately been looking for a pair of pink shoes to complete my outfit for an upcoming wedding. As I was going from store to store yesterday, I remembered a day in the 80s when I decided pink was too mainstream for me, and threw out all the pink items in my wardrobe. That day, the garbage truck could have been labelled Au Coton.

I’d have puked in indignation if I’d known then that I’d someday be searching for pink heels to go with a pink-with-white-polka-dots Bardot scarf. Ah, to be a teenager in search of identity. Things were so black and white then. Pink out, gray in. I don’t even think the coolness factor of going to a wedding in Scotland would have compensated in my tragically prejudiced 16-year-old mind.

I’m not completely free of constraints, however. To complicate matters, the Scotsmontonian, who has surprisingly few opinions about clothing in general, has issued a strict fatwa against open-toed shoes, his ultimate turn-off, thereby prohibiting most of what’s in stores these days.

I have so much more fun now than when I was 16.

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  1. Comment by ti-luc on 25.04.07 at 8:06 am

    The reality is more that Montreal heavily sucks in the show department. My suggestion to you is to head out for shoes if you travelling in the US soon. Even Toronto. This should be a non issue. Montreal truly sucks for shoes, must be the winter salt that has us tailored for old ragged shoes. Shoes say almost all about someone.
    Hot:
    http://melissaaustralia.com.au/product_page_image.aspx?img=Campana pink.jpg

  2. Comment by artemisia on 26.04.07 at 9:59 pm

    Like ‘em?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/36804638@N00/474056814/

  3. Comment by Irv Washington on 01.05.07 at 2:28 pm

    I visit NYC once a year to pickup new footwear. It’s not the primary reason I ever go, but it always happens.

    And ditto, way more fun now. I don’t miss being 16. Strangely, still as confused about even more.

  4. Comment by Lesley on 03.05.07 at 10:39 pm

    I was at that newish store next to the St. James church today on Ste-Catherine, and they’ve got LOTS of pink shoes. I think it’s called Shooz.

    PS, your email address link on your homepage looks broken.

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