the it lists – fashion & trend blog

My day job sent me to a video game conference in San Francisco. A rare spot where men to women ratio of 50:1 isn’t necessarily a good thing. So many fashionably-challenged boys in one place. The best part about the week was my daily walk from the funky, boutique Hotel Triton to the conference – via Union Square and Burberry, Marc Jacobs, Anthropologie, and even a multi-storey Forever 21 (holy crap).

The result of all the walking were super sore feet. You can imagine my daily nirvana at the Aerosole store. My best purchase was their shoe of the month, Aerosole Kin Ship (love the name). I haven’t owned a pair of white shoes since I was six, but this combo of white patent top with brown was too fun to pass*.

As if walking the tradeshow floor wasn’t killer enough, there was the evening cocktail circuit. I had one too many chardonnays, sore feet and Macy’s was still open – I found this take on the ballet slipper – Jessica Simpson Leve. The square suede toe makes ballet look more grown up, glam.

I love the shoes! And the champagne color rocks. If I’d had one glass less of wine maybe I’d have been able to process that when the 7.5 display shoe was a bit too small, and my usual 8.5 was too big…maybe I’d try on the 8 instead of taking the 7.5 because it was easy (and they’ll stretch). Cheers.

And one more find too good to not share. I said it last fall, I say it again. I don’t know who’s designing for Aerosole now, but they get the nod from me. For the cocktail round two I picked up Aerosole Chrome in this blue. The darkest brown is a great choice too, but this blue feels more luxe.

*I can’t find the white and brown anywhere on line. Amazon’s got the best prices on these new styles, and they carry the Kin Ship  in yellow (a great way to work this Spring’s hot color into your wardrobe if it doesn’t look good near your face (like me).