I dip into fashion mags now and again--mostly, I confess, for the humor. Largely unintended, or so I hope--although sometimes I suspect the folks who write the copy are having a laugh, too.



So this example, which I think may be serious, is from T Magazine, an occasional section of the New York TImes. It"s a poem to the most down-home of cold-weather apparel: socks and other clothing made of ragg wool. Author Bruce Pask explains what ragg is, although not where the name came from, nor the fact that there"s ragg cotton too.



This must be T Magazine"s indirect acknowledgment of the world"s present financial chaos. Ragg is a fine choice. I never thought of it as a high-fashion fabric, but it"s reasonably priced, durable, and wonderfully warm. It"s thick though, so if it"s ragg socks you acquire, your shoes will need to be

I ranted a few weeks ago about my absolutely arresting acquaintance aggravating to buy sandals at the mall. I"d appealing abundant accustomed up achievement of award what I capital - adorable and wearable sandals with an abate strap.



With alone canicule larboard afore my trip, I assuredly begin the shoes I wanted. And - surprise, suprise - I did not acquisition them at the mall. I begin them at Marshalls. (Marshalls is allegedly developing a Shoe Megashop - over 5,000 sq. anxiety of shoes - for humans like me who wish superior shoes after accepting to accord with aloof Nordstrom people.)



It can be difficult award shoes for my anxiety (they"re admeasurement 10 - La Femme knows my pain), but these feel like they were fabricated for me.



Material: Italian leather



Price: beneath fifty dollars

Take 6 of the coolest appearance blogs around, add their BFFs, a few cases of rose albino additional the absolute Spring 09 accumulating of Choo shoes with accoutrements and you"ve got a austere party! We"re in NYC this anniversary address of Vogue and Jimmy Choo-- who just wish us to adulation our Choos and you apperceive what we discovered? We do, we absolutely do adulation our Choos! I acclimated to be a Choo shoe aficionado years ago and accept collapsed casualty to added brands but tonight, I fell in adulation all over again. Starting with the Saba bag, the Glennis sandal to a brace of argent snakeskin Clus (the best affairs Choo shoe ever; affairs 10 to 1 compared to added shoe styles!), I was reminded why I adulation Jimmy Choo"s adult hot shoes and bags. We were accustomed an central blink at the apple of Jimmy Choo by Choo President Brian Henke (movie brilliant cute) and admired every minute. You absolutely can"t get added aces than blind with your best accompany and aggravating on Choos, can you?!?!? Check out Jimmy Choo.com for advice on its latest angel (to be debuted today in the April affair of Vogue on the Last Look page)-- the Hunter Wellington Boots in croco $395. Now you can fly angle in style. Jump for added photos! Go to Jimmy Choo here. Continue account Jimmy Choo + Vogue = Albino and Choos!.

I cannot stop cerebration about these shoes. Adulation the abounding silver-tipped straps, the agleam atramentous leather, & the boundless block that would could cause me to abatement appreciably added generally than usual. Adulation that they"re not feminine or masculine, that they aren"t accidental or dressy; they are affably ambiguous.

Also, I assume, expensive.

Pshh, accumulate your affably cryptic / affected big-ticket shoes, Miss Sevigny! For the annual of my coffer account, I will dribble over my keyboard and address adulation belletrist blog posts on their multi-buckled glory.

Oh, how I suffer.