Last night I attended a swanky party at Saks Fifth Avenue to celebrate the store’s new facelift and to raise funds for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). While the food (tiny but tasty hors d’oeuvres) was scarce, the drinks were flowing freely. And so was the fashion.
Besides downing a few glasses of wine and watching, mouth agape, at a hard-to-miss Madonna impersonator (the blasphemy!), I kept my attention fixed mostly on the evening’s footwear. And I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of the fashionable guests were sporting some very interesting things south of the ankles. Maybe it was a nod to the save-the-children theme, but I spotted more than a few feet clad in booties.
Now, I understand that fall is all about the boot, but the bootie trend confuses me. These ankle-high numbers don’t exactly past muster as boots, but they’re not quite shoes, either. And while they work well on mile-long legs in great little dresses, booties can be pretty mean to the average girl. Cutting off your leg right above the ankle does nothing for most women besides make them look like tree trunks. As much as I want to embrace the bootie, I just can’t seem to do it.
Am I the only one who doesn’t get the bootie appeal?
