What I Actually Wore #108

Serial #: 0108
Date: 21/02/2013
Weather: 27°C/ 81°F
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

My very good friend Sapphire invited me to dinner along with some of her other friends to meet her dad while he was visiting the country. It was a warm summer evening and we were going to a Chinese restaurant in the city.

I decided to give my black gladiator boots an outing, since they don’t get to go out very often. They need to be worn with a short dress to really show off, and since I don’t own many minis, the black silk kimono-style was the go. The dress is by Luela – an Australian label which may now be sadly defunct; I can't find any current information about it. I wore it with black onyx jewellery, and carried a black patent bag, so it was a rare occasion that I found myself in an all-black outfit, apart from my pearl ring.

The boots attract a lot of attention during the commute, and from the male guests at the dinner party. After I inform them it's a rare treat for the boots, they all declare they are fabulous and deserve to go out more often.

It always amuses me how excited men get over certain knee-high boots. Of course there are certain obvious connotations, but you can easily offset that by pairing edgy boots with something demure and minimal makeup. Result: wink, rather than kink.

Photo: April 2013

Items:

Dress: Luela
Earrings: hand made
Ring: Autore
Watch: Kenneth Cole
Shoes: Wittner