What kind of shoes do you wear with skorts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, so here's the real deal: skorts and shoes like that are not ever going to win you any fashion points. They just aren't. Never wear that stuff to NYC or you will be labeled a tourist and robbed immediately. But A: why do you care if you live in DC, B: they define a fairly sporty aesthetic that I associate with someone from Colorado or New Hampshire, where you're not going after the latest designer look, and C: they seem really comfortable and practical for what you're probably doing, which is chasing after your kids. I wouldn't wear it to Estadio or Le Diplomate, but for the playground, why not?

I agree with most of this post. Athleta skorts are athletic clothing, designed to be worn during ACTIVE activities, which actually demand an athletic-type shoe. No one expects you to wear Manolo heels with an athleta skort. Someone who tells you that athleta skort + athletic shoes = frump is someone with a completely different aesthetic from yours. She wouldn't be caught dead in athleta clothing! Okay, and you wouldn't go to the playground in couture. So really, it's like she is speaking a different language. No need to translate. You can't understand each other.

Your athleta skort is designed for comfort, modesty, and an active lifestyle. The shoes should match. The ones you've been wearing do. The end.

Here's where I disagree with the post above: I know plenty of jeans-and-sneakers (and even athleta skort) people who live in NYC. The notion that every person (or even most people) in NYC is dressed to the nines is just silly.

Thanks! And I agree about being able to wear it in NYC. In fact, last summer dh and I went to NYC for two days and that is what I wore. It was perfect for walking around Central Park and from our hotel to the museums. I'm sure New Yorkers had plenty of other clues that I wasn't one of them, anyway!

[Anonymous]

Short 'e' sound. I also pronounced it with the long 'e' until I went to the store and heard them pronounce it.

[Anonymous]

I don't wear skorts but if I did, I'd probably wear them with some sort of low-profile sneaker like this:

http://m.zappos.com/tretorn-seksti-mesh-oyster-gray

[Anonymous]

I have a Northpeak and an Everyday skort from Athleta, and so far have mostly worn them with my Birkenstock Gizeh sandals. Flame away, but I don't think the sandals are frumpy at all (nor do I care if people think they are). The skorts are summer clothing, so I'll wear summer shoes.

[Anonymous]

Chest waders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:btw is it AthlEEta or AthLETa?

OP here.

I've wondered the same thing! I've always pronounced it "ee" but a friend of mine pronounces it "e"...

Haha! I pronounce it athLAYta!

[Anonymous]

Born and raised New Yorker here. Probably more lower east side than upper east side but we love athletic skirts!

[Anonymous]

Supportive flip flops?

http://www.zappos.com/vionic-with-orthaheel-technology-tide-ii-gold-metallic


Slightly heeled casual flip flops like these?

http://www.okabashi.com/Okabashi-Splash/dp/B0049H52S0?field_availability=-1&field_browse=2449415011&field_subjectbin=2359392011&id=Okabashi+Splash&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=subjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Csize_name%2Cgeneric_text_1-bin%2Cprice&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Csize_name%2Cgeneric_text_1-bin%2Cprice&searchNodeID=2449415011&searchPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12


Puma flats?

http://www.zappos.com/puma-axel-ballet-metallic-wns-black-black

[Anonymous]

I don't own a skirt, but it might look cute with flat espadrilles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't own a skirt, but it might look cute with flat espadrilles.

Correction, skort

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, so here's the real deal: skorts and shoes like that are not ever going to win you any fashion points. They just aren't. Never wear that stuff to NYC or you will be labeled a tourist and robbed immediately. But A: why do you care if you live in DC, B: they define a fairly sporty aesthetic that I associate with someone from Colorado or New Hampshire, where you're not going after the latest designer look, and C: they seem really comfortable and practical for what you're probably doing, which is chasing after your kids. I wouldn't wear it to Estadio or Le Diplomate, but for the playground, why not?

I agree with most of this post. Athleta skorts are athletic clothing, designed to be worn during ACTIVE activities, which actually demand an athletic-type shoe. No one expects you to wear Manolo heels with an athleta skort. Someone who tells you that athleta skort + athletic shoes = frump is someone with a completely different aesthetic from yours. She wouldn't be caught dead in athleta clothing! Okay, and you wouldn't go to the playground in couture. So really, it's like she is speaking a different language. No need to translate. You can't understand each other.

Your athleta skort is designed for comfort, modesty, and an active lifestyle. The shoes should match. The ones you've been wearing do. The end.

Here's where I disagree with the post above: I know plenty of jeans-and-sneakers (and even athleta skort) people who live in NYC. The notion that every person (or even most people) in NYC is dressed to the nines is just silly.

So is the notion that you will "get robbed" as a tourist in NYC immediately.

[Anonymous]

oh. my. god.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't wear skorts but if I did, I'd probably wear them with some sort of low-profile sneaker like this:

http://m.zappos.com/tretorn-seksti-mesh-oyster-gray

OMG please tell me no one but a fabulous gay college guy is wearing those shoes (preferably with neon socks) because I would die immediately if I saw a middle-aged mom wearing them.

[Anonymous]

You don't wear skorts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't wear skorts but if I did, I'd probably wear them with some sort of low-profile sneaker like this:

http://m.zappos.com/tretorn-seksti-mesh-oyster-gray

OMG please tell me no one but a fabulous gay college guy is wearing those shoes (preferably with neon socks) because I would die immediately if I saw a middle-aged mom wearing them.

Available at JCrew (actually almost sold out) in the non-mesh version so apparently women somewhere are wearing them:

https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shoes/sneakers/PRDOVR~18317/18317.jsp?color_name=ivory