Just got feet, don't got SHOES

please tell me people aren't wearing these. they are HIDEOUS.

http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0028/0083/9941_1.jpg

i need new boots!

please help!

requirements:
- black
- mid-calf to higher-mid-calf (i have short legs and fat knees so knee length doesn't work all that well on me)
- preferably leather
- a little bit of a heel, maybe 1.5-2.5" max
- must be comfortable

also

- under 200 bucks

kind of digging these

http://www.zappos.com/images/z/1/1/9/1198750-p-2x.jpg

heel is a little low but they're clarks so they're probably comfy??

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

on a slightly related note, i would also love these to wear with some cute high-heeled t-bar shoes i have:

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.181006294.jpg

Personally sometime-ilxor LP has got me hooked on some Cuban-heeled Beatle boots:

http://www.underground-cybershop.co.uk/acatalog/UM-05L-BLK.jpg

I do like the idea of a spat revival, though, j. Very much so.

pointy toes don't work so well for me. i wish i could just buy another pair of the 3cco biker boots i had a couple of years, but they make an updated version - of which i have a pair now - that aren't nearly as nice.

i LOVE spats. and legwarmers. they are basically a girl's bestfriend if she has fat ankles she doesn't want to show off (e.g. me).

those spats are on etsy, and they're REVERSIBLE!! http://www.etsy.com/listing/58280118/little-red-riding-spats-reversible

think i might get a pair.

i like these too

http://l3.zassets.com/images/z/1/2/4/1246308-p-DETAILED.jpg

i am a sucker for a wedge heel

My first impulse re the etsy spats, is that I would prefer them to have a strip of elastic under the shoe, right under your arch, because if they shifted just a little bit, that COOOOOOOLD winter breeze is going to right up your ankle. Better keep 'em in place from the start!

If you want biker boots, get the original Fryes, is my recommendation.

since she's an etsy seller, you could probably ask her to add some kind of stirrup? i want them in a deep olive green velvet/corduroy.

what are these called for my googling purposes? WAAAANT

http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/71810BWdance_7923Web.jpg

Those are spectator shoes, right?

Yes, but Kate's "two tone wing tips" wasn't wrong either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectator_shoes

ok i am still waiting for the clarks to arrive, but now i am ALSO thinking i need cowboy boots! what is the consensus on these?

i've got my eye on these durango boots, since they are super cheap but apparently ridiculously comfy, according to 99% of reviews:

http://a1.zassets.com/images/109/109378/827-18755-d.jpg

http://l3.zassets.com/images/713/7138293/985-82665-d.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Fv54Px-ZL._AA300_.jpg

I'm a big fan of Justin ropers, got a pair in dark red and a pair in grey. They're great w/ pants and skirts/ dresses. Yours look nice too J. I'm loyal to Justin tho. I have 2 pr of their lacers as well.

Justine I tried on those Clarks recently and they're lovely. I had a certificate for a free pair of Clark's shoes and ended up going with different ones but those are ace.

Those triple-button Clarks boots are the cutest things ever, for real. I have so many nice boots but I'm not yet convinced it ever gets close to being cool enough here in Tucson to wear such things here. Maybe a few weeks in January, we'll see.

the clarks are a no-go :(

the front part sticks out too much, i wanted something a little sleeker that would look cool with dresses, but these just didn't work.

http://us.estore.johnlobb.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x362/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/8/8/8888839798_4.jpg

http://media.photobucket.com/image/clarks%20wallabees/TDIGUY3/ClarksWallabees.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2uo4cco.jpg
http://www.insaland.com/blog/high-heel-nike-dunks/

*vomits*

I'm waiting for these shearling boat shoes to go on sale...

http://www.sperrytopsider.com/commonimages/sperry/700x700/0865147_1_700x700.jpg

http://ec5.images-amazon.com/images/I/81nJUzjXvfL._SL1500_.jpg

Want to find IN A STORE today. Think I'll get lucky?

i was wondering when penny loafers were going to come back!
i used to wear the hell out of them when i was a kid, and i haven't seen them even though boat shoes are obvs here to stay

maybe old fashioned shoe store that carries brands for stubborn old people who buy a new pair of penny loafers when the old one dies? (ie my dad)

i looooved my black penny loafers so much in 8th grade

the word cordovan is so nice

laurel maybe a dept store like macy's?

So far via the internet, I can't find anywhere that carries Bass shoes in the city! Only outlets outside in the subrubs. Trying to call Macy's now but I saw someone else say oline that Macy's didn't have them either....

I don't know if they're BACK, exactly, I just decided I want some. :)

Also they never went out of style in some fringe subculture styles.

Really? Like the Downtown Preppy Crew o que?
My dad has had his penny loafers resoled at least 3x. He'll be glad to brag about it if given the opportunity.

'60s stuff, Anglophiles.

huh
i always thought of them as WASPy prep shoes, like boat shoes/topsiders (?) basically

Oh they are. But there's crossover. Also, I'm wearing all my dancing shoes to ripped up stubs, and need sensible flat things with slippery bottoms that I won't roll my ankles in so

tons of twee hipsters in sf wear them

David Z carries some Bass, but I don't think I've seen the penny loafers there, more of the saddle shoes. I've had good luck ordering directly from the Bass site though, if you want to give that a shot.

Lord & Taylor and Macy's are fail.

laurel, have you tried zappos? free shipping both ways, and you can totally return them if you don't want them, hassle-free: http://www.zappos.com/womens-shoes-penny-loafer~4

Oh I know -- my goal was to buy in person so I could wear them ASAP. Ordered from amazon.com instead.

TOPSIDERS

My loafers came today, which is YAY because I thought it would be another WEEK.

However the BOOOOOOOO is that they're CRAZY narrow. Serious. This is supposed to be "M", and M(edium) is the only width Bass makes for women, and they are TINY. I have extra room in the toes, but even with bare feet my insteps are wedged under steel bands in these things.

;___________________;

aw dang! surely they will stretch a little, but maybe not enough?

Oh yeah, Bass tends to be pretty narrow. You could always donate them to me:)

NICE TRY, BRIGHT EYES.

No seriously I think I figured it out: they're not horribly narrow in the soles, but the vamps are cut assuming you have very flat arches. Like, there's no VERTICAL room in the band where the pennies go. It has no arch.

I'm stretching them at my desk with a large cone-shaped spool of thread and a staple remover jammed under it.

Darn your Yankee ingenuity.

scored a pair of allen edmonds captoe oxfords yesterday for $7! in great condition except for a small gouge in the leather which i hope is repairable, but even if not, awesome thrift score. cordovan color but i don't think they are actually proper cordovan

my mister just got a pair of proper cordovan allen edmonds, and they really are a work of art!

yeah come to think of it the fact that the leather is gouged pretty much confirms that they are not cordovan, huh

Laurel, Sissy Spacek was wearing the hell out of some penny loafers (among other things) in Badlands

http://i49.tinypic.com/qxqlpv.jpg