sleep deprivation and stories of my bullshit youth

Arabelle asked me to post up my favorite shoes followed by my dislikes. Dislikes are easy but as for my favorites? Well you shouldn’t be surprised to find my list is dominated by boots.

Demeulemeester / Golden Goose / Demeulemeester

McCartney / Westwood / APC

Vans

(I at least own the whole bottom row and the pirate boots)

There’s nothing better to me than a pair of shoes I can really run around in, being on my feet nonstop all day long and ready for anything, which is obviously why I don’t have very many pairs of heels in my closet. The thing about them for me is how many girls do you know that carry around a pair of flats in their bag for when the shoes (inevitably) are too much to bare? I see too many women changing shoes on street corners to warrant spending any kind of cash for a pair. I would go the heels route with the YSL Tribute’s but I think for now I’ll leave them to another Jen to keep rocking them perfectly.

Easily the most perfect street style shot ever.

Anyway, as for my dislikes..

I thought Doc’s were stupid + ugly when I was a teenager and my thoughts on them haven’t changed years later. I hate the sole of them and the tag that hangs off the top and the general frumpy/boring look they have. They are everywhere and I just don’t get it. Even my husband can’t stand the look of them. I think the hype surrounding them is just as bad as wayfarers and if I can assume from the mass shops like H&M, Topshop & F21 stocking up with cheap imitation pairs that maybe they will all go away soon.

I’ve also never been a fan of Nike’s. It stems from being a young punk and disliking all the shit going down behind the scenes of their company as well as everything that went on with Consolidated Skateboards and also just plain thinking their shoes were hideous. While I can’t stand the brand, I have admittedly seen a few pairs here and there that weren’t bad looking (if it wasn’t for that goddamn swoosh).. for example, Jeremy’s SPB’s were great (giving them out free to friends at the PDX SPB convention was rad), this new MOB pair I wrote about are pretty (but you’d have to keep them really clean + who has time to worry about that?) and my friend Manute’s lady Rox makes them look awfully nice as well but long story short, there’s just no way I could ever seriously be caught dead wearing a pair.