{"id":27661,"date":"2017-11-26T21:25:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T05:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.125\/~barbass7\/bfn\/?p=27661"},"modified":"2017-11-26T21:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T05:25:46","slug":"white-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/white-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"White, White Sneakers — On the Cobbled Streets of Lisbon’s Baixa District"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lisbon<\/a>
White sneakers, bare ankles and glute-hugging leggings were trending last month on the cobblestoned streets of Lisbon’s Baixa shopping district. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/em><\/p>\n

Is it time to finally ditch those flashy, multi-colored cross trainers for ho-hum white sneakers? Are the footwear fashionistas of the world giving up gaudy for demure for good?<\/p>\n

During a trip to Portugal last month I noticed that the feet of the smart young continentals shopping the cobblestoned streets of Lisbon’s Baixa district were still stepping out in white, white, white.<\/p>\n

Back in the 1950s, when white Keds were de rigueur in the halls of<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
Bright white . . .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trendy<\/a>
. . . sneakers . . .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"White<\/a>
. . . $23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Birmingham (Michigan) High School, teens in the know got their friends to stomp on their shoes and dirty\u00a0 \u00a0 them up a bit. Brand new white shoes were nerdy in the ’50s, when nerdy was actually nerdy.<\/p>\n

By the looks of it, however, 21st-century Europeans like their whites<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
White sneakers with jeans or leggings were de rigueur on the streets of Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

white. And at least one Baixa shop was making that fresh-off-the-shelf look affordable with tennies\u00a0at 18 euros (about $21) a pair.<\/p>\n

As for me, I’m not ready to give up my glitzy work-out shoes. Who wants plain old white when you can have maroon, pink and chartreuse all on a single pair of shoes?<\/p>\n

Shoe fashions from elsewhere on the globe at “Shanghai Chic: Where a Woman’s Style Starts With Her Shoes.”<\/a>\u00a0Also, “My Killer Shoes — Brought Down to Earth by Those Four-and-a-Half-Inch Heels.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lisbon’s Baixa: white sneakers, cobblestoned sidewalks, historic buildings with elaborately tiled facades. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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