This past Saturday I spent a glorious day at the beach with Fra. It was one of those perfect beach days. Perfect temperature, just the right amount of wind and no annoying people around us. We stayed til around 7pm and then we showered and went for a walk on the boardwalk of Lido di Camaiore looking for a pizza place.
It was a very busy evening. As we were strolling I started noticing a very disturbing pattern. Boots.
Now as you all know, I am a lover of footwear and have been known to wear what some people consider inappropriate footwear on occaision (wedged sandals climbing the pyramids for example - inappropriate for some, perfectly fine by me) but boots.....in July? Now that's some screwed up fashion.
The thing is in Italy, if something is in style people embrace it wholeheartedly no matter how ridiculous. This summer, for example, it's a challenge buying something that's not some shade of purple. But how did wearing boots in July become acceptable?
Boots with sundresses, boots with shorts, boots with capris, boots with jeans. How does this seem normal? Summer is the time for flip flops, strappy sandals, espadrilles, adorable wedges with cork soles not boots. I feel guilty wearing any closed shoe in summer so the last thing I want on my feet is boots.
Winter will arrive soon enough no sense anticipating it's footwear. What will these people wear then.....flip flops? Or will they embrace the the Pacific Northwest trend of socks and sandals?
Bet you I could get that going if I tried hard enough.
