<![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.? - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.? - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @Cfredl54:My makeup and hair routine was slashed in half when I moved to DC and I never feel out of fashion

edwardso

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @LaFemme: Also, while I don't agree with this particular style, Cole Haan Nike Air shoes are seriously the best idea ever.

kateabe

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Dude, I'll excuse Lily because she's awesome that way. But to the rest of you: if a pair of shoes is too high to walk to work in, it's probably too high to work in. That said I wear 4 inch stiletto heels to work all the time but I wear them on the walk to work and I live in Chicago.

kateabe

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> No, DC chic is wearing bedroom slippers and an XXXL t-shirt to a federal building. Then again, most federal employees spend more time at Coldstone than their desks.

muffinapocalypse

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> oh god that's so me

wring

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @jessicamcb: "also people who just don't understand how the seasons pertain to their wardrobe." oh my god, yes! that is so true!

i'm not about to start a dc fashion revolution or anything, but how about flats instead of sneakers? flats are in, peeps! let's take advantage!

anOCgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @anOCgirl: i can totally sympathize. i absolutely refuse to wear white tennis shoes to walk to work. that said, i killed myself this morning and am now wandering barefoot around my k street office.

i think we should just admit it - most people in dc = frumpy (though smart!). even if we had the barneys warehouse sale (where i was this weekend..), there'd still be a sizable contingent of white sneakers n' tights. and also people who just don't understand how the seasons pertain to their wardrobe.

jessicamcb

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @Lady Skittlehattington: All I see now is a guy in a Range Rover who is clearly impressed with Lily's forward thinking electronic purchase.

AlmostZooey

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> i live and work in DC and i just can't bring myself to do the sneakers and tights thing. i just can't. i must wear sensible shoes (flats, primarily) or wear sensible shoes then change to heels at work.

being from california, i just can't bring myself to jump on this dc fashion bandwagon.

anOCgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @charlotte corday:
Yeah, one of the best parts of DC is that you don't have to feel super self-conscious every time you step outside! Go Lily, Maybe Hill staffer will be her next look (a la dresses and trainers with gold doorknockers)

Cfredl54

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @AlmostZooey: Squint and cock your head slightly to the right. Maybe you'll see something different, like one of those magic pictures.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @charlotte corday: It's partly the budget and partly that we just don't have the kind of access to fashion that they do. No designers headquartered here, no sample sales. I don't think DC is unfashionable, I just think we're more conservative than NYC is.

Hooplehead

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @stoprobbers: well, you do live outside of the 212 area code!

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> All I noticed was the computer. I wants one, I do.

We Don't Live in the 60s

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @comparedto: see, that's what I think. And I've got mary-janesque walking shoes that work with a dress. But I tend to over-think my shoes at times.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> SNEAKERS WITH STOCKINGS!! love it. put on the hells once you get to the office.

primpedpeacock

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @charlotte corday: I have a weird thing about heels. I almost never wear them because I get paranoid that everyone is looking at me when I do. Maybe it's because I'm tall. When are we going to have a DC Jez drink night??

ak1

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @lesleykat: I had no idea you could actually PURCHASE them yet until last week! I went to the apple store and just stared over the shoulder of some hipster who was hoarding it. It makes me especially happy that this is a picture of Lily Allen AND a macbook air!

AlmostZooey

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @ak1: or the budget! also, i feel less self-conscious about wearing odd things together. however, i walk everywhere, so it's been a while since i've worn heels. predictably, the time i most wear heels is also the time i'm most likely to fall on my arse, thanks to the demon drink.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @bowleserised: EXACTLY my thoughts-- thrush-a-go-go.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @charlotte corday:
I love living in DC too, there's none of the pressure to make yourself a slave to fashion...I just don't have the energy.

ak1

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @AlmostZooey: me toooooo.
macbook air go!

lesleykat

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> I take public trans in Chicago and have to walk to and from on both sides of the trip so I always wear tennies or functional boots in the winter and change at work. I once HATED that look but realized how comfortable it is & how much it lengthened the age of my shoes.

TriedandTrue

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @BAngieB: Are you my GF or something? Because she is forever saying the same thing to me. "Don't feed the puppehs shuz, Jonesey!"

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

bernat

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @Lady Skittlehattington: What are you talking about? All I see here is a MACBOOK AIR.

AlmostZooey

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> I do this sometimes because I take public transportation and I'm not about to walk around the city in heels.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.

violettefay

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> I look like this every morning. Although I'm usually wearing Chucks as my sneaker of choice.

Flackette is a Red State Elitist

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @skinnybonejones: When will ya'll learn to put the shoes away...puppies LOVE shoes.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.)

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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!

PhillyLass

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @Lady Skittlehattington: Excellent flick.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @skinnybonejones: Those are very cute...and way to keep it real with the sensible soles.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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]

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Seriously, stop with the DC jabs.

stoprobbers

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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?

bowleserised

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

cautionarywhale

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> [shop.nordstrom.com]

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

LaFemme

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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!

Trashtastic is proud to be an American!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> i honestly LOVE the fact that dc is less fashion-y than, say, nyc. more dorks too, which makes me v happy.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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?

bowleserised

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> macbook air..WANT

Josie-Boe-Bosie

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

HRHKingFriday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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?

brendastarlet is on it

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @badmutha: Awwwwww...that's terribly nice of you.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Be nice, some of us
1) walk to work (1 mile roundtrip)
2) can't afford to re-heel our shoes every week.

Hooplehead

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

smallcritic

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> I love her. She's adorable. That is all.

DorothyZbornak

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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....

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

missjwalker

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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:::

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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?

zivah

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

amoureuse is a second class citizen

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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!

mercymercyme

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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...

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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?

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

BiscuitDoughJones

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.

PrettyBitch

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> hahahaha... and carrying a mac. very dc.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @lydia_gwilt: haha true! Want.that.computer.immediately.

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> It wouldn't be so bad if her trainers were a better color, or maybe her stockings.

comparedto

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

shiningstar loves her president-elect!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Great minds and all that.

lydia_gwilt

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> @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.)

zivah

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Is that a MacBook Air she is carrying?

lydia_gwilt

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Is that a macbook air?

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> 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.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Walk of shame. Been there.

dearheart

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> :( 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.

tigertrap

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> "You might laugh, you might frown... walking round London town."

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Lily Allen is stealing my walking-to-work look! How dare she.

zivah

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> Girl got let go from her Agent Provacateur contract. Rough times.

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> She's having a crap day, let's let this one slide.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[Lily Allen: Sneakers With Stockings? Are We In D.C.?]]> No. Shoot, if she wanted to make a statement, she should've worn VELCRO sneakers.

gabelle

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