This is an attempt at initiating a blog that a lot of people have told me I should do, but I’m really uncomfortable doing it. People like the way I dress and, for me, clothes are fun. Not so much in a fashion way, but in more of a style way. I don’t dress to get compliments, but it’s nice when I do.
My contributions to this blog will probably end up being very random at times, because that’s the way I think. One thing leads to another.
On that note…I’m a very introverted person, but I’ve become pretty good at complimenting someone if they look really nice, or are wearing something really nice, because I know how good it feels when someone gives me a compliment.
So this blog. When people have told me I should have a blog, I think probably they’ve wanted me to post my outfits. But life isn’t about me, and I don’t like it to be about me. I don’t like selfies at all, and I wouldn’t even want a non-selfie (i.e. someone taking a photo of me). I’m not that important, but here I am talking about myself.
I’ll have to find some way to share what people want to see. Some folks have proposed I have others model my clothes. That’s fun, and I already have a few photos. In fact, a lot of my things look way better on others than they do on me! But it could be a pain in the butt to have people put my clothes, and kinda weird. When’s it’s happened, it’s been very informal. I have an idea, though, that I’ll check out. More on that when I have a chance to try it.
So, I probably have a better-than-average wardrobe, especially for the area in which I live, and I probably have a better-than-average knowledge of fashion and style. But we all have our strengths, and of the areas in which I have better knowledge—food and wine—what I know about clothing seems pretty much on the weak side.
For now, I’d like to share some of my thoughts and “knowledge,” fully expecting that anyone reading this blog will know more than I do on any given subject, or have differing opinions. I’m hoping not to share in a “know-it-all” way, since I don’t, and I’m hoping that anyone who shares back will take the same approach. I have little patience for know it alls. I recall one—a self-proclaimed foodie—that once commented on a dish served in a restaurant, complaining there were two starches on the plate…mashed potatoes, and??? The ??? was a vegetable—kohlrabi—with which she wasn’t familiar. I’d hope for a sharing of information, thoughts, ideas…that we all learn from one another.
The blog name—Shoehorn. I think it’s a pretty good name. I wasn’t trying to come up with a name. Thankfully, it just came to me one morning when I was (duh) putting my shoes on. I’ve owned a shoehorn for a very long time, but it’s only the last few years I’ve always had one at the ready, to use almost every day. That’s not to sound snobby, it’s just that I’ve become more of a shoe person. More about that at a future date.
In fact, that’s my start. More about everything at a later date.