A sensibly shod band Now Stereolab are clearly a very sensible band – I couldn’t find a single picture of any of them not wearing comfortable shoes and looking content and relaxed because of it. #6 Laetitia Sadier in her loafers and the rest of Stereolab in equally smart footwear
Aimee Mann’s red boots After Bjorks silly shoes I thought I’d pick someone wearing something very sensible…so I turned to Aimee Mann – every picture I’ve ever seen (well the ones on Flickr anyway) has her wearing jeans and flat shoes – it’s what she wears…all the time or so I thought… #5 Aimee Mann [...]
Bjork_Live(originally uploaded by gymothy) I somehow never expected Bjork to be easily categorised by her footwear – she was barefoot at Coachella (although I couldn’t find a decent pic) and no footwear is definitely the most comfortable way to go (assuming the weather and the floor allow comfort) – but then… #4 Bjork and her…erm…frilly…platform…things
Damon_and_Naomi(originally uploaded by PtolemyPhil) …and what could be more sensible than a pair of wellies, under appropriate circumstances of course… No.3 Naomi Yang in her green wellies.
Yo La Tengo, the Showbox, Seattle, 10/15/06(originally uploaded by photophonic) I suspect that on the “sensible” side of the rock and roll footwear fence sit Converse and Dr Martens and this series may turn into a parade of little else but those… No.2 Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo and his red Converse (also available [...]
Kristin Hersh @ El Cid, 10/13/2006(originally uploaded by Boris Badenov) After the shock of (and slight nausea induced by) seeing all the scary footware on display at last week’s Howe Gelb and Friends show in London I thought it was time to track down and reassure myself that indie-pop stars do in fact wear sensible [...]
Howe Gelb and friends Last night I went to see Howe Gelb and friends at the Barbican. I’d seen his similar "do" back in 2001 and this time around it never really seemed to get going like it had back then, I think mostly because the "friends" weren’t really given the free reign that the [...]
