(Original artwork by Jessica Steele)
Earlier in this week I promised you guys a brand new series and I’m here to deliver. My previous ‘Happy Friday’ posts, while fun, were starting to feel a little forced and since Pinterest gives everyone enough eye candy already I wanted to offer something completely unique to The Steele Maiden. ‘From Where I Stand’ will be a weekly series, every Friday, that shows a little sketch of a pair of shoes I’ve owned throughout my life, and a short anecdote about where I was (in location and in life) at the time. First up…
01/ New York Fashion Week wearing yellow suede flats.
I’ve been lucky enough to attend various Fashion Week events a few times in my life, but the first was back in 2007 when I was interning for design extraordinaire Nanette Lepore. This was when the tents were still in Bryant Park which meant that interns schlepped from the Garment District over to the Park and back again. And backstage we got to dress those long limbed beauties that carry the clothes down the runways. What I remember of that blur was being incredibly excited, pretty nervous and I’m sure quite a bit awkward. I wore an off white mod little shift dress, black tights and these mustard yellow suede flats that I deemed comfortable but god willing still fashionable enough to be seen among New York’s creme de la creme. Looking back, I still don’t regret that shoe choice. So maybe I was cut out for fashion after all?
