I’m thinking more about the confessions in the Patti Smith article in Harper’s Bazaar.
She invests in coats and boots which has been my game plan in recent years.
The idea that your fashion gives you freedom resonated with me. Boots aren’t traditionally sexy when they’re the type Smith wears.
This is what cheers me as a cisgender woman. That you don’t have to wear stilettos to make a statement about who you are and what you stand for.
The boots above I bought in December in a shoe-buying frenzy. I decided that boots were going to be my thing since I really don’t care to totter in stilettos and pumps.
I”m not keen to wear classic pumps. Not after having worn them for 9 years to legal and corporate office jobs in the 1990s.
A lot of guys on internet dating websites express an interest in meeting a “sexy” woman. The definition of sexy is erotic. I don’t want to walk down the street with everything hanging out for men to see.
It gives me hope that if Patti Smith had a husband and was an iconic rock star that I can meet a guy without having to wear a skintight cleavage-baring dress with a slit up to there.
I’ve decided to wear booties and boots on dates. Mid-heel black booties and the purple ones shown above.
The Bazaar article is right: fashion gives you freedom.
On the cusp of 55 today I think about how we can use fashion as a means of expressing who we are and what we stand for.
There’s a beauty in expressing your Individuality. That’s the ticket to living in health harmony and happiness.
I want to talk more in coming blog entries about searching for Mr. Right. A person that in my case should be Mr. Left in terms of politics.
Left of the Dial 