{"id":12213,"date":"2014-05-25T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=12213"},"modified":"2014-05-24T22:48:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T02:48:46","slug":"friends-dont-let-friends-wear-birkenstocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=12213","title":{"rendered":"Friends don’t let friends wear Birkenstocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comfort is fine, but you have to draw the line somewhere \u2014 and don’t even consider socks<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>My love affair with JCrew, after several years of writing this weekly article, is well established.\u00a0 However, everyone makes mistakes, I guess.\u00a0 Birkenstocks are \u201cExhibit A\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jenna Lyons, can you hear me?<\/p>\n

\"Kelly1\"<\/a>WHAT HAPPENED?<\/p>\n

I appreciate the (slightly) more feminine metallic version but, let\u2019s be honest, this look is dated\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Kelly2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The frumpy footwear trend is sticking around longer than I am comfortable with. I submit this recently circulated picture of the Olsen twins (often touted as fashion icons) with black sandals and WHITE TUBE SOCKS. Their $400 designer skinny jeans and crocodile handbags are not enough to save them.\u00a0 This is ugly and just plain W-R-O-N-G, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

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I will sheepishly admit that I often sacrifice comfort for fashion. My husband will attest to the fact that I went through hundreds of Band-Aids on our trip to Paris because I REFUSED to wear sneakers. Of course they would have been more comfortable than a ballet flat after 8 hours of walking the cobblestone streets, but it was Paris.\u00a0 I mean, come on. I have a rep to protect.<\/p>\n

\"Kelly3\"<\/a>I understand the desire to wear shoes that feel good. Even though I covet a sky-high stiletto, my lower back refuses to cooperate.\u00a0 This is no reason to sacrifice all sense of style!\u00a0 There are always attractive options.\u00a0 If comfort is your main objective, Chuck Taylors, Vans and Keds are experiencing a resurgence of popularity. \u00a0Pairing a slip-on canvas shoe with a sundress or cut-off shorts and a t-shirt is infinitely better than a Birkenstock.<\/p>\n

However, if you are like my lovely sister-in-law and REFUSE to adhere to my \u201cJust Say No to Birkenstocks\u201d rule, I beg of you\u2026NO SOCKS, please. I can barely handle it when my sons leave the house in their Nike slides and black basketball knee-highs.\u00a0 It will send me over the edge to watch women do the same.<\/p>\n

What do YOU think?<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend!<\/p>\n

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Comfort is fine, but you have to draw the line somewhere \u2014 and don’t even consider socks By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times \u00a0 My love affair with JCrew, after several years of writing this weekly article, is well established.\u00a0 However, everyone makes mistakes, I guess.\u00a0 Birkenstocks are \u201cExhibit A\u201d. Jenna Lyons, can you hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[4697,4696,4695,4698],"class_list":["post-12213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-birkenstocks","tag-footwear","tag-sandals","tag-socks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}