Comments on: Bargain Friday’s TPS Report: Tahari Kimmy

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:20:37 +0000

Agree on the running shoes, though I sometimes buy a 2nd pair online after wearing through the first one.

Also, unsolicited adivce on running shops — go to one where they watch you run on a treadmill (some even videotape your feet and play it back slow motion!!), NOT one where they simply watch you walk. I don’t have any visible gait problems when walking, but plenty of problems when running, and none of the shops I’d been to ever caught it, I ended up at a podiatrist after lots of pain. And also, not all salespersons at running shops are equally knowledgeable…

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:15:16 +0000

Teresa, if you want to post your email address I can mail you mine. I can’t find anything online to buy this weekend so I won’t be using it. I’ll check back here later today to see if you’ve responded.

By: JR

JR — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:59:50 +0000

Those grey New Balance 992′s that everyone wears are suede.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:47:31 +0000

I have the same problem, have to try them on in the store first, but then frequently buy online so I don’t have to carry them home (and usually they are cheaper online). Even with Zappo’s free shipping, I don’t want to have to go to the post office to return something…

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:38:35 +0000

How do you get the coupon?

By: C. Z.

C. Z. — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:38:23 +0000

I wear purple shoes almost every day! They’re typically sueded, since that’s what I’ve found most companies tend to make purple shoes with, but I almost treat them as a neutral, since they go with all the colors in my wardrobe.

By: C. Z.

C. Z. — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:35:58 +0000

I did this fairly frequently at my old job, and I tended to wear business casual but would do it in more luxurious fabrics/slightly more upscale jewelry than the group to whom I would present. So if it were winter, rather than a wool sweater with button down, I would wear a detailed silk shell and a thin merino or cashmere cardigan, with a nice skirt and heels instead of flats. For the days when I was doing more active presentations I would wear flats, but I’d still also wear dressy pants for them.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:57 +0000

I have some deep purple ballet flats that I wear all the time and have gotten tons of compliments on. They’re not suede or leather. I think that purple can be perfectly appropriate as long as the rest of your outfit isn’t clownish or too colorful.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:49:58 +0000

well, y’all have convinced me to try on-line shoe shopping, even though I am hard to fit. I’ve only done it once or twice, and the results weren’t so great. but those were w/ fun summer (i.e, cheaper) shoes. so maybe better name brands would help.

and L, I apparently have freakishly large calves, although it is not because I’m a former soccer player! so thanks for the tip on Frye boots.

By: Erica Foley

Erica Foley — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:19 +0000

Oooh those are fab! And, of course, my size is one of the very few they don’t have. Damn you big feet!!!

Like CJ, I have a hard to find (ie big) size, so I find that online shopping – with all its imperfections and inconveniences – is still a godsend. All I have to do is remember what a nightmare shoe buying was 10 years ago… and I’ll cheerfully forgive the occasional disaster a-la-Zappos.