you're pushing thirty and your old tricks no longer work.

[constance]

Maybe one day I will start making thoughtful lj entries again. One day, but not today: today, I have a Very Important Question to ask you. If you were going to your company Christmas party, would you wear

(1) the three-and-a-half-inch-heeled fuck-me ankle-strap shoes (man, that was a lot of hyphens right there), or

(2) the two-inch-heeled comfy slides?

Much is riding on your response. Do not fail me, friends!

Comments

[tilney.livejournal.com]

Depends if there's going to be anyone there that you want to impress (if y - (1), if n or you don't feel comfy enough in (1) to look graceful - (2)). And maybe if it's an afternoon party at the office (2), or an evening meetup at a bar (1).

A lot of punctuation in general, it seems.

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[tofty.livejournal.com]

No one I particularly want to impress, no. The ankle-straps are as comfy as 3+-inch heels can be, and the dinner is a sit-down catered dinner at a historic house.

I guess this it boils down to aesthetics, really. :-?

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[thalia]

In that case, I'd say (1). There's nothing like a sexy pair of shoes, as long as you don't have to do much walking.

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[tilney.livejournal.com]

Hummm. Sounds kind of posh enough to warrant the three-inch. I say go for it. At least you won't have to stand in them, so the comfort factor is moot, and it's nice to wear fuck-me shoes once in a while. What about the rest of the outfit? And can we get a photo of the fuck-me shoes?

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[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Photos, baby!

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[octoberstory.livejournal.com]

Oh! The heels then, most definitely. As long as they truly work with your outfit. What are you wearing?

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[tofty.livejournal.com]

Knee-length skirt -- is it a tulip skirt that's fitted over the hips and flares out a little at the hem? Because if so, then it's a tulip skirt -- in a print that's mostly purple and white circles scattered on a field of black, with a purple fitted sweater. It's a fairly all-purpose outfit; I think either pair of shoes would work with it.

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[octoberstory.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily--a tulip skirt will be tailored in a full bell shape at the hips and a bit tapered at the hemline to balance the volume above (if my fashion-mag life lessons do not fail me). But I am envisioning your skirt well!

Sounds ladylike enough that you can sexx it up a bit. Yeah, definitely the heels! Ooooh, are you going to wear your lovely new peter pan-collar jacket too?

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[tofty.livejournal.com]

Well, I've seen them go both ways, those tricky tulip skirts, definitely the silhouette you describe, but also the one I describe. Hence the confusion. Surely tulip skirts cannot be shaped both ways?

I wore the heels, left the jacket at home because it was just the wrong color. My feet were a little sore at the end of the night -- more standing than I thought there'd be -- but otherwise I have no regrets. :D I looked as hot as it's possible for me to look, so happy.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Comfy. All the way. Of course, my "company" involves only library workers who are 99% married, and, of course, my husband. Not that I wouldn't put on sweet shoes for the Love Bunny, but I wouldn't stand around int hem for three or four hours.

[jossish.livejournal.com]

It definitely depends on the amount of walking/standing you'll have to do. My fuck-me shoes don't get much use because I usually have to walk to wherever I'm going, so any time there is the faintest chance you can get away with not walking much, I say fuck-me shoes!

I also demand pictures.

[treehavn.livejournal.com]

If you are mostly sitting down and don't have to walk miles, #1 all the way. How often do you get the opportunity to wear a really great pair of heels (I tried for my Christmas meal, but was foiled by having to walk bloody miles to get the bus)?

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I'm with everyone else who says "If you ain't walkin', you might as well be sex-ay."

If my mom were here, she'd advise, "Stash a pair of sneakers in the car, because oy, what if you should have an automobile emergency that required abandoning your vehicle and walking more than 14 steps?"

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

The two-inch-heeled comfy slides, unless you want the one co-worker who totally squicks you out to hone in on the three-and-a-half-inch-heeled fuck-me ankle-strap shoes and spend the entire night leering at you, following you around like a puppy, and/or hitting on you.

[octoberstory.livejournal.com]

Oh but it depends! I need more info--outfit, party setting, etc.