Friday, November 12, 2010

If You Wait Long Enough....

....Things actually will come back in fashion.

I never really thought that would happen to anything in my closet, but it has. And I'm not even talking about the Skinny Jeans with the zippers on the ankles (damn, I threw mine away in 1991). I'm talking about Converse All Stars.

The other day my office's 20 year old student worker came in wearing a shiny new pair of converse low tops and engaged in a conversation with a similarly young co-worker about said shoes. I found myself shocked that The Kids These Days are wearing the same sneakers I wore all through high school and into college. Whaddaya know.

So I fessed up to still owning two pairs of high tops and a pair of plaid low tops. They've been in my closet for.....oh....17 years or so. I have no idea why I never threw them away, even though I had no intention of ever wearing them again--probably due to my sentimental attachment to them. And now my hoarding has paid off and I'm back in style, having worn my plaid sneaks to work, and really stretched the definition of Casual Friday.

And this morning, while dropping Tai off at school, I noticed that one of the work-study students in the pre-school room was also wearing low-top converse all stars. Based on this, I'm now certain that I am either (a) totally hip and cool or (b) dressed inappropriately for my age and making a fool of myself.

1 comment:

Kristen said...

I have to confess that I recently bought a pair of low top, lilac Converse All Stars that were on sale at Marshalls. I <3 them!