Now, I know that nothing pleases a Hipster more than busting out an ironic choice of shoe, but my lovelies, are we ready for the second coming of... The Duck Shoe?
I was wandering past Town Shoes in the Eaton Center yesterday on my lunch when the soft gleam of a certain familiar plastic caught my eye. ' Say What?? Are those Duck Shoes?????' And indeed they were, in a choice of three classic colours.
Yes, I use to own at least one pair. And yes, so did the rest of my family (Dad might still). And yes, it was 1991 and we did live in the Maritimes. But no, we weren't featured in the Land's End catalog that year sadly, but thank you for asking! And I hadn't seen a real live pair since.
We've witnessed the rise of the 'weather shoe'. These days fashionistas are just praying for the rain so they can step out in their Hunter Wellies. And when the weather drops enough (heaven help us) sure, you'll see me in my Sorels on a Sunday afternoon. We're lovin' it, we're feeling hip while feeling dry. Are Duck Shoes the next step? Without yet having seen anyone sporting these little slip -on wonders on the streets of Toronto looking cool, or otherwise, I'm wondering, Duck Shoes: DO WE DIG?
