quidam

erm... for what I know, "pumps" is a deformation of the french word "pompes", with the very same meaning as in English: "POMP". That would make sense, as pumps are intended as formal attire.

[...] has anyone else had an experience where they fall in love with a new environment and think that they never want to leave it?

I have traveled the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Germany, but it was only in the latter where I got that feeling. I simply fell in love.

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A 15-year-old boy has been suspended from school after wearing high heels and a dress to school as a part of a challenge laid down by his mother.

Sam Saurs, a ninth grader at Sedgwick Junior High School in Port Orchard, said he told his mother that wearing high heels wouldn't be that hard. Saurs' mother challenged him to try it and he accepted. To take it even further, he decided to wear a dress, too.

After Saurs showed up at school Wednesday in the dress and heels, the school suspended him for the remainder of the year. That suspension was later reduced to three days. But Saurs won't be allowed to go to the ninth grade dance or the class party at Wild Waves.

The South Kitsap School District said the issue has been resolved and would not make any further comment about the incident.

[sources: 1, 2]

I am 174lbs/6'2" (79kg/189cms). Doc says I'm underweight. Anyway, I look "slender" rather than "skinny".

Found an article titled "School is cool" (http://www.chictopia.com/photo/show/331084-School+is+Cool-blue-skirt).

Although it is originally aimed to young women, men can learn a lot from it. Paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 made me great sense for these lines:

+ "By worrying about what other people might think, you are only enabling others to bring you down. Don’t. If you don’t love your look, no one will."

+ "LAYERING paves the road to redemption."

+ "Enjoy being YOUNG! Enjoy being cool!"

+ "Imagine what kind of person you want to be perceived as."

Please take a look and have your say.

almost a hundred views, and nobody seems to have noticed the boys are wearing tights.

Five kids playing guitar!.

But wait... what has it to do with fashion?. Wait for your answers!.

Maggie [:wub:x(^7)]

Oliver [:wub:x(^1'000)]

I think the "Oliver" model seriously applies for opera pump. Opinions?.

... and then the rest of the world "must tolerate" them.

Forget about Louboutin, Blahnik, or whatsoever you might know. This is THE STILETTO.

with heels or without?

This really caught me off-guard: http://www.beareandley.com.au/product-info/19/52/

Hi folks,

I saw these skirts in the J Jill online catalog and thought some of you would like them.

J Jill long tweed sweater skirt http://goo.gl/H2DMa [:wub:x(^7)]

J Jill Simple 120 trouser skirt http://goo.gl/UTR8f [:wub:x(^10)]

I simply love the latter, even it's name "trouser skirt". Can it get any manlier?. Opinions?.

I CONCLUDE SUCH A PURSE-TOTING MAN, I WOULD SURMISE, HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO LOOK THE WORLD IN THE EYE AND IS QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HIS MASCULINITY.

HappyinHeels:wave:

Amen to that.

Read this very nice article on Yahoo! Mexico. It's in Spanish.

Hello Chaka! Good to see un paisano in this forum. ¡Bienvenido!

The need to make-up names like "murses", "man-bags", "messenger bags", etc really really annoys me!! Why can't they just call them what they really are "purses"? When people compliment my purse and call it a "man-bag", I correct them and tell them that it is a "purse".

As for me, I call it "messenger bag" just to clarify what style, otherwise, everything else is a purse.

Forget the boots... TAKE THE GIRL!

Amazingly enough, seems that people out there really carry more than 10lbs.

Look at this article:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41908962?GT1=43001

I read an ad at msn about pajama jeans.

Comments on them go from joy about needing nothing else to jump out of bed and hit the streets, to rants on how the gringo way of life gets everytime closer to laziness.

To me they might be a good idea, especially when traveling (which I do often), and I need versatile clothes on the go.

Have you seen or bought this pajama jeans?. Comments?

Hey folks,

What do you think of these shoes?

I find them very masculine. What's your say?.

I would like to read opinions from the ladies too!

I have told you before about my love for flats, and opera pumps.

Once I had a pair of wing tip flats like these: http://www.jjill.com/jjillonline/product/itempage.aspx?item=H4007D&PFID=52&BID=4313391&h=A&sk=A [:wub:x(^1'000)], some 13 years ago!. Those I had were from a mexican factory, in León, and they were labeled Duque da Milano. They lasted for some 5 years and got many compliments. Besides that, I want to point out they were marketed as MENs shoes. They were a men's only item, and came only in men's sizes!. Of course, the only colour choice was black patent leather, and that was it.

I remember wearing them with both formal and casual clothing, and the latter means jeans. If paired with formal wear, they would become simply a logical part of the whole look, but when paired with jeans and sweater, they became instantly a stand-out accent.

I say absolutely YES!

Any pic?

I think this flats are so beautiful, so incredibly precious, I just had to open a thread just for them.

I very much like -LOVE!- opera pumps. I think of them as the most masculine style shoes ever. Because of their extreme simplicity, their outstanding design, they are just a statement of refinement and sober elegance.

I found these Jeffrey Campbell "Elegant" shoes [:wub:x(^10)], labeled as women's, but really into the opera pump flat design. I think this design is mis-concepted and underestimated when targeted at the female market. I believe it would be much more welcome in the men's wear market.

Opinions?