Almost all my family qualifies to be called “Clothes Horses.” Most of them also qualify to be called “Fashionistas,” too. My youngest niece, who will be 17 in just two months, may now be the leader of the pack!
\nThis weekend the ladies of the family decided that they would do a little shopping. We all got ready and headed for the car, and I was amazed at what she chose to wear. I SO wish I had a picture, because she was beautiful, and trendy, while still having a very personal look.
\nHer astonishingly curly long hair was piled up on top of her head. She had boutique sun glasses that made quite a statement. She was wearing a plum ribbed knit skinny top, and stovepipe jeans that looked like they were painted on her size 2, five-foot nine or ten-inched frame. I think there was a fashion belt and a jacket, too, but I’ve forgotten what they looked like. She wore a long strand of turquoise beads with two tight wraps around her neck and one long drop of beads.
\nBut what blew me away were the shoes. These shoes had high heels, perhaps three inches, spike heels, not the platform kind. The toes were pointed, and there was a little decorative strap-like piece across the opening over the top of her foot. And the shoes were turquoise to match the beads!
\nI have given up heels. Since Dear Husband is shorter than I am, it was a kindness at first to him that I gave them up. But, as time passed, it became a kindness to me that I no longer had to squeeze my feet into fashionable shoes and hobble around painfully. Yes, there are times when my outfit cries out for heels, but I no longer care. The ability to walk is more important than the need to be fashionable. So, when I looked at her feet, the first thing that came to mind was, “You’re going SHOPPING in those shoes???”
\nShe smiled at me, and acknowledged that it might hurt, but she really needed to have that pulled together look. Heck….she’s not even 17 yet. She’ll learn in time, and she’ll enjoy herself along the way.
\nI can’t wait to see what she’s wearing the next time I see her! *G*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Almost all my family qualifies to be called “Clothes Horses.” Most of them also qualify to be called “Fashionistas,” too. My youngest niece, who will be 17 in just two months, may now be the leader of the pack! This … Continue reading