Obliviously Cool

My parents recently came over to see me in Barcelona, they are well traveled and very easy to entertain. An ideal day for them was a trip to Las Encants in the morning (dads eyes widened at the mass of electric wires and mum picked up some tights- "so cheap and you can't get these patterns in England"), a beer at the beach followed by a snooze. Like I said easily entertained.

My Mum is the kind of person who brings a cloth and rubber gloves in her suitcase just incase the apartment is dirty, she likes to come prepared (and is also a clean freak). Days before their visit she seemed very excited on one of our daily skype calls and no it wasn't the fact that she was about to see her daughter. "I popped next door to my work and picked up the perfect pair of shoes for our trip- they are SO comfy, red suede and a bargain at £30"

I wiggled in my seat, deep breath, its ok parents arn't around to make you feel cool.

"So great that I even bought your father a pair though he went to for the navy blue.... something about luxury that I didn't understand"

My eyes widened a bit whilst I took a large sip of my morning coffee

"huh? what shop was it again? what make are they?"

"you know the skater shop next door to my work- they are Vans"

I giggled " I can't WAIT to see you mum"

"me too darling"

I never managed to get a shot of them on their stay but popped home this weekend to get them in their natural setting complete with watering can.

Coffee burst

Again my photo doesn't do them justice but this pair of New Balance got me looking. Mint colourway and I bet they are Air Max comfy but with that little bit of NB originality. Just what you like to see when sipping a coffee and watching the sun shine

Where did you get them: Limited Editions

What do you do: I'm a cinematographer

Zooooom

Along with those trainers that used to light up when you walked these are EVERYones dream shoe. Why would you want to Rollerblade/Skate/have a car when you can have Heelies? I didn't realize you could get larger sizes until searching on You Tube where there are some serious Heelers out there and they are over the age of 18 for sure. The idea of rolling up to a bunch of friends with a pair of these gives me the same feeling of having had several coffees (I only just found out about the Dunkin Donuts grande, cheaper in Madrid than here but still good). Summer fun here I come

Where and what? There not mine but I LOVE THEM

Fresco como lechuga

Nice little Spring release. The green is not done much justice with my flash here but its nice, bright and super fresh. Owner of these had a big big smile from his latest purchase, a little contagious and only encouraged me to want and go sort my self out with a little Easter present.

What do you do: http://www.relevantbcn.com/mediaplatform/

Where did you get them: Limited Editions

Terciopelo

They remind me of the dresses some girls used to wear to parties when we were 5, matching hair band an all. "I bought them a looooooong time ago" she told me- which led me to think that maybe these were her 'special event' shoes, like for Christmas time or when you should be wearing something smarter than sneakers but "they got velvet on them- they go with the jacket"......

Where did you get them: Vans shop around 2006

"I see the world differently"

Kind of fell in love with these bad boys. Set off with the “hello im green” trousers, they are simple and clean, original and chilled. I did suggest that I wanted them but the response was pretty dire “there were only about 10 of them made in this colourway and I want another pair”.

The best part of this whole chat was the extensive blabbering about the colourway only for me to find out that the guy was colourblind. Colourblind? Yeah colourblind. Meaning the colourway that we had been chatting about and agreed was so special was completely different for both of us- something like the red was orange and the blue was purple. We might as well have been talking about Barca v Madrid….. I dont even want to start on the green trousers.

What do you do? skate for DC and so I got them free from them

Right little pair

Pointer KC- name kinda suggests what the shoe is. Whether your thinking of that nice looking smooth haired dog, the person over there talking to friend and subtly hinting your way or the Kid Cool bit. They are a great looking shoe that will elongate any leg. The colour Grape suggests they should only be worn by the sophisticated with street cred and preferably lounging over the side of chair all sexy right there. Better still why not let them hang out with your boys Vans over a big glass of vino.

Lady: what do you do? Casting agent

Guy: What do you do? I flit between here and Bristol to look after my shop on park street and hang with my girls. Check it out http://www.5050store.com/