It’s been ages since I’ve tackled an IFB Project, and this one is right up my alley…
The premise is easy enough: Take a photo of all of your shoes that you own right now. As you’re about to see, some have it easier than others, though for reasons not seen readily upon the first glance.
What you see are the only pairs of shoes I own. Both are boots. Both are British. Both represent separate parts of my life.
I’ve owned this pair of Grinders for four years. They were purchased back when I needed shoes that were sturdy enough to endure the then-two-mile walk to work at Video Monitoring Services of America’s Louisville production office. I had hoped they could also endure the occasional rainstorm, but these weren’t the right boots for the job.
Many shoes have come and gone since that purchase — even a pair of Simply Vera Vera Wang boots that did not survive past NYFW AW11 — but this pair has remained standing, original soles and all. Alas, the boots represent a time when things were not as I hoped they would turn out to be professionally, including the Chapter 7 bankruptcy that brought an end to my time with VMS.
I bought these Dr. Marten boots not too long ago, tired of the heaviness my Grinders brought with every step I took coupled with my desire to own more stylish, more durable feminine shoes.
These boots represent a brighter, lighter future for me; I can move more freely in this pair of boots than I could previously. My only hope is that these shoes endure for even half as long as their fellow Englishmen.
I leave you with “Walking in My Shoes” from Depeche Mode’s 1993 album Songs of Faith and Devotion, a fitting end to this post
Photo credit: Cameron Miquelon.
I love that you only own two pairs of shoes. No matter how long it takes to put the perfect outfit together, the choice of shoes is always easy. :)
Hehe! Well, finding shoes for my feet is a bit difficult at times, as I’m missing a lot of bones in both of my feet (not just toes), as well as having one leg a quarter-inch shorter than the other.
And I’m actually no longer wearing the Grinders. They’ll be there if I need them again, but for now — and hopefully for a long time to come — they’ll remain retired from service.
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Two pairs of shoes that go a long way!
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My Grinders certainly have! We’ll see how long my Docs hold up, as they’re built differently from the 1460s most think of when they think of a pair of Dr. Martens.
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This is really cool – and I think I’m a bit obsessed with that second pair of shoes – they just look like the perfect everyday shoes (& i guess they must be ;) )
I’d say they are. Definitely match the aesthetic I seek these days.
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That is so awesome that you only have 2 pairs of shoes and you participated in the challenge. I also don’t have a lot of shoes because I believe in minimalism concept of having mostly just things you really need so for some reason I thought I wouldn’t fit into this challenge. But you proved me absolutely wrong. I love it.
I was just happy my camera worked that night. :) Thank you for your kind words!
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