Last time I had a pair of these, I was riding on the back of my brother’s bike and got my shoe caught in the back spokes. Painful deal.
I just ordered a pair of the CM-250s. I thought about the green and white ones, but went for the classic black and white. I think the men’s styles look cool, too. My ten year old daughter is mortified - says I’m going to look like a clown. Granted, there will be limited outfits that will go with these (I’m thinking khaki pants and white oxford cloth shirt).
They were, like, all the rage at St. Margaret’s School when I was a kid. It was cool, because they were popular yet approved footwear. I sooooo wanted a pair, but, oh, no, I had to wear big brown weird-ass orthopedic clunkers from Van Dyke and Bacon because I had messed-up legs!!
Yeah, saddle shoes were the shit. I lusted from afar!
JillGat, I did it! I just ordered the saddle shoe number CM-250. Baby! I feel so cool!! I feel so… liberated!! Now I just need to dig out that old plaid skirt, oxford shirt, and roller skates, and I’ll be the coolest girl in the neighborhood!!
I loved my saddle shoes when I was in school. Of course, this was a rural/suburban public school in the early 1990’s. I was the only girl in my class who had a pair. But I loved 'em anyway! Heck, I loved 'em because I was the only girl who had a pair. They were special and they were mine.
I had a pair of saddle shoes (not the same pair, but a pair at any given time) from the time I was six until I was twelve. And when I was 12 I wore 'em to a sock hop with a homemade wool-felt poodle skirt and won a prize for best outfit.
I haven’t seen saddle shoes since I was in grade school! Mine were brown and white and large as I had really big feet for my age. Saddle shoes just seemed to accentuate that unfortunately. And I seem to remember kilties too. Only dad didn’t like them so mom took them off the shoes.
I have a pair that I bought a few years back when I was actively swing dancing (2-3 times a week) that are specially made for dancers. They’re light as a feather and have excellent arch & heel support–I love them, but as I don’t dance like I used to, I don’t wear them much anymore.
I think if I see you or any other Doper Wumman wearing an outfit like this, I will be incinerated with lust. Oops, can I say that to a Mod? Don’t ban me! Please!
Seriously, that is a savvy fashion statement that only a confident and sexy woman can make. Go for it, Jill. It sounds like something Betty Bacall would be seen wearing in the early 1950s. And there ain’t a damn thing wrong with that.
Oh, and if you can find a masculine-styled hat to wear with it, like a fedora or something, I swear I won’t be responsible for my testosterone.
Flash back to the early 1970’s. Platform shoes, 3 inch heals, about an inch thick in the front. White and blue saddle shoes. Yep, I had a pair and wore them regularly. Of course with a pair of bell bottom cuffed pants, shirt with baggy sleeves. I even had the long hair too.
Now see, I think a dress or skirt with these shoes - for an adult woman - would be a big mistake. Opal, I never went to religious school, so my only bad saddle shoe memories were getting one caught in the spokes! I think you should get some of these shoes and take back the power.
Love it! I have a pair I drag out of the closet from time to time from the 80’s. They are grey suede with a light pink saddle n light pink laces. Oddly enough, it’s the men who always comment on how cool my shoes are.
