The Passion of the Christ II: Electric Boogaloo

[dolari]

Learning a new language is hard: I didn't know the difference between boot/bootie, skimmer/flat/slipper or blouse/top/shirt.

If I'da known I had to study, I would have taken Japanese.

Comments

[terriblelynne.livejournal.com]

Ah, then heed my words, Grasshopper. You have much to learn.

A bootie is boot-shaped but only comes up around your ankle a couple of inches. This is not to be confused with a shoe boot, which comes only as high as an oxford but has styling such as to fool the eye that it is actually a boot when one is wearing pants. A boot is at least mid-calf if not higher.

A blouse often buttons down and is either andro (women's version of a men's oxford or dress shirt) or very feminine (lacy/ruffly/puffy sleeves/what have you). Some blouses are called that beacuse they have a particularly loose (blousy) fit, even if they are pullover. A top is generic for anything that goes on top, but it usually the catch phrase for anything dressier than a t-shirt but not as dressy as a blouse. And a shirt is generic but also usually less formal than blouse.

A skimmer is a mostly flat shoe with a very slight heel and a high vamp. A flat is just that...flat. You could say a skimmer is a type of flat. People rarely use "slipper" anymore unless referring to house slippers. In the Golden Age of Hollywood slippers=dress shoes.

Perhaps I could go shopping with you sometime? Field trip?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Mayhaps...the problem is I have no time for shopping. I do it all online. Only I'm really starting to buy more than just the basics and am getting assaulted by Le Femme Vocabularie. :)

[terriblelynne.livejournal.com]

I'd be just as happy to join you for an online tutorial, then.

A word of caution, though...how sure are you of sizes and fit? I tend to warn against buying anything online that you haven't already dealt with IRL (for example, I only buy clothes on Ebay from Hot Topic/Torrid, Gap, etc. because I know how those makers' clothes fit me).