At 11:16 PM 12/6/03 +, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Can you still get ox-blood shoe polish? (in UK). I've got a pair of
burgundy/red shoes that would really benefit from ox-blood polish
rather than the colourless stuff I'm currently using on them.
I don't know whether you could *ever* buy
On 8 Dec 2003, at 17:49, Joy Beeson wrote:
I don't know whether you could *ever* buy oxblood. I polished them
with
brown stain polish -- which didn't change the color until they got so
worn
that I had to use Scuff-Coat.
it wasn't real blood from oxen, just the name given to a dark
On Monday, Dec 8, 2003, at 16:15 US/Eastern, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
it wasn't real blood from oxen, just the name given to a dark
red/burgundy colour shoe polish, and certainly you could get it in the
50s and 60s.
And well into the 80ties in Poland. I used to buy a box of it every
trip
On 5 Dec 2003, at 23:39, Joy Beeson wrote:
I may have had a pair of red shoes as a child -- I certainly did if you
count oxblood, because I recall how disappointed I was when I had to
scuff-coat them brown -- but I'm not sure they weren't patent leather.
Can you still get ox-blood shoe polish?
With my first real paycheck, I bought a typewriter.
I may have had a pair of red shoes as a child -- I certainly did if you
count oxblood, because I recall how disappointed I was when I had to
scuff-coat them brown -- but I'm not sure they weren't patent leather.
Whether red or patent
No, I never had red shoes. I have the family Frisian feet, wide across
the toe (4) and narrow at the heel (2). When I find shoes that just
plain fit, it's a cause for celebration, doubly so if they're not tan
boats. And if they fit at the toe AND the heel, heck, I'd throw a party
just for the
Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have
NEVER owned a pair of red shoes?
You can count me for one.
Eva, Haltern, Germany
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Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have
NEVER owned a pair of red shoes?
Apart from some tap shoes when aged about 5, NEVER and no enthusiasm for red at all!
Sue
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Linda,
It's about Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz - red sparkly shoes, click your
heels three times
I've never bought red shoes, but my first pair of ballet shoes were red
leather.
When I was a teenager, I bought a pair of yellow plastic platform clogs,
with 5 or 6 heels. I had a matching yellow blouse too, and the first time
I wore the ensemble, I walked into town and thought I was the bee's
Hi All, I'm another member of the red shoes club. I have a pair of red
flats that I love to wear. For some reason I feel having shoes to match the
color of an outfit (or accessory) is the height of fashion! I also have a
pair of red espadrilles with a wedge for a heel. I sewed red sequins all
On Tuesday, Dec 2, 2003, at 06:55 US/Eastern, Lynne Cumming wrote:
Now my query is this, how many are there of
you out there who have NEVER owned a pair of red shoes?
Sorry, not me :)
My first pair of heels (modest 1.5 or so, and not tapered to a point)
were beige; took a lot of begging (I was
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