in my shoes
i pride myself in being a budget fashionista and only buying wearable clothing. i ask myself...what could i wear this with? how many looks can i get out of this one item? this warrants me creativity and less stress for those days when i feel like i've exhausted all my outfits...because i go through great lengths to insure that the possibilities are numerous and unexpected. so even when i wear a pair of pumps or spiffy pionted-toe heels...the decision-making process was more than just for the sake of vanity. i only have ONE pair of suicide shoes. i have coined this term to shoes that make me want to die after wearing them because they make my feet hurt like hell. anyway part of the not-so-fun part yet absolutely neccesary part of architecture is having to field verify existing conditions and basically this means before planning for proposed work....you want to make sure all your drawings are accurately drawn. this week i was reminded to wear comfortable shoes as my colleague pointed out my sassy shoes. "well excuse me...these are comfortable shoes" would have been my response....while of course it is silly to go on site in bronze pointed-toe anklets...they are indeed lovely shoes and just because they look painful you can't just assume i'm masochistic and vain enough to wear painful heels just for the hell of it because the bottom line is i wouldn't wear em if i can't run for my life in em.
i have this underlying paranioa that's been repeatedly played out in my dreams....i'll be nearly killed while running in heels and thank goodness for comfortable and beautiful shoes. the world needs them. i take notice when people have no color palette in their wardrobe and i make a conscious effort not to wear just one color. not that i want to cause traffic in a harlequin-print dress but sometimes just one splash of color makes all the difference....like an accent wall in a room of plain walls. lately at work i've been putting finishes and color palettes together and its very much like coordinating an outift. but i don't find pairing swatches of paint with corporate carpet exciting at all and i guess that's why i'm not an interior designer as much as i would like to be considered an architect.