Another Mystery Slide.
April 26, 2015 § 1 Comment
This slide is one of a few taken on the same day by my dad. I have no idea who the people are or where it is. Maybe on Long Island somewhere? She’s so hip and timeless with her cool white glasses and flip flops. 
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The Pump With A Certain Bow.
April 23, 2015 § 5 Comments
Among the family slides I found one of a shoe and wonder if it’s the pump my grandfather told me about as a child.
Then I created a little pump with a certain bow on it…and that’s what kept us busy…Well that little shoe, forget now what the name… we had a name for it…And I kept on creating new things. – Ben Benjamin
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A Cross Between Betty And Joan.
April 22, 2015 § 6 Comments
I recently purchased a photo scanner and now am finally starting to scan all the slides I have. Here’s one of my mother from probably the 1950’s taken by my dad. I haven’t had a chance to ask her about it yet. She’s like a cross between Betty and Joan from Mad Men. I’m really loving this last season and sad to see it come to an end. Expect more Betty and Joan inspired fashion in the coming weeks.
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The Look.
April 19, 2015 § Leave a comment
Today was gorgeous and finally warm here and the city abounded with Coachella inspired floppy hats. This one spotted at Bloomingdales.
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The Shoe Box Part 2.
April 3, 2015 § 4 Comments
I haven’t had much time to post recently, so I hope I will be forgiven for reposting one of my first. Still sifting through my father’s and grandfather’s shoe memories I just found this photo of Paulette Paul, Aunt Paulette to us to go with it. Below is the original post.
The Shoe Box
Vintage Family Shoe Store
Dale’s Shoes was a shoe store that belonged to a friend of my dad’s named Paulette Paul. My sisters and I called her Aunt Paulette. I remember her father had owned a pharmacy in Manhattan or Brooklyn before she moved to Florida. When I saw this post on Reddit by Reddit member Oktober75 about a family shoe store that had been closed for 40 years, it reminded me of Aunt Paulette. Not her store, but the lost shoes. Her store was bright and colorful and we were always greeted by her cocker spaniel. I remember the large windows that shined sunlight into it. She mostly sold Pappagallo shoes, but also dresses, jewelry and handbags. The store was in Tampa and for a child the ride from St. Petersburg was torture, so arriving at her shop was a treat for us. My older sister remembered a pizza restaurant next door that sold groovy lollipops and my mother said we would get our Mary Jane’s there. When I was a teenager and Aunt Paulette needed to clean out her storeroom she gave me at least 6 or 7 shoe boxes of Pappagallo paisley pumps and a pair of Pappagallo red loafers.
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Retro Inspired – Orla Kiely Clarks
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Women's Footwear in America 