Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

Another Shoe Reboot (ha!)

I love my black Doc Martens maryjanes--got them at a thriftshop a few years back, wore them constantly. They're sturdy but they got scuffed pretty badly. Probably could have just polished them, but....
I went a little past shoe polish. They've been painted and collaged and sharpied. I never had blue shoes before. Now I do, and they feature Christabel Pankhurst, suffragette--so, bonus.

(While looking up that link, I found out that the very English Dame Pankhurst is buried in Santa Monica, within half an hour of my house. Should take the shoes to visit her gravesite? Macabre, photo-op... or macabre photo-op?)

Monday, May 17, 2010

Thrifted Shoes Upcycled

Before (thrifted, Dansko, my size, good condition and comfortable, but I have enough red shoes):

After some paint and collage and modpodge and spraycoat: