We've Reached a Plateau

dress - vintage / coat - vintage / bag - thrifted / shoes - FP

If the platform-shoe trend has reached critical mass, this isn't the first time. In an ode to her 20-year-old Lagerfeld platform, Cathy Horyn recently talked shit on the state of said shoes today, saying rather poetically that they've become "absurdly big — like a giant Idaho potato wedged under the ball of your foot". This is all true, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.

I was standing in line at Walgreens the other day, perusing a magazine and shaking my head at one of those ubiquitous dress-for-your-body-type spreads that tend to reduce women to fruit and office supplies. But I did learn that apparently I have an apple shaped body, and apparently large, chunky shoes complement my skinny legs more than delicate ones do. I'm an equal-opportunity when it comes to footwear, but I have to admit that there's a nice sense of self-possession that comes from wearing a giant, solid-ass shoe.  Rachel was nice enough to take these photos on our way to a preview party for the The Hunt SF, and for one glorious evening, we were actually the same height...