Tuesday: tan Chanel flats

Since we’ve been reliving my school days in fashion lately — from leggings to skinny jeans and beyond — I figured this day would come: Jellies are back! But not back soon enough for me. During last week’s torrential rains, I was wishing I had something stylish and water resistant to put on my feet while I gingerly waded through the flooded streets of New York City. (It was as if my two feet fell in line behind Noah’s other animals… two by two…) Only after the city dried out did I venture beyond the ‘hood to pick up a pair of these adorable Marc Jacobs jelly mouse flats — speaking of all God’s creatures — in smoky gray. They were the perfect mix of middle school memories and my favorite MJ shoes ever!

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Tuesday: Prada lizard T-straps

I’m what you might call a shorty, so I’ve never been one for flat shoes. I need — and take! — all the help I can get. Give me a four-inch heel any day. But the ballerina flat has made such headway the past few seasons, even in the wake of the wedge, and I have to say, I might just succumb this spring. There are just too many cute flats out there.

First off there’s this adorable Marc Jacobs Mouse Ballerina. I remember when MJ first did mouse shoes — I managed to find a pair of kitten-heeled black slingbacks at A La Mode in London, and I wore them to death. This update is almost as good…

I have a weakness for toile prints, so these Dior toile canvas print ballerina flats are a must-have!

And I think my obsession with Fendi’s B buckle has been well-documented enough that it goes without saying these Fendi patent B buckle flats are on my wishlist.

These Chloe luggage ballet flats are good basics for spring-into-summer.

And finally — last but not least — these Miu Miu jeweled bronze open-toe flats show one important thing: Who says you need four-inch heels for a little glamour?!

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Tuesday: camel Manolo slingbacks

What’s the best (and at the same time worst) thing about cleaning out your closet during a move? The surprises that you find in the recesses of your closet. On the one hand, it’s like being reunited with a long lost friend. On the other, you kick yourself for the months — years, even — of lost opportunities to wear said long lost friend. During my move, for instance, I rediscovered, ahem, a number of winter coats. And in the panic of trying to fit everything I own into a mere four closets, I actually thought about giving away two of them: a black wool double-breasted Dolce & Gabbana coat circa 2000, and a anthracite gray Prada wool coat circa 2003.

What was I thinking?!

Good thing the weather took a turn of the wintry last week, because I actually had the opportunity to become reacquainted with the Prada coat. And I decided that I still have much love for my old friend.

So what’s the oldest thing in your closet? Go find it! Embrace it! Give love another chance!

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Monday: Louboutin espadrilles

Everyone knows how stressful moving can be, and I thought I had it bad: being forced to purge and pack for days on end, having to listen to my husband’s endless complaints about how much stuff I owned, then sheepishly discovering that I had like 5 of the same black V-neck sweater… But then I heard about Scott Weiland, whose wife was arrested for torching his clothes — ten thousand dollars’ worth! — outside their home last week. And guess what? They were in the middle of moving.

While no one, not my husband and not even the poor movers, has yet threatened to torch my clothes — heaven forbid! — I am a bit chastened by the experience. Seeing fifty-odd boxes of my stuff piled up in what had seemed like spacious new digs before Hurricane Fashionista hit was something of a shock. Worse, I’ve landed near prime shopping. Pray for me, people!

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