{"id":243,"date":"2007-11-10T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-10T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=243"},"modified":"2007-11-10T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-10T18:08:00","slug":"i-defer-to-authority-of-bootmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/i-defer-to-authority-of-bootmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"I Defer to the Authority of the Bootmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m obsessed with these Finnish* boots that Cheap Opulence<\/a> posted.<\/p>\n

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She also pointed out<\/a> great striped sweaters by Saint James<\/a>. On top of that, she makes things for Preloved<\/a>! I have three pieces by them. Weirdly, I got them in Oslo, though they were made in Canada.<\/p>\n

Speaking of boots, if you’re a size 39, I think these cold-weather boots from Pucci, available on Yoox.com<\/a>, are very stylish.<\/p>\n

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Of course, I still love the Christian Louboutin spiky boots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But I think the over-the-knee version<\/a> looks dangerous.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>They would be fabulous with chain mail and a mace.<\/p>\n

Finally, I present the ostrich-skin Wendy Boot<\/a> by Gorsuch.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These will cost you a pretty penny. What did you expect with a name like Wendy? As the great poet Courtney Love once said, “You wanna part of me\/Well, I’m not selling cheap.” Hey, you get what you pay for.<\/p>\n

*<\/span>G.G.<\/a> has informed me that that the Finnish boots are really traditional Laplander boots. To complicate matters, the Laplanders prefer to be known as the <\/span>Sami people<\/a>. I don’t particularly care where the boots are from. The main issue is that now I’ve got the <\/span>Fisch Schlapping<\/a> song stuck in my head.<\/span><\/span> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m obsessed with these Finnish* boots that Cheap Opulence posted. She also pointed out great striped sweaters by Saint James. On top of that, she makes things for Preloved! I have three pieces by them. Weirdly, I got them in Oslo, though they were made in Canada. Speaking of boots, if you’re a size 39,…<\/p>\n

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