Can you believe these kooky darlings are from John Fluevog?!
I give you the “Oolong” from his Teapot line. To me these are very Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night.
In fact, they are not entirely dissimilar to the shoes she wore while cutting a rug with Mister Clark Gable, who by the looks of it certainly does give a damn about our sexy, screwy heroine.
My Cadillac is draped in black because today, 30 years ago, Elvis Presley died. while The King is my least favorite of all the Million Dollar Quartet –I’m a Johnny Cash girl to no one’s surprise– it wouldn’t be right if we didn’t show at least a couple of pairs of blue suede shoes.
(note, Plumcake has a serious hate on for all-but-one ankle boots and cannot be trusted to recommend them. The one pair she does like are the black cannage boots from Dior)
(L-R) Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash
Even though Plumcake happens to be the waspiest WASP in the history of waspdom by birth, she generally prefers her personal style to be a little less pink-and-green and a little more punk-and-glam.
That being said. I would totally slap your grandmother with a hot boiled lobster for this Kate Spade “Cape Cod” bag. Best part? No, it’s not made with vodka and cranberry juice...it’s over 40% off retail!
To quote The Manolo “Ayyyyy!”
Astute internet friend Winnie has pointed out that the ridiculously hot “Reeves” Naturalizer pump I had pointed to in a previous blog hold a shocking resemblance to the Carlos Santana “Rascal” pump.
You can see the logo on the sole. Now look at the sole of the black pair from Naturalizers. It is the same sole except that the Carlos Santana logo is photoshopped or scraped off the naturalizer photo.
Plumcake had to see for herself, and it is true! The photoshop smudging is as obvious as my forged 6th grade report card! On the left we have the bottom of the Santana shoe, and on the right, the bottom of the Naturalizer.
Plumcake suspects that the Brown Shoe Company which owns both the Naturalizer and Carlos Santana brands are indulging in a little double dipping.
You’ll pay $79.00 for the Naturalizer version, while the Santana edition will set you back $92.50. Let’s hope that $13.50 goes to the guitar player’s Milagros Foundation, which is partially supported by the sales of Carlos’ shoes.
Through tomorrow, there is a big sale at Torrid.com!
Francesca wishes to remind you that Big Girls do not always have to wear black. It is summer! Color yourself happy!
Torrid.com is a good site for Big Girls of high school and college years, or working women who seek casual clothes for the weekends. But no matter your age, you can’t beat the look and price of this very cute all-cotton flounce skirt, on sale for only $14!
If you really like red, you could also get this cotton and spandex straight skirt, decorated with cherries, which would look great with a white crochet top and white slingbacks for a fabulous summer office look:
And now that we have segued to cherries, you could change out of that skirt and head to an evening out in this cotton and spandex dress, also decorated with one of my favorite fruits (but NOT a fruity style!), on sale for under $26!
Happy shopping!
xoxo, Francesca
