Je vais à Paris for the weekend and trust me when I say the trip is FAR from pleasurable. However even as chore-like and routine-esque the trip will be, I will be squeezing a trip to Barbara Bui where I spy boots that are determined to cross all sorts of borders and genres; tough & agressive, elegant & ladylike, sexy, geeky - all of those things in different measures. The main thing that is grabbing me is the heaving bit of chunkiness balancing on some spindly thin heels. I have notoriously railed against spindly stilettos that look like they might snap after two steps but under a substantial bit of boot? I feel myself converting...
There is also the plus factor of feeling like one of those cool girls they feature in Jalouse magazine in their perfectly roughed-up/casual wardrobes, infused with some oopsie-daisy expensive shoes and bags, if I get in on the Barbara Bui thing. Will they initiate me in their touseled, heavy fring-ed, shorts-wearing (with pins that are never skinny but perfectly toned), trenched-up clicque?
Ack...eff it.... I'll just take the boots back on the Eurostar and wear them with layered dresses, vintage slips and granny cardis...
