So I bought my first pair of Brazillian flip-flops two weeks ago, breaking my vow not to wear those ridiculously priced rubber slippers which looks like Spartan from a distance. My Nike cross-trainers have been too worked out with all the daily puddle-immersion and it’s too precious to let it swim everyday. Therefore I thought about owning one authentic flip-flop. You know the end of the story – I finally fell into the temptation.
Then I saw this nice pair rain boots worn by a Makati office chick one stormy day. And I was looking at my wet wrinkled pale toes in those Brazillian pair and pity overcame me. So I took a mental note of that colorful rain boots, and yes, get a pair by all means. It’s something you can wear during this perennially bad weather and could match every outfit, even your mom’s plus size lingerie.
I learned they call these rain boots “pluey” which means “rain”. Boots is a typical Western fashion with functional purposes – protects your toes, and your whole body as well, from cold. You wear boots there because you don’t want to get those icy blisters on your feet and the cold weather suck up all your body heat. Now you know what goes inside my head every time I see someone in boots along Edsa.
