I have many things I wish to post about

[drwex]

But haven't the brain cycles to organize properly. So instead I'll share with you this mental image, which has stuck with me for the past day and a half.

Coming out of the subway in New York I find myself walking up the street toward a woman, or perhaps she is walking toward me. She is apparently in her late 20s, and apparently completely sober. She is slim and very conventionally attractive. She's wearing a blue baseball cap with some logo or other on it, an oversized white un-logo-ed tee shirt with the sleeves artfully trimmed and the shirt secured at the waist by an oversized decorative belt. Below that she's wearing somewhat tight-fitting shorts or a skort that ends just above her knees. And on her feet... gray Wellies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_boot).

WTF?

Comments

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

Ugly shoes have been "in" for a long time now. I don't quite see the point, but at least Wellies aren't high heels. :-)

[ceo]

And nor are they Uggs. At least Wellies have some practical use.

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

On a farm, in a swamp, in the snow, they have some practical use. On the streets of New York in September, they are not being worn for a practical purpose; they are a Fashion Statement. :-)