Do you know what a winklepicker is?? well! i guess not! without disclosing my age, i have to admit that i am now wearing them the second time around, yes, i was lucky enough to assist the movement of the MOD-ERA during my teenage years in London ( no age calculations please) :-)
Winklepickers (also known as Winkle Pickers) are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward by male and female British rock and roll fans. The feature which gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and quite long pointed toe, reminiscent of medieval footwear and approximately the same as the long pointed toes on some women's fashion shoes and boots today. This pointed toe was called the winkle picker toe because, in England, periwinkle snails are eaten with a pin or pointed object to get the winkle out of the shell (hence the term "to winkle something out"). Fierceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! attention! not recommended for those with broad feet :-)
Today l'atelier is feeling homesick and nostalgic ( don't forget we are a bunch of foreigners in here), the weather here is crap, it's grey, quite dirty and extremely depressing, however saying that i'm quite sure that the weather in London is exactly the same if not worse. For reasons com pletely unbeknown to me, i feel that today i'd rather be there than here. The good thing about quiet days like this means that one can be uttertly selfindulgent, please don't get me wrong, this in quite simple terms means: spending more time on this blog, watching video memorabilia on youtube and going for endless coffees at Mai Lings bar across the road.
Today here the legendary band "The Jam" headed by the forever firecely charismatic Paul Weller is causing a stir. Just take a look at the get up they used to wear, absolute genius!!! cool bands with so much natural style are very few and far between these days, what a shame!
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