I was walking down Haight Street the other day, and stopped into the John Fluevog shoe store. I've ogled their shoes before on Zappos.com, and even ordered a couple of pairs, only to find them not true to size. (Fortunately Zappos' free no questions asked returns made that no big deal.)
I told the sales guy that, and he and one of his colleagues took me on a tour of their lines, pointing out which ran large, which ran small, and which ran true. They let me try on a few pairs, and then called every Fluevog store in the country to tray to track down one pair of the shoes in the photo in my size -- but no luck.
I sobbed about this on Facebook and someone found me a pair at the Fluevog store in Vancouver -- OMG I love FB -- so this story has a happy ending. I also bought a pair of "Supervog" shoes, so comfortable I'm wearing them to Vegas tomorrow -- Las Vegas, home of the country's worst and most inconvenient airport, which means miles and miles of tromping around.
Fluevog shoes, by the way, are both socially responsible and open source. Yes, really.
And yeah, I know I sound like I'm shilling for either Fluevog shoes or Zappos, but I'm not. I just love them. I hope you're touched.
*shakes head*
You're so beautiful in your obsessions.
Posted by: Red | 05 April 2009 at 03:32 PM
Great shoes are worthy of obsession. Enjoy!
Posted by: Sue Cosby | 05 April 2009 at 04:18 PM
I am neither a shoe nor clothes horse...or fashion maven. But I do have a growing collection of cowboy boots!
Posted by: TheWeyrd1 | 05 April 2009 at 11:09 PM
From one shoe lover to another, I salute you. These above are beautiful, the sort of shoes that would prompt me to whisper sweet nothings into my closet . . .
Lisa in Cape May County, NJ
Posted by: Lisa | 06 April 2009 at 10:32 AM
I really don't get this. I have clogs in six different colors, two pair of sneakers, one pair of hiking boots, some Wellingtons and Crocs.
Is this something an intervention would cure? Shall I order one for you?
Posted by: Gina Spadafori | 06 April 2009 at 05:13 PM