On Oxfords

I'm noticing that this may very well turn into a fashion blog. I promise that this is not the goal nor intention, as I am interested in a great many things other than clothes. I'm not that shallow. However, I must bring to the table the fact that my degree is in costume design, and that clothing plays a key role in the way I interpret people and view society. Is it not true that people spend an excess amount of time on image? My obsession with clothing is not so unprecedented then. For the record also, I am a dresser of persons, not so much of myself. I don't care so much what I look like since I don't have to look at myself all the time. I know you may be thinking 'How can anyone trust you if you show no style?' Easy. I tell them what to wear. They wear it. They look good. End of story. I feel more like an outside observer anyway, and my theories and works are all based on my notes on how people function.

The true intention of this blog today is to give credit to women for something. This is a great compliment coming from yours truly. There are few things I think women have gotten right at all, let alone in the past century. Granted they are uncomfortable after so much time standing, the accomplishment women hold over men is the excellent way in which they employ Oxfords. The shoes. Of the heeled variety specifically.

Men haven't worn heeled shoes since the 1700s, and good riddance. They were getting a bit ostentatious with those clappers on the bottoms to emphasize the clack of the heel on the pavement. The shorter heel has dominated men's footwear since the 19th century, and the Oxford has since become a standard wardrobe staple. In the 1920s, women's footwear became more simplified from the boots of the Edwardian period, and thank goodness they adopted the Oxford!

Being a great fan of menswear, I can't express how thrilled I am to have something of theirs tailored to be more feminine; giving you the soft lines of a an arched foot (One of the more attractive shapes in the human body.), while retaining the straight forward well to do attitude of the predominately masculine white collar class. The heeled Oxford especially (Flat heeled Oxfords on women are absolutely unacceptable.) is the most perfect juxtaposition of feminine and masculine. However, since only women can wear them, they are the victors. Oxfords just look better on us boys, sorry. And for that matter, we'll take your loafers too, thank you very much.

My only goal today, mind, was to take a gander at Chuck Taylors. Needless to say I got carried away on Famous Footwear's website.