Lipstick, Lettuce & Lycra

Good Friday Dressing Down

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You’re about to see something you won’t see very often.

Me in flats in an outfit post, and not standing on my tip toes! Also looking slightly worried and squinty as the sun was in my eyes.

I don’t really like myself in flats. I have short legs proportionally to my body and I feel like I just look all wrong. Even in a photo taken from slightly below, which allegedly makes my legs look longer, I feel like it looks like a photo taken from above.

No one but me can see this, obviously, but I can. So I thought I’d point it out to you so you can look for it and say “Oh yes! You’re right! You’re all out of proportion and sort of squashed looking.”

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♥ Vest – Tu @Sainsburys ♥ Cardigan – Primark ♥ Skirt – Primark ♥
♥ Converse c/o JD Sports ♥ Scarf & Belt – Vintage ♥

The reason for the flat shoes today is one of pain and misery, for I have an injured foot. Sob.

It’s something I get now and again as I am overweight, have flat feet, and will insist on throwing myself around and doing all this exercise malarky, but when it flares up I have to make sure I wear proper supportive shoes with a bit of arch support in them. Normally I’m a Keds girl, but having worn mine TO ACTUAL DEATH last summer, to the point that there are bits flapping off them, I decided to take JD Sports up on their offer to send me a pair of Converse. These appear to be called Dainty Ox, which made me chortle, it’s like they’re describing ME!

I always call these types of shoes plimsolls, which is probably the sort of thing that makes teenagers roll their eyes about how out of touch old folk like me are. If you have perfect feet you can get a pair of copycats for next to nothing, but the fact is that I spend money on these sorts of shoes, because even though it hurts to spend money on shoes that aren’t sparkly and stillettoey and lovely, these have arch support and moulded insides that the cheap ones don’t and I’d like to be able to still walk when I’m 50.

I last had Converse when I was about 14, I used to wear them with the laces undone, because I was far too cool for laces, and they were also a size too big for me as Converse come up large. So, 20 years later, I remembered that lesson and got them to send me a 5, which fits perfectly. Excuse my smug face. I think it’s very important to learn from the lessons life teaches you, especially if they are about shoes.

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It’s Good Friday today, and this is the actual outfit I am wearing as I sit here and type. I would post something more exciting and glamorous, but the fact is I spent the last week camping in the woods, then last night I went to Roller Derby and wore a helmet, and I haven’t even washed my hair. Just scraped it into a top knot and wrapped it in a scarf, so I don’t have anything more glamorous to post! This is an outfit to spend a Good Friday kicking around town, visiting a few bars to talk about Norwich Cocktail Week and probably using it as an excuse to drink cocktails.

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I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend, and have lots of exciting Easter plans!

Happy Easter!

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Comments

35 responses to “Good Friday Dressing Down”

  1. Janine Coletta avatar
    Janine Coletta

    I think you look lovely!! Also you have very slim and in proportion legs in my opinion. I weigh just under 8 stone and dont have ankles as slim as that! Jealous. I think it’s a case of you not being able to see it yourself (like most women) but you certainly have nothing to worry about xx

    1. Gemma avatar
      Gemma

      Well thank you! I know it’s one of those things you only see about yourself, but I’ve never been able to wear trousers without heels 😀

  2. zolaspud avatar
    zolaspud

    I suffer from the stumpy legs / flat foot syndrome too (NOT that it’s visible on you!).
    I can’t do heels because I also have feeble ankles (particularly feeble due to being a little lardier than I’d like at the moment)
    I tend to go for knee boots and mini type skirts (of course accompanied by leggings or opaque tights so as not to cause offence) to trick the eye.
    Anyway, getting to my point: some time ago I invested in a pair of arch supports from the Scholl shop. They fitted me instore for nowt, and I think they cost about £50 – but, being SOLID black plastic they’re lasting forever and go into whatever enclosed shoes I’m wearing. Highly recommended! xx

    1. Gemma avatar
      Gemma

      I have inserts I wear in sports shoes, and now my skates, but I really should invest in some for normal shoes!

  3. Autumn Young avatar
    Autumn Young

    Gemma! You look like YOU and that’s what makes you lovely!

  4. Jamie Rose (Petite Panoply) avatar
    Jamie Rose (Petite Panoply)

    Well I think you look awesome and definitely proportional! I love seeing people rock Converse. They’re such comfy shoes and I wish I wore mine more. They were basically all I wore the last couple years of high school.

  5. pixieanna avatar
    pixieanna

    I think it looks a lovely outfit – smart and chic in a 1930s way 🙂 Primark pencil skirts are great for everyday looks when you’re a bit skint. I have several!

    I hope your foot heals soon. I’m like you in that I rarely wear flats, they’re just too uncomfortable for my high arched feet – I need the slight bump that even a low heel gives.

  6. Lori Smith (@lipsticklori) avatar
    Lori Smith (@lipsticklori)

    Cons are so comfy and good looking that I forget that I don’t like the way I look in flat shoes. They look great with this outfit. Hope your foot gets better soon.

  7. vintagefrills avatar
    vintagefrills

    You always look gorgeous of course, but I have to say you look absolutely lovely in this casual outfit. I love converse as they really do go with everything. I have that Primark skirt too and it looks so much better on you. xxx

  8. Afua avatar
    Afua

    lovely look
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    xx

  9. Alice Sawyer avatar
    Alice Sawyer

    I don’t know but I don’t see anything wrong with your legs. They looked proportioned to me.
    Anyhow, I love the whole outfit. You look simply gorgeous in that set.

    – Vintage Swank

  10. Laura avatar
    Laura

    Very nice look!
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