Friday, July 8, 2011

Summer Staple

A summer shoe much more suitable for church than the dreaded flip-flop


I loathe flip-flops.  My preferred summer footwear is the time-honored classic espadrille.  Aside from the fact that you can't wear them in the rain (remind me to tell you about the time I did)  they're summery, comfortable and so far as I'm concerned, always in style.  Espadrilles are not so economical as flip-flops in terms of cost ( the pair pictured above sells for about $30) but I make mine last 2 or 3 summers instead of the intended 1. And I can wear them to church with a nice dress or skirt and not look like a slob sloshing down the aisle for Holy Communion in those dreaded rubber things.  I can't even stand the sound of flip flops.  I really can't.  And the fact that my autistic son shares my low opinion of  them is not lost on me.

5 comments:

  1. LOL! my husband hates flip flop sounds as well. While I don't hate them per se, I do hate them IN CHURCH! There was a man sitting a few rows ahead of us last week (we visited a different parish) with bright yellow ones on! Yikes. And those were not the most shocking thing we encountered that day.

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  2. I wonder if there are fancy open shoes for men that we can wear in the summer. The typical leather ones that I wear at Mass can get hot...

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  3. Daniel,there are what I like to call "man sandals" lol, they are sometimes worn by Fransicans. They are kind of a sturdy sandal with wide leather straps. like this--

    http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.aol_refer.false.tpl.detail.msn_refer.false.item.A132937.ref.GBA?cm_ven=GOOGLEBASE&cm_cat=Fashion&cm_pla=Men%27s%20Shoes&cm_ite=A132937

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  4. Flip flops are standard fare in Florida..Very rare to see anyone go closed toe : ) But I love the idea of the espadrille...

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  5. I love flip flops, at home and in the garden. I don't wear them in public unless we're going boating at the river.

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