See this?
It's part of Laura Bennett's line of Case Clothed merchandise and do we really have to point out that it's a Robert Best illustration? Laura sent us this a while back and it had the caption "If the shoe fits, BUY IT." Well, opinionated bitches that we are, we told her it was kind of lame since that joke is on about a million refrigerator magnets. Laura was all "Fine. Have a contest then." So we are!
Come up with the winning caption and win a signed "Dress up every day" t-shirt from the same line. LB herself will be picking the winner.
Don't forget to give us your email address!
[Illustrations: Robert Best]
143 comments:
As requested:
1. Happiness is always having the perect shoes
2. I love the smell of leather in the evening....
my email address was in the email to you - from Anne (or Allen if you boys so desire)...
"i like my shoes the way i like my men: tall and sexy."
"What do you mean 'everyday' shoes, these are my 'everyday' shoes!?"
or
"These are just the ones my husband knows about."
"Having five sons was such a better investment than a silly Guatemalan sweatshop."
Nouveauzenboho@aol.com
Shoe buy do buy do...
--Francis Albert Tomato
If the shoe hurts, bear it.
so many fabulous shoes & never enough men....
1. Nothing gets between me and my stilettos.
2. Forget the song, shoes are a girl's best friend!
3. Shoes make the woman. Happy.
4. My head is always over my heels.
5. Stilettos -- the organic/best way to get high.
6. Men come and go, shoes are forever.
7. Shoely you jest. (sorry).
8. What the well-heeled woman wears.
9. Shoes are my sole-mates.
10. Tread on me.
Jimmy, Manolo, Salvatore...so many men, so little time.
kguminsk@umich.edu
(Choo, Blahnik, Ferragamo..the divine trinity of shoes!)
My only regret is that I have only one pair of feet!
SisterZip
If looks could kill, my stiletto's on it's way to murderess row.
You won't find skeletons in my closet. But you will find some fabulous footwear.
Another PTA meeting and I still haven't found that perfect shoe...
In one day, I've used my Jimmy Choos as an ice axe to scale the steps at the Met, as a weapon against pesky paparazzi, to hammer down a loose floorboard, as an anchor for rapelling, and to style a cocktail dress with feathers when I go to a teacher's meeting at school.
easywriter101@gmail.com
Sweetheart, we are going to have remodel the apartment again. We need to add on another wing for my shoes...
I've got it! The new Bravo reality show will be "Project Shoehorn"!
Sure, I miss the boys, but not as much as I love my new shoe-storage rooms.
It's not just footwear, it's a lifestyle.
WWTLoD?
Organized shoes are happy shoes.
Take away my stilettos? Five words, darlings. From my cold dead feet.
Maggie
Time, Talent and Tremendous storage space.....That's what "Makes It Work" for Shoe Diva!
Leen
A woman can never have too many Choos...Or Blahniks...Or Louboutins.
Some gals get their morning thrill from "sitting" on the dryer, but I prefer my alone time enjoying the electrical tinglies produced by sitting directly over $16 thousand dollars worth of SHOES! Shoe porn, indeed! wooooooooo-hoooooeee
1. Behind every fabulous mommy is a great pair of shoes.
2. I celebrate each momentous occasion in my children's lives with a commemorative pair of shoes.
3. I believe in moderation in all things - except shoes.
candyroyale@aol.com
I just thought of another one
Cinderella and Dorothy were right..
SHOES ARE MAGICICAL
Leen
LeenLeenie said...
I just thought of another one
Cinderella and Dorothy were right..
SHOES ARE MAGICICAL
funny, I thought that was Forrest Gump who said that.
"No price is too high to get you out of hot pink clogs, darling."
riot.poof@hotmail.com
When it comes to shoes, always remember: Don't bore Mommy!
sanderling5@yahoo.com
“What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond-buckled shoe.”
-Aileen Mehle
Others:
"A peep toe, honey? Let's put a pedicure on the to-do list."
"No, I will NOT hand-bead a matching clutch for you. This isn't Project Runway."
"Yes, don't I sparkle? Laura Bennett, Divine, at your service."
Not shoe-related, but I thought the way the panel has her sparkling was pretty funny--and, since it is Laura, accurate.
"Oh, for Pete's sake...Would you like me to seduce you?"
Maybe too obscure, but the pose is very Mrs. Robinson to my eyes.
"No whining, there are women who'd chop off a toe to stand in these shoes."
riot.poof@hotmail.com
With the right pair, you'll be a shoe-in to achieve your dreams.
Let the perfect pair put the polish on your outfit.
I wonder if I could kill Jeffrey with a stiletto and make it look like an accident?
tom@kcdrm.com, darlings.
tom in kc said...
I wonder if I could kill Jeffrey with a stiletto and make it look like an accident?
tom@kcdrm.com, darlings.
ROFLMAO.
Yawn! 3:00 AM and the baby is up again. Now which pair says drink quickly little angel, Mommy needs to get back to sleep.
Sha
Who needs art when you have shoes.
Shoes, they do a body good.
Fabulous Feet deserve fabulous shoes.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of footwear.
When in doubt, I ask my gays. They always know just which pair to wear.
Oh, I think greg mcelhatton & Anon 12:36 are the ones to beat, IMHO!
"Those Sex and the City bitches could learn a lot from me"
Christos
xristos@hotmail.com
When is the deadline for the contest?
"Why the hell am I sparkeling?"
"If I hide here in my closet for long enough, do you think the kids will let me have some peace?"
Anonymous said...
When is the deadline for the contest?
2:38 PM
Friday, July 11th.
TLo
Darlings, your outfit means nothing without sole.
laura.nikolas(at)gmail.com
Yes, my middle name is Imelda. How did you ever guess??
So many shoes...so little time (sigh).
Tom
memnochtom@aol.com
Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in her shoes...and I mean all of them.
Tom
memnochtom@aol.com
Why can't we all have fifty feet?
If the shoe fits, wear it. If the shoe doesn't fit, wear it anyway and sit down all night, it looks fabulous!!!
potogurl2002@yahoo.com
With so many shoes in which to choose, it's hard not to be fabulously glamorous.
"Some women think it's the glass ceiling that holds them down. Me, I attribute it to glass slippers."
mollybishop@care2.com
1. Maybe I can take out the kitchen...
2. Shoes are a woman's best friends.
kjthorp@comcast.net
A good pair of shoes will outlast a decent pair of husbands.
flairmanwooo@gmail.com
Orthotics are for wusses
I'm counting on arch replacements in my old age
Diamonds and stilettos are a girl's best friends
"Heavens! This new bra DOES work - the Twins look fantastic today! Just WAIT till the gays see me in this dress! Their little hearts will burst with gay pride!"
OR
"See? One CAN be fabulous AND make a statement without the use of neck tattoos."
carolque@gmail.com
cinderella can suck it. i have the fiercest shoes in the kingdom.
or just: cinderella can suck it.
ramirmortazavi@gmail.com
"Bitch, step away from me with those "Buy one, Get one, Star Jones, Payless, $7.99" looking pair of plastic pumps."
mharber@utk.edu
Carrie Bradshaw, eat your heart out!
--betharoni
So many shoes, only two feet.
That cartoon of Laura Bennett looks about 20 or 30 years younger than Laura Bennett.
1. "Hello gorgeous! Like my new blahnik?..."
2. " Oh honey, if you don't love my shoes, then you might as well don't love me.."
3. " I would never want to be in someone else's shoe... I like mine better.."
4. "I am sooooooo buying the new Jimmy Choo collection.."
5. " My shoes and me are like sisters. We always do everything together. We even share the same man..."
my email.. fuadmisbah@gmail.com
" Hephaestion said...
That cartoon of Laura Bennett looks about 20 or 30 years younger than Laura Bennett."
Your point being?
If this contest were based on fan/poster votes, laura carol would get mine. Very clever, witty & concise. Love. It.
- edina -
P.S. Still pondering my own entry.
"So many shoes, so little time..."
"I always find myself attracted to heels."
stubenville@hotmail.com
"No, I don't have a pair of red Louboutin peep toes in your size."
There's a shoe for every occasion. And it's usually a stiletto.
"Looking smart is always in style."
stubenville@hotmail.com
Imelda Marcos has nothing on me.
croquemonsierurvic at gmail dot com
Husbands come and go. Shoes are forever.
Poor Cinderella, she only had glass slippers.
supernonamegirl@gmail.com
Have I mentioned my shoe obsession?
"Try wearing these for a day and THEN complain to me."
spyswimmer33@comcast.net
"If the shoe fits...flaunt it!"
Yeah, it's pretty lame but us non-creative types want to play, too!!
i have nothing clever to add - but i LOVE the sparkling Laura and I think this illustration of her is fab!
love to laura AND robert!!
Shoesational Moms come in every style.
(sorry)
Do you have these in a size Mom?
(sorry again, I'll stop)
!. Now…, where do I put the kids?
2. "If you just stack the bunk beds five high, you have all of this room for your fabulous shoes!"
But ask Laura what to do if you are a Continental Clemitine? Keep the box throw away the shoes?
Fab footwear is always IN!
Hell on heels.
Every shoe in it's place, and a shoe for every place...
If style were sand, these shoes would be the Sahara.
Have your head in the clouds, but your heels on the ground.
chatverte AT yahoo DOT com
Four inch heel to make him kneel
Feather plume to own the room
Patent leather for any weather…
My kind of shopping list.
visualscott@gmail.com
ouch, TLo....you deleted my post just because I'm not a fan of Laura? How's that for freedom of speech...
I'm no Bad Mommy, but with all of these, I'm certainly no Goody-Two-Shoes either.
"... and at the end of the day, after taking care of the 5 boys, creating a few more dresses for my line, and spending an hour on QVC, I came home and whipped up this wonderful shoe armoire."
"Ich bin ein Manolo"
--John F. Tomato
My own version of the Rainbow Coalition.
"The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native shoe, aiding each other like good bitches to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the flip flop and all the odious apparatus of tasteless rule, we shall not flag or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in Saks,
we shall fight on the runways and sidewalks,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our stillettos, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the magazine pages,
we shall fight in the clubs and in the streets,
we shall fight in the blogs;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were Croc-laden and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Feet, would carry on the struggle, until, in Tim Gunn's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the stylish."
--Winston Tomato
Bluefly Accessory Wall? I laugh at the Bluefly Accessory Wall.
Flats, I don't need no stinking flats!
SisterZip
Honey, when you are throught picking up the turtle poop, I'll need some help getting off this cabinet. The kids have been in the crazy glue again...
Why, yes, I do own the Imelda Marcos Memorial Shoe Collection. And your point would be?
"Life is too short for comfortable shoes."
erikaiverson@yahoo.com
Why can't everything sparkle like my stilettos?
So, I killed him in the sling backs, but I buried him in these fabulous black alligator pumps.
xibarnes@juno.com
"So many shoes, so little time..."
"And the boys can sleep in these top drawers."
A pointy-toes stiletto is a terrible thing to waist.
kas_462000@yahoo.com
Life is too damn short.....
BUY the shoes, dahlings!!!!
----StkrShock
"Choose your weapons well, girls."
Womyn2me@aol.com
1. Peter, honey. Those are mine.
2. I use _those_ to scoop up the turtle poo.
3. It doesn't matter. Just give them back.
4. Tim, get out of my lingerie drawer.
The hardest part of my day is picking a pair to wear.
Women on the run
with clothes looking disheveled.
Need my help Case Closed.
klb480@rochester.rr.com
Never eschew the shoe!
psbucke@uscsumter.edu
Anonymous said...
Life is too damn short.....
BUY the shoes, dahlings!!!!
----StkrShock
1:40 PM
OOPS!!! Forgot my email address!!!
---StkrShock is:
bkrmoon@aol.com
crocs?
pfft.
I don't believe in sensible shoes. I only believe in fabulous shoes!
That cartoon of Laura Bennett looks about 20 or 30 years younger than Laura Bennett."
Your point being?
The point being it seems ridiculous to make a cartoon about Laura that looks nothing like her today. To me, Laura's charm is that she is a woman who has been around the block a few times and has some character lines to show for it. The drawing has none of Laura's mature charm to me.
eenie,meany,miney,more!
le2mil@verizon.net
"It's a great space for the kids."
C'mon rungay readers... you know where that quote came from...
Kat
fergasonbooks@gmail.com
Welcome to my podiatrist's nightmare!
Welcome to my my podiatrist's nightmare!
No. No. No! This time, I was just asking for spikes, not spiked heels, lovely as they are--also, where are we on the chest protector--I'm still looking for that very protective yet provocative plunge as we had discussed.
Here today, (g)unning for home the next, a constant struggle to stay up with the boys and with fashion.
Now THESE are aesthetically pleasing, poodles.
She who dies with the most shoes, wins.
No, she who dies with the most shoes, DIES. Where's the estate sale???
Catherine
The shoes are divine but the real secret to fabulous? Titty tape, darlings.
My best advice to working mothers?
Take time to get away from it all and surround yourself with beautiful things. You may like a tropical island. I prefer my shoe closet.
1. A classic shoe never goes out of style, just into a room of admirers!
2. Sometimes beauty prevails over comfort: You wouldn't ever see me walk out in my furry slippers, now, would you?
3. The perfect pump keeps your feet-- and your life-- in step!
If we can be snarky...
4. Anne Slowey wore these? Where's the garbage bin??
"Sex and the City? Fabulous shoes? Please... they are clueless."
Christos
xristos@hotmail.com
The reasonable woman adapts herself to the shoe; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the shoe to herself.
If you want to catch him, running after him isn't always the best way.
To paraphrase another red-head:
I hold these truths to be self evident that all feet are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights among these are Style, Glamour and the pursuit of Fabulous.
Ahhh... so many shoes and only 2 feet.
-wendyc
I think I need another row of shoes, that way I can reach the ceiling and change the lightbulb!
Kzspot at msn dot com
Love my shoes bitches...
If not, I am sending my 6 boys to your place for the summer.
"Three of my children were conceived right her in the shoe closet."
"Yes, it used to be the kitchen island. But why waste New York space on cookware, darling?"
made_maka@hotmail.com
Sorry, meant to italicize or bold kitchen and cookware.
Couldn't decide. Maybe both.
I have almost as many shoes as I do children.
1. Yes I do always have sparkles around me, just another burden of being fabulous!
2.I consider myself a great philanthropist. I see lonely shoes on a cold hard shelf and I take them to a loving home!
3. same as the second one but instead : As you can see, I'm a great philanthropist.......
adecusatis@comcast.net
Been brooding on this all night and coincidentally watched a Lifetime movie (cute!) called "Little Manhattan". Hence, final edit:
"Yes, it used to be the kitchen island. But why waste Manhattan space on cookware, darling?"
"Margaert"? I need a nap. Margaret. Still made_maka@hotmail.com
Margaert's/Margaret's "final edit" wins. IMHO
Time to submit it to the NewYorker.
Shoes are like kids, you can never have too many.
Always start your outfit with the right shoe . . . and finish it with the left.
info@aloetile.com
Shoes can change your life. Just ask Cinderella.
Goody two-shoes? More like goody two HUNDRED shoes, darlings.
karla (at) trsgi (dot) com
A woman should always be well-heeled.
psbucke@uscsumter.edu
There's no place like home-with my shoes!
My feet ARE on the ground, but my shoes are heavenly.
For want of a shoe, the outfit was lost, for want of an outfit, an evening was lost, for want of an evening-oh, just buy the shoe!
Anyone with more than 365 pairs of shoes is a pig. (Barbara Melser Lieberman)
They say clothes make the man. Cowards.
Just catch me thru the blog link, fellas!!
Why yes, I am multi-lingual. I speak fashion AND shoes.
It's easy, darling. Just mix together equal parts logic, and style. Add sparkle to taste.
It's a lot of look.
"Studies show that women who wear heels have more sex. I've got every day of the year covered."
"Darling, drugs are so passe. I get high on heels."
LourdesHotinhere@aol.com
If the shoe fits I already own it!
visualscott@gmail.com
"A properly fitted shoe is a thing of joy forever."
"Shoes. Crack for people who don't smoke."
"You can take my shoes when you pry them from my cold, dead feet."
Contest closed, thank you for all your entries. We'll announce the winner soon.
TLo
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