SOBBING ON FIFTH: Slip-On Sneakers to Peruse

Monday, April 7, 2014

Slip-On Sneakers to Peruse

I won't insult you by discussing the very existence of the slip-on sneaker trend. It's gone from "ooh, what amazing yet not-yet-understood thing is Grace Coddington wearing?" to, well, everywhere. It's pretty mainstream, which makes me both figure I need a pair, and figure that it will explode and be out of style soon. But, really, the slip-on sneaker has always been quietly cool in its own right, and will continue its life as a skater shoe long after fashion's fickle obsession has lifted. I have a pair of Vans I can always return to. Out of these fashion versions, though, which do you like?

Ash (with a little lift!), $170 at Bloomingdales

Vince, $195 at Nordstrom

Steve Madden x The Blonde Salad, $139 at Singer22

Steve Madden x The Blonde Salad NYC Slip On Sneaker

Jeffrey Campbell, $90 at Footnotes Online

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We are Sutton and Astor Van Brigsby. We were born and raised on Park Avenue, a mere hop, skip and 30-second ride with our driver, Morton, from Fifth Avenue. Oh, yes, there was a time when our daily shopping trips were what chick-flick montages were made of – sales assistants scurried at our beck and call, we did lots of twirling in front of fitting room mirrors without spilling our glasses of champagne, and doormen helped Morton help us into the car with stacks of hatboxes – which had shopping bags of clothing and shoes inside of them, because we’re not really into hats. But our designer RTW-filled reality came crashing to a traumatizing end when our father went ballistic one day – WHY we do not know – and cut up our credit cards. Apparently, it bothered him that we had spent his secretary’s annual salary in one trip to Bergdorf. He completely cut us off, I mean stone cold. With the exception of health insurance, cell phone bills, cable and electricity, we are COMPLETELY on our own. Left to our own devices to stay as well dressed as before but on a salary that doesn’t even compare to our past allowance. So, I, Astor, took a job in fashion and Sutton took a job in beauty. It is all we know and love, after all, and we figured that way we would have our bases covered with discounts – what else is a girl to do? If you’re like us, trying to keep a closet stocked with the kind of stuff Bill Cunningham will notice you in on a less-than-desirable salary, join us, won’t you? We’ll support each other, we’ll have cry fests over things we can’t have – and we’ll come up with ways to make the number of those things less and less by hunting sample sales, scouring the internet for discounts and even DIYing up our own versions. We WILL get through this together.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

Slip-On Sneakers to Peruse

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