I just think they're too casual for most uses.

I am, however, baffled by people who can wear backless shoes of any kind with success. I tend to just walk out of them (with the exception of one well-fitted pair of Swedish clogs).

And speaking of horrible fashion crimes that, should I raise my voice against them will get me expelled from SoCal.... I've said it before and I'll say it again, I hate the cammo-cargo-capri-with-drawstring-legs look that I see all over this city.

I can't do flip-flops, because the thingy in-between the toes hurts - a lot. The only pair of flip-flops I had that worked were platform-like, almost like super-chunky getas.

Wedges, however, I can rock. As long as they're well-built.

Oh, and if we're discussing Trends We Hate? I've got a few:

1) This whole flowy, unstructured, over-the-hips top thing, especially the empire style. I have yet to see those kinds of tops truly flatter a woman with curves. I like empire, as long as there's structure underneath the bosom. These don't have it.

2) People wearing clothing that is too small for them and therefore muffin-topping all over the place, which ties in to:

3) Ultra-low-rise jeans. These flatter no one. NO ONE!!!!!

Grrrrrrrr.

While I think it is crazy to go too overboard with Grammar school graduations, apparently the nephew received a presedential honor yesterday at his graduation and an science award. The proud auntie tag just won't close.

We're headed off to the beach for a few days in a couple of minutes. I should be darkish unless the family starts driving me crazy. Have a good weekend, everyone!

2) People wearing clothing that is too small for them and therefore muffin-topping all over the place, which ties in to:

3) Ultra-low-rise jeans. These flatter no one. NO ONE!!!!!

I can see your ass crack!

AND YOUR HOO-HAH!

3) Ultra-low-rise jeans. These flatter no one. NO ONE!!!!!

Seriously.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I hate the cammo-cargo-capri-with-drawstring-legs look that I see all over this city.

I don't mind these pants, but I hate them with high heels. Sandals, okay, but the heels do not match!

This whole flowy, unstructured, over-the-hips top thing, especially the empire style. I have yet to see those kinds of tops truly flatter a woman with curves.

Again I must ask for the pregnancy exception! Empire-waisted peasant shirts are my friends these days - most maternity tops are ridiculously overpriced and nothing else fits over the belly.

I just got an excellent onesie (gift from a friend's mother) that says "I Already Know More Than The President." Only problem is it's 3-6 months, so I hope he grows into it by November!

My objection to flip flops is primarily that I'm seeing them everywhere. I wouldn't wear them because I don't like shoes/sandals with the thing between the toes and I don't want my bare skin coming into contact with the sidewalk. ew.

But I dislike the constant thwap-thwap of people walking in them. And the majority of people seem to wear the rubber ones that, when I was a kid, we wore at the beach. And I really hate that they make almost everyone wearing them walk like they're in the last stage of pregnancy.

But, yes, pregnant ladies get an exemption ... for just about anything, including murder and bitch-slapping the annoying. And SoCal ... it's a different world out there ... and 3,000 miles away, so I don't care.

The shoes I would like to see banned from most public appearances are those mesh-topped Chinese sandals. I don't know if they're trendy outside of NYC, but here they are everywhere, and nobody (white) seems to realize that they are NOT OUTSIDE SHOES. They are SLIPPERS. They are what middle-aged Chinese women wear around the house to do laundry in. They are not meant to be paired with a cocktail dress!