who’s got a boat? because the outfit is almost complete
Hello my friends!
This week I went shopping because I needed new work pants (okay fine, twist my arm!!), and found some gems along the way that I am going to share with you today.
I’ve been looking for a garden hat ~
And as I inch closer to form (Hulk Hogan meets Pete Davidson), I’m in desperate need of evening out my redneck tan. You can’t take the bitch out of the sun but you can even out the tan! We are elevating!!
If you’ve been following for the past couple weeks, you saw my post about hiking fits, but I am here today to amend that. A baseball cap will no longer do – I need a wide brimmed hat.
So, this past week while out shopping on LaBrea (this is in LA to be clear) I stumbled upon the Metalwood store. Shout out to Street Night Live (a great shopping newsletter!) for putting me onto them. It’s a small and well laid out store, with a clear vision. I see and head straight to the sun cover hats hanging on the wall and the nice guy at the counter says he wears it for fishing. Not my initial intended use, but it gave me an idea!
Alas, we didn’t buy anything this go around, but will be back! We then headed across the street to the Arc’teryx store.
I found this:
Seeing as Arc’teryx is a serious outdoor brand with high prices, I fell in love immediately. Can’t stop thinking about this girl… The problem is that she’s not actually what I need right now- the brim isn’t thaaaat wide, so I’d have to wear a higher collar than my usual worn out cotton tees, or avoid looking down too much, which in my new shoes, could be difficult.
I had another mission that day, so no hats were purchased, but am surprised by all the good notes I got just shopping around out in the world.
BOAT SHOES
Here’s what cemented my new desire to go fishing – or at least be on a boat and potentially (not necessarily) stabbing worms and throwing a nylon string attached to a long rod into the water and waiting for something to catch.
The universe seems to be trolling everyone, because it won’t end world hunger but it will send me the boat shoes I manifested on my instagram stories at a very reasonable price. And in the gay color?? Sitting there, brand new, first thing I saw on the shoe shelf at Buffalo Exchange – this hairy purple suede boat shoe. Have you ever heard a more ridiculous and intriguing description in your life?
To be honest, there was no other way I was going to get a pair of boat shoes. For no reason other than I’ve always associated them with Princeton University. And though I have the utmost respect for the institution, I also have little claim to it. But now that Dionysus has given me an in ~ HAIRY PURPLE SUEDE ~ I’m about to swag my way onto a boat with the rowing teams.
These fascinating creations are Sperry’s, the classic boat shoe brand, but part of their Concepts brand. I do love when tradition swings so far left they come up with wild shit like this. Still figuring out how to style them on a regular basis, but we will get there, I swear to god. Send recs and I will keep you updated.
So team, let’s find a canoe or motorboat because I need somewhere to see what exactly the point of boat shoes are and a place to adorably protect my red neck from getting any redder.
Thanks and talk soon!! <3
Carson
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