The weather this weekend has been glorious and yesterday I took a long-overdue trip into B0ston for a stroll down Newbury St. In the 80′s I had great apartment on the corner of Newbury and Dartmouth so I was feeling nostalgic for the old neighborhood. Shopping was on the agenda and now I’m the happy owner of two pairs of John Fluevog shoes! Fluevog is on the funky end of the style spectrum, certainly not to everyone’s taste that’s for sure, but I love his work. He is actually a rea l person and according the sweet 20-something in the store he has a foundation that gives arts grants to his employees, she’s in a band and was the recipient of such a grant. These are Mollie Johnson Bellevues, and I know some of you are thinking…they look like granny shoes. Well, I think there is more to shoe life than stilettos and pumps in my opinion 
and since yesterday I’ve been having fun doing fall wardrobe planning around these beauties. Velvet ribbon, silk satin ribbon and maybe even polka dots and striped ribbon is in the plan.
The Original Shoe Laces
Petersham Ribbon From My Stash
2 Inch Black Lace Also From My Stash
Most Vog’s come in several colors and he makes both men’s and women’s styles. And if you think every Vog style is merely funky-crazy, check out these over-the-knee boots called “Gaga” 
LOVE those Gaga boots! Your shoes are really cute. I like them best with the Petersham so far. Can’t wait to see what else you come up with!
They are too stylish to be Granny shoes. I especially like them with the lace.
Oh Phyllis, I love those shoes! You are so creative! I never would of thought to change the laces as you have done.
As long as they make you happy then they are wonderful in my eyes!
I love them. I adore them. I love them.
I absolutely love them, they are so you! What a great idea swapping out the laces. The petersham is my favorite, I think.
OMG, these come in brown/pink (swoon)!
I love these, and I love Fluevogs. I’ve never owned a pair (a bit out of my price range) but I am a big fan of stylish shoes that I can actually walk in that make me several inches taller. Those shoes are definitely not Granny.
And I am insanely jealous of you for having had the opportunity to live on Newbury St. when you were young…I grew up in New Hampshire and long for city life, if only for a short period of time. Unfortunately “Nashua” is as city as it gets for me.
Love them. Enjoy
These shoes are fabulous!!!
oooh i had something similar to these and they came with polka dot wide ribbon…..just saying;)
I love the shoes for shopping–Do you know where they are in Seattle?
Barbara, the Seattle Fluevog store is at 205 Pine St.
http://www.fluevog.com/files_2/jf_stores.html
oh wow these are super cute! I’d wear them in a heartbeat!
Embellish covers more than just triming clothes so changing the laces works wonderfully. In the late 1930′s, ear;y 1940′s clips were sold to add to footwear.
Grandma NEVER looked that good. I’ve spent the last day drooling over the shoes on the Fluevog site and trying to decide (a) if I can afford, and (b) how to ever decide which ones I have to have (other than all of them).
I could definitely see working a fall wardrobe around those beauties.