I’ve been watching online mid-summer and sample sales like a hawk, looking for a new pair of black high heeled sandals. There are a lot of shoes I love in the sales—Rachel Comey and No. 6 especially—but even on sale they cost too much. So I searched Ebay and found a vintage pair for much, much less, and I might love them just as much.
These are the souvenirs I brought home from Portland, the only two books I bought from the magical store that is Powell’s Books. I couldn’t choose which one to start first, so I’ve been reading bits from them both, going back and forth between Eudora Welty’s wise essays on writing and writers and Katherine Anne Porter’s opinionated reviews. Of course I love Porter best; I wrote my latest column for the Oxford American’s site on one of her stories and completely forgot to mention it here, so go check it out, (if you’d like) . . .
It was perfect: I fell in love with Hansel from Basel designer Hannah Byun’s Closet Visit one day, and then received a few presents from her company a few days later. They also sent me a pair of orange socks that any other year I would have hated, but that now I absolutely love. Weird how your tastes can change so quickly.
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so i am curious … if your’e taste change quickly (like mine can), do you throw out the old stuff or recycle it, or do you collect?
i collect the heirloom type stuff and give the rest to goodwill.
I do the same thing. Well, I keep a lot (you never know), and give away some and take the rest to consignment shops and Goodwill. Right now I’m pretty much just getting rid of stuff that’s too young for me.
I love the clutch and socks!! so cute and adorable!!!
Your articles in the Oxford America’s are so interesting: fashion through literatures or vice versa. Every time I read them I discover some new writers not very well know here in Italy. To be honest I usually read them with a dictionary on my side: they are not as simple as blogs posts. Love them so please go on writing them!
Thanks a lot!
(Last thing: your style is great!!)
Ciao,
June
I totally love orange all of a sudden as well. And even two years ago when “I am love came out” I did not like orange. It’s kind of scary really. But anyway, those shoes are lovely, and I wish I read more : )
i LOVE the socks. they look sort of transparent. i still am a little off orange. i draws my eye, but makes me look like a fright show. so i run away quite quickly. glad others can enjoy it though!
ok, once again your blog has taken me to new places! I looked at closet visit and she had a post for an LA-based fashion editor who mentioned Shireen Vintage, which I have been trying to find for some time now but haven’t been able to. So now I know where it is and guess what my next stop is going to be! Thanks for making adventures possible!
Oh how cute are those socks!
i love rachel comey shoes – but your vintage pair is even more amazing. i was secretly wishing they were rachel comey so i could go snap them up! and those polka dot socks are adorable.
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There’s a place near my parent’s house that makes clogs (Sven’s) – and I just found out they make clogs for Loeffler Randall and No. 6 quite a few other designers. Their house brand shoes are much more simple and the lines aren’t as sophisticated but they’re so much more reasonable – I’ve got my eye on a pair.
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