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veejane

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Sep 18, 2011 21:20

I did not go out today intending to buy mukluks. I went out today intending to do various things, which I did, but to shop for a brown leather belted jacket, probably knee-length and probably chocolate brown, though champagne would do just as well. I have been shopping idly for this jacket for years, and haven't yet found it (used or cheap), but ( Read more... )

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eregyrn September 19 2011, 01:47:27 UTC

I think those aren't technically mukluks. Although, I think fashion has been misusing the term recently. But, mukluks are EVEN FURRIER.

I'm not sure if there is a single technical term for the style of boot you got...

Also: I very much want That Coat as well. (Not that I want it because of that movie, which I've never seen; I'm not sure what the source of my deep-seated desire for it is.) Fortunately, if you find That Coat to fit you, it will not fit me.

True story: probably about 5 or 6 years back, Target was selling more or less That Coat, in a length that I think would have been about just-above-knee length on you or I. I only found this out unfortunately when I ran into someone in NYC (friend of a friend) who was wearing it, and when I gasped out, "Where did you get that coat?" she said the dreaded words, "Oh, Target, last season." DOOM. Yet, I now cannot help but scan for something like it when I go into Target in the correct season for such a coat to be out. They haven't had anything like it since. Grrr.

veejane September 19 2011, 02:28:50 UTC

Apparently true mukluks are the ones with the fur all over the outside. However, I call anything on your feet that is huge a mukluk, because mukluk is an excellent word and suede is just fur with a haircut.

I do not believe that Target has ever sold quality leather goods. Really? I did see That Jacket in a used clothing store once, and it almost fit me, for $200, and it was a mustard yellow rather than any of the cooler shades of brown. Also, vintage leather is wicked heavy, way heavier than the grades of leather they sell today. (Presumably lasts a lot longer too.)

eregyrn September 19 2011, 02:57:15 UTC

It is true that mukluk is an excellent word. Few others conjure the sense of Arctically Intrepid so well ( ... )