Manolo the Columnist: Elsbeth Brogue from J. Crew
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.
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Dear Manolo,Do you have any suggestions for a young, super queer college kid looking for nifty brogue shoes? I’d like to find shoes that are non-bulky and have lots of detailing to add to my small footwear collection. Unfortunately, the only brogue shoes I can find for ladies tend to have towering heels attached. These, like almost all of the trappings of modern femininity, make me deeply uncomfortable in a place near my pancreas. Please help.
Anna
Manolo says, the Manolo’s Sapphic friend probably does not read the fashion magazines (those pancreas-paining bastions of retrograde femininity), for if she had, she would know that we are currently in the middle of the brogue moment.
Indeed, the various street fashion blogs are replete with photos of waifish girls in mannish shoes and rolled-up jeans, androgynously going about their business.
And this is how fashion works. One minute you are the sensibly shod, butch girl, the next you are the leading edge of the fashion parade. But, do not be disturbed by this. If fashion follows true to form, by next week it will be onto something else, like dainty ballet slippers or wooden clogs.
Here is the Elsbeth leather oxford from J. Crew, the non-bulky brogues with beautiful cap-toe detailing
Comments
Kimberley 15 years ago
The J. Crews are very nice, but an even kickier option can be had over at John Fluevog: the lovely new Gateway Angels would be just as gorgeous on a boi as on a boy, no?
ShoesLover 15 years ago
Great shoes! I love this kind of model!
Grand Mademoiselle 15 years ago
Both are lovely, but a surprising choice is Aldo. The shoes are affordable, and they have delicious brogues at the moment: Try the Goodreau – http://www.aldoshoes.com/us/men/shoes/dress-lace-ups/75250557-goodreau/22 – it’s definitely kicky!
kristophine 15 years ago
I love those, but I have to agree that Fluevog is a bastion of comfortable-yet-badass gender-nonspecific shoes.
Francesca 15 years ago
I love the shoes- I only wish I could pull them off. I am way too short!
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Nariya 15 years ago
Out of the choices that other posters have suggested, I think Manolo’s reigns if it’s an addition to a small shoe collection. Versatile and elegant in its understated simplicity; can be dressed up or down. Kudos to Anna for being true to herself and her abdomen; as the headstrong Coco herself said, “Fashion fades, only style remains.”