alligator pumps

5.29.10
Vintage Alligator Pumps
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"Prom-ettes"
1979?
Roxy Delux
Thayer St. Prov RI
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These shoes are sexy and not slutty. Sadly, the leather dried out and cracked.
Another pair of sit + pose shoes

frederick's platforms

5.22.10
Frederick's of Hollywood Platforms
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July 1996
Frederick's in an Indianapolis mall
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A souvenir of my midlife crisis. These were bought for me. When I lived in Indianapolis for six weeks. What was I thinking?

trashy lingerie leopard

5.22.10
Trashy Lingerie Leopard Print Barbie Shoes
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1998
Trashy Lingerie
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I will pose in these but please don't ask me to walk around in them

aldo strappy sandals

5.19.10
Aldo Strappy Sandals
with mylar pailettes
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early 2000s
on Santa Monica 3rd St Promenade
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Very girly + pretty + hard to stand around in! Have a very cool geometric "hour glass" heel

"buffalo" sandals

5.19.10
Indian "Buffalo" Sandals with hand painting by Patucci
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when did I get these? I have no idea. Sometime in the 80s [or 90s?], I would think. Did Patucci send them to me? Not sure.
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Too delicate to wear on concrete.
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I think I ordered my first pair of these in 1970 / from an ad in the New Yorker.

crocs mary jane

5.12.10
Crocs Mary Janes
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2009
Same discount shoe place in S.M.
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Argh! My poor feet can't breathe in these. Wore for my last opening. Torture. Going to Good Will.

hush puppies sandals

5.12.10
Hush Puppies Sandal
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2009
Some discount shoe place in Santa Monica
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An attempt at "nice" sandals (vs cheap plastic) for work. Not very comfortable. Oh well.

yangtze sandals #2

Yangtze Plastic Sandals
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2004
Cat St.
Hong Kong China
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I stocked up on more of these on my 2nd trip to HK.
Black, green, red, purple.
Black are wearing out
Need another trip to HK!

yangtze sandals

4.28.10
Yangtze Plastic Sandals
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1992  Monkok, Kowloon, China
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I use these as my studio shoes. Some of the straps are broken. They [are] good for gardening too.

jack purcells

4.23.10
Converse Jack Purcells
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Whenever it was when Irene lived in apartment in San Pedro
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These aren't all that comfortable nor do they keep my feet warm. I'm not really a sneaker person.

metal cap clogs

4.22.10
2nd day of waiting @ Harbor General

Clogs with metal cap toes
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O' My Sole
Marina Del Rey
2001?
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Love the metal caps on these. My wooden clogs tend to get all split at the toe + these are protected. Also good for kicking dolts that step on me in clubs.

4.21 while waiting @ Harbor General Hospital

Sanita Patent Mary Jane Clog
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2010
Lord John's Bootery
NYC
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Emergency purchase because all I took to NY was a pair of rubber boots that gave me horrible blisters. Store right around the corner from hotel.

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additional field notes:
while I was sketching this, an older man (clearly under the influence of strong meds -- HE mentioned vicoden) started lurching around right in front of me, peeling off outergarments, saying "it's awful hot in here." I was seriously worried that it would get ugly fast, but thankfully his fit passed and he went elsewhere.

norma kamali

4.20.10
Norma Kamali
"Spanish"
Louis Heel Oxford
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Four Quarters
Pasadena
1985?
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I feel so pretty when I wear these

bucks for chucks

4.20.10
Converse Suede Sneaker
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when?
late 90s?
where?
San Pedro?
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A friend, John Borack, is doing a charity for the Boys + Girls Club of Stanton. He calls it Bucks for Chucks. It was actually this charity that got me drawing my shoes.

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first sneaker drawing + post
donate here!

fluevog

4.19.10
Fluevog Chunky Retro Sandal
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1990ish
Sonnie's  So Pasadena
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These are so over the top crazy.
Designed in the 90s
Look like the 70s
Comfortable too.

"witch" shoes

4.18.10
"Witch" shoes
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1979 (?)  Roxy's (?), Thayer St, Providence, RI
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I wore these shoes A LOT in the 80s 
In one of my "pound the pavement" trips to NYC I lost one of the heel taps. I wore that heel down 1/2". A great shoe repair guy sawed off the other side to match. Now 1" wide base kitten heels.
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They're really beat up, but oh so comfortable

4-18cowSlides

4-18cowSlides
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
starting a new sketchbook project for ArtHouse.

theme for this one is "in these shoes" I'm going to sketch my shoes in pencil -- as I see them when I wear them. plus verbiage about when, where I bought the shoes and any other thoughts on them. that's the plan anyway...

4.18.10
cow print slides
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Summer 2000 Sacramento @ Macy's on sale while waiting for timing belt replace on van
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These are my around the house shoes The fur has almost entirely worn off and rubber soles are cracked

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this same shoe was my first blog post