125. The Deep End

In my quest for sneaker chic style, I've been spending some time in sneaker stores seeing what's out there.  The purple and orange Air Force 1's I had my eye on didn't wanna be had in my size, so I had to come up with a Plan B.  I had heard that Creative Recreation has good options for ladies, so I looked into a pair.  I ended up with these.

I found the ladies' Galow Hi in a sneaker shop in the South Loop.  How ridiculously fly are they?!  I was in immediate shoe love.  I didn't try em on at the time cuz I saw the price tag.  But after mulling it over I decided to holler at em.  Go big or go home, right?  Rather than spending $60/pair on 2 or 3 more subtle "intro" pairs, why not spend a little more and start right at the height of awesomeness?  So I pulled the trigger.

Problem is this: 1) I don't have anything that goes with these shoes. 2) Hi-tops aren't particularly flattering on me.  Now I woulda known number 2 if I had bothered to try the shoes on instead of just ordering them online (where they were $20 cheaper).  Number 1 surprised me because they're essentially brown and white shoes.  Who knew they'd be so hard to match?  

I don't have skinny jeans to tuck into them, so that's not an option.  Wearing regular jeans that hang down over the tops would defeat the purpose of wearing high-tops (a) and would risk having the blue dye bleed onto my not-cheap new shoes (unacceptable).  That means shorts or dresses.  My limited dress collection is not at all compatible.  And I don't wear shorts.  What to do?

Since I'm not tryna buy new clothes to go with my new shoes (I have a quasi-strict no new clothes policy), I'm gonna have to pull a rabbit outta the hats I already have.  So I'm getting creative.  This weekend I tried the sneakers with some men's khaki cargo shorts and a ladies' white button down.  Not two pieces I'd otherwise put together, but desperate times...  I figure this is a good opportunity for me to get my Carrie Bradshaw on and step out wearing whatever the hell I want.  If I ever work up the nerve to wear the outfit out of the house, I'll post a pic.