Be Marvelous

 

Sometimes I think you CAN judge a person by the shoes they choose to wear. And this month's #SHOESHINE offered up the tiniest little big epiphany for me:

that interesting people wear interesting shoes. Even if they are practical, and comfortable, there seemed to always be an element of character in what people choose to wear. So thank you for that. 

And thanks to all who showed up to the shoe party- you all rock. 

I've posted the dates for all the #SHOESHINE events for the rest of the year over on the Shoe Shine page (click here to see them) but basically it's the second Tuesday of the month, and the link will remain open for 6 days. The next one is Tuesday, March 11. 

But not all my kicks this month have been coming from shoes. There's been more than a few marvelous kicks coming from wheels. Like this cute pup, born without front feet, but is getting by with a little help from his friends (click here for a seriously adorable feel good session) it's good to see that Fashion is on a roll. Fashion history was made in New York last week with the first ever fashion runway featuring a model in a wheelchair.

Fashion, on a roll: First ever fashion model on a runway in a wheelchair.

Designer Carrie Hammer drove home her point that she makes "dresses designed to fit women, not dresses that women need to fit into" when she included Danielle Shepunk in her lineup. Shepunk, a successful psychologist looked confident, sexy and stylish, and was a welcome addition to the ever expanding fashion definition of what beauty is and can be. (You can read a great interview of the two over at the Guardian UK here.)

Speaking of Style on Wheels, I LOVED seeing my homeslice, blogger Alicia Searcy on the red carpet. Check out Alicia, aka Spashionista looking fantastic at a charity fundraiser in Nashville. (Read her account of the event here.) Alicia has long been an advocate for raising awareness of better accessibility for the hand-abled, and promoter supporting of local fashion labels and design.

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The winner of this month's #SHOESHINE give-away is lucky number 7: Val Sparkle. Val wins a specially prepared care package featuring some of Citizen Rosebud's Fresh Picked Vintage.  Congrats to Val and to everyone who participated in being marvelous!