My "commuter" shoes.Anyone who has walked along a busy city street on a weekday knows about the tennis shoe fashion rule. This rule states that if you walk to work or walk from public transportation to your place of employment, you are allowed to wear comfortable walking shoes, even if it looks ridiculous. I'm not sure what fashion guru Tim Gunn has to say on the subject, but I, as a general follower of fashion trends, think it's a necessary fashion faux pas. That said, most people who ride the Coaster don't do this. Generally, I've noticed, they wear practical shoes to begin with—no stiletto heels for these casual So Cal office workers.
I, on the other hand, like to wear heels or otherwise not-so-comfortable-but-fashionable shoes to work. So, I am one of the few Coaster riders who wears "commuter shoes." I don't wear tennis shoes but unassuming black slip-ons in colder weather (see photo), and flip-flops when it's warm. I find it strange when I see women in heels on the train, and wonder how far they have to walk in those things to get to their office.
The best part about wearing commuter shoes is the end of the day when I can take off my office shoes and slip on flat, comfortable shoes to walk to the train. Ahhhh.
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ReplyDeleteI, for one, am deeply proud of you for not following the tennis shoe trend. I don't care what you say about necessary and comfort! It looks riDICulous! And terrible!
ReplyDeleteAND, *maybe* those heel-wearing people on the train have found comfortable heels! Maybe? That's my rule - if I can't even walk short distances, I have no business wearing them. But I'm strange in my own right, you know that.
My new office is SUPER casual and you can wear, well, most anything beyond a bathing suit, I think, and while my last office certainly wasn't formal, I'm having a hard time adapting. Wore flipflops for the 1st time yesterday, but felt funny....