A strange pair of hand-tooled leather brogues in a very 1970s fashion. I liked the mushroom detail on the toes, and they looked my size so I got them. When I shared them on my Facebook page, I loved the comment made about them by an old buddy, Grant. He called them clown shoes. And I kinda saw it.
A new pair of checkered shoelaces later, I came up with an outfit to uh, highlight the shoes, and my inner clown. Which probably looks like this:
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| #SHOPSECONDHANDFIRST: 89% THRIFTED. 100% HAPPY. |
Hopefully you.
And probably me: all the way to the bank! Total cost to clown around: under $20. Fun!
- vintage mohair boyfriend sweater, gifted
- striped top, gifted
- vintage brooches, gifted
- vintage suspenders
- J. Crew bauble bracelet
- Lucky Jeans belt (old)
- Target pants (old)
- vintage 1970s hand tool brogues, size 7, listed here
Linking to the very seriously visible ladies at Not Dead Yet Style
20 comments:
That clown will be giving me nightmares::::shudder:::
However--YOU look fantastic--those shoes are amazing--weird, but AMAZING!!!
That is one scary clown. The shoes are cool though : )
bisous
Suzanne
A clown, a guitar, a cat-head - and then the mushrooms on the shoes! I feel like I'm having a trippy flashback, except you look so fabulous this must be real!
I love your clown head! The suspenders (nice fat '70s ones) and shoes and bling with that striped shirt - excellent. I suspect your clown is too happy weird for Ms. Colins.
Love how you embraced the clown theme! The shoes are crazy fun and pairing them with suspenders and a striped top is pure genius!
Top-to-toe fabulous!! I love every detail. I remember seeing hand painted shoes like those in the 70s and always wanted a pair so desperately! xoxo
Scared of clowns! But love those shoes, and you. Thanks for sharing with Visible Monday. xox
Amorcito,
love your clown shoes and sexy nalgas.
besotes
I love those shoes but I hate clowns, you're freaking me out with your trickery! xxx
Clowns, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I wonder if the shoes are from Apple Cobbler? He was a shoe maker from Berkeley in the 1970's
Don't like clowns, so was a little worried about your outfit. Scrolled down slowly - and it's great! My favorite T-shirt is one almost exactly like yours. What a great present!
Bella you can pull off this look so well! I was attracted to all the colors in the shoes, and I love how they are the statement piece. The bateau striped shirt is sooo French and I would NEVER think--what looks like a man's mohair sweater--would look so good. Great styling, GF! xoxo
Like Vix I adore your shoes and your quirkyness, but I cannot stand the clown, sorry.
Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Those shoes are off the chart for their coolness factor...but I'm with some of the others...clowns freak me out!
those shoes are fabulous
You're way too pretty to do scary clown, but that last photo is pretty intimidating!
You just look adorbs in your super hipster shoes ... not so much clownish on you as ultra cool. You do that to clothing, you know?
I'm all over those shoes Bella! Honestly, I barely looked at scary clown, so it's all good! Back to the shoes, they're kind of Fluevog old school, back when he first started his biz.
ah, like a sexy female Gallager
I have not figured out what I think about it. The clowns head is definitely scary. The shoes are cute.
Greetje
Gasp!!!! I LOVE those shoes!! Oh my! And you look maaaaavelous!!! I love it from head to toe!
XOXO
Lynn
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