No. Shoot, if she wanted to make a statement, she should've worn VELCRO sneakers.

She's having a crap day, let's let this one slide.

Girl got let go from her Agent Provacateur contract. Rough times.

Lily Allen is stealing my walking-to-work look! How dare she.

"You might laugh, you might frown... walking round London town."

:( Why must you remind me what a fashion disaster DC is? It's bad enough I live here, but to be reminded of it is just cruel.

Walk of shame. Been there.

Whoever the first woman was who was all, "Fuck this! I'm wearing the sneakers on my way to work, and no one can stop me!" is my hero.

Is that a macbook air?

Is that a MacBook Air she is carrying?

@Lady Skittlehattington: Hear, hear.

(I have a friend who keeps 10 pairs of heels in her office. She's got a little shelf and everything. She's one step beyond throwing heels in the bag and takin' off.)

@Residentdrunkgirl: Great minds and all that.

I think we should give poor Lily a media/paparazzi/snap judgment reprieve until the poor girl has had time to adequately heal from her unwed mother --> miscarriage --> break-up nightmare. Any one of those things alone in the public eye would be bad enough, but all three in the matter of months is just heartbreaking.

It wouldn't be so bad if her trainers were a better color, or maybe her stockings.

@lydia_gwilt: haha true! Want.that.computer.immediately.

hahahaha... and carrying a mac. very dc.

@zivah: Am I your friend? Because that's definitely me - but it's more like 15 pairs of shoes, and I keep them in a drawer.

I think she looks cute. I could see myself wearing this outfit on a post-gym grocery run or whatever.

Celebz r in ur paparazzi shot, bein' just like us. Lulz.

@Lady Skittlehattington: It's all the rage on the streets of NYC. Why not be comfortable, especially when running to catch a bus or the subway?

@zivah: Ha! I keep a pair of sneakers and a pair of flip flops under my desk just in case...

But I work in a casual environment, so I never wear heels. Our office is too treacherous for fun footwear anyway. We have missing floor tile in front of the elevator. One day someone will plummet to her death. Mark my words...

@zivah: You know, that's a great idea. I might implement that as of tomorrow morning. I mean, I never wear the work heels anywhere else!

@NefariousNewt: A little secret: I wanted to do the dress/sneakers combo ever since I was a kid and saw Working Girl for the first time.

Hey! I had to rock some stockings with sneakers this morning. I live at the bottom of a steep hill, what is a girl to do?
And DC is not high heel friendly!!I speak from experience. I was trying to be coy and sexy one evening in Adams Morgan and got my shoe stuck in a grate. It happened right in front of a bunch of guys hanging out in front of Bukom. When I bent over to wedge out my shoe, the dudes behind me got a nice shot of my skivies (never wear heels with low riders) and the dudes across the street got a nice shot of my boobies.

Here's what I want to know: At what point does the phenomenon of women rockin' sneaker to work and then changing into heels become so ubiquitous that we realize, as a society, that high heels should be reserved for when we wanna look sexy and not for when we want to look professional?

@Lady Skittlehattington: "Hey Skittle? Could you punch that elevator button for me? I'm carrying all these boxes and I can't see for shhhhhhhhhh.:::plummets to her death:::

Ahh, don't remind me about DC. I'm at this very moment in my office in Dupont! But yeah, I wear ballet flats and then transition...DC is not conducive to heels.

@badmutha: You just gave me a brilliant plan for doing away with my ex-boyfriend. I'll cut you in on what I steal out of his wallet right beforehand. It won't be much, but....

I love her. She's adorable. That is all.

My best friend and I had a list of things we would never do when we got older- one was wear sneakers with hose and "power walk" during lunch. The others I remember were: we would never wear small earings, remind our husbands about their cholesterol level, join a book club...I've broken at least two of these already.

Be nice, some of us
1) walk to work (1 mile roundtrip)
2) can't afford to re-heel our shoes every week.

@Lady Skittlehattington: I'm down with it. And you can keep the money, babe. Sounds like he was a real jerk. Buy some new shoes!

@badmutha: Awwwwww...that's terribly nice of you.

@biscuitdoughjones: those look more like workout tights than stockings. At least she has her outfit covered up with a nice trench. Maybe she's going off to blog?

Big LOLZ for the DC sneakers and stockings reference. All she needs is a gov't ID lanyard and a victoria's secret shopping bag-cum-lunchbag and she's set.

macbook air..WANT

What's with hose and DC?

Ages (probably ten years ago) I remember reading an article that said all the ladies in DC wore white or white opaque hose (which then got all mud splattered) and no one could fathom why - the author though maybe black stockings were considered way too erotic for officewear.

The article was in all likelihood an annoying, bullshit generalisation based on one woman who pissed the author off, but I haven't been able to get it out of my head. Anyone got any light to shed on the subject?

i honestly LOVE the fact that dc is less fashion-y than, say, nyc. more dorks too, which makes me v happy.

@bowleserised: well, i can tell you that there are STILL a few republican congress members who won't allow their female office workers to wear trousers, or if they do, they have to wear tights underneath AS WELL.

ask me again why i think they're fascists.

Lily Allen, how DARE you attempt tp walk around like a normal human being! Don't you know you are required to be spot on all day, every goddamn day?! You're a celebrity now, for chrissakes, therefore you belong to us!

[shop.nordstrom.com]

Your new best friends. Seriously, super comfortable and good for your feet and you dont look like a fool.

Aw, I love Lily Allen. Poor girl needs a break.

I cannot do the sneakers with tights thing, though. For some reason, it makes me feel like I'm becoming ever-more resigned to an unvarying eat/work/sleep/paytaxes/die life cycle. So I make sure that all my pumps and fancy boots are comfy to start with. Just in case, you know, I have to fly off to Rome at a moment's notice and don't have time to pack my Nikes. It could happen.

@charlotte corday: do they reimburse them for thrush medication costs? What are tights supposed to do for you to prevent sexaciousness and lack of respectability? Is it something to do with gussets? Or just the Mormon underwear principle?

@amoureuse: seriously, and those wide ass avenues. nothing is ever quite close enough to the metro for heels. and there is no one remotely fashionable here so you get to thinking things like, who the fuck cares if i am wearing sneakers with tights. who's gonna see me, some UVA grad staffer? it makes me get all nihilistic, fashion wise.

Seriously, stop with the DC jabs.

OMG, speaking of tights, I bought the cutest fucking flats - well, my GF bought me the cutest fucking flats - yesterday! They're adorable! And so fucking comfy!

[www1.macys.com]

@skinnybonejones: Those are very cute...and way to keep it real with the sensible soles.

@Lady Skittlehattington: Excellent flick.

As a commuter who has to walk over hill and dale from train to office and back each day, I say embrace those sneaks, Lily!

@BAngieB: I'm rarely sensible with shoes, so I felt v. practical and grown-up buying them. (Plus, the GD puppty ate the Kenneth Cole flats I bought in Soho, the handsome little bastard. I needed replacements.)

@skinnybonejones: When will ya'll learn to put the shoes away...puppies LOVE shoes.

I look like this every morning. Although I'm usually wearing Chucks as my sneaker of choice.

@tigertrap: I personally love living in an anti-fashion locale (for me, the middle of nowhere). I am by default the trendiest person here! And it takes way less work (and money) than trying to be trendy in NYC.

I do this sometimes because I take public transportation and I'm not about to walk around the city in heels.

@Lady Skittlehattington: What are you talking about? All I see here is a MACBOOK AIR.

Shit, this is turning into one of those regular content-free gossip blogs, isn't it?

I should have known with the IS ____ TOO SKINNY?!?! obsession.