Every city–well most iconic cities of the world have a certain je na sais quoi. It’s intangible.
I can tell you from experience London feels very different than Paris, Los Angeles and New York City are nothing alike, Miami is another planet compared to New Orleans –you get the idea. I recently visited Washington DC and it has a very real sense of its own as well. Not all the tourists or students– but if you go to Georgetown – you’ll get a sense of what I’m taking about. Power is the intangible you will perceive.
Washington DC is by no means a fashion mecca. Fashion in DC is classic, clean, expensive but not overtly sexy. Watch Veep and you’ll understand what I mean. It is a challenge for women to power dress in this world, you want to still be a women but not dress like a man. I have picked up a fair amount of shoes in my travels and I will often name them by the city in which they were purchased. NYC is a filigreed red velvet pump; Chicago is green on green spectator MaryJanes, Vegas is showy rhinestone CFMs. See previous blogs if you want to peruse the collection.
These are my newest darlings, procured in DC on the way to the airport. I almost made it out of the city without shoe shopping. I blame a fantastic sale and no sales tax week in Maryland. They practically gave this pair to me. I could see a first lady in these- powerful, feminine, classic style, but not gaudy.
All hale the DC pumps.
Laura