Peep-WHO???!

I’ve had it. I can’t take it anymore. I thought I could ignore it but I can’t. It’s too much and now they’re everywhere. They absolutely suck!

Like with many other fads that hit this heavily influenced country of ours we are eye-ball deep in the peep toe one. Don’t get me wrong, some fads are palatable and those that aren’t, make for good sport, at least for me and my kind. So in true Bata (Kenya) style they have again taken it upon themselves to create an affordable equivalent of the said peep toe shoe. Unfortunately, like most of their other attempts it has failed miserably and yet not so much.

Correct me if I’m wrong but the essence of the peep toe is for …..the(preferably ‘A’) toe to peep! Right? WRONG!!!!! Our dear pals at Bata have managed to actually create a PEEP-FOOT! Honest I kid you not. Its soooo disturbing it makes me weak.

I get that the actual peep-toe is quite costly. I just recently purchased my first pair (I’m big on shoes not fads) and its working good especially at that cost (maybe I should throw in a photo…ill think about it). Focusing on my point, the Bata alternative is obviously cheaper but is it really?

If the definition of cheap is taken at cost only then it is cheap and/or affordable by all means BUT if the definition of cheap includes also the appearance a shoe gives to the wearer then believe me when I say that that shoe is too costly to be that CHEAP. After all when you have three, sometimes four WHOLE toes “peeping” it ceases to be a peep-TOE (notice that it is singular not plural) and therefore does very little to add value to your outfit.

If you remember how quick we Kenyan ladies are to pick up and run with fads (don’t even get me started on the skinny jeans (pencil as they are called in Nai) and you have a pretty good idea of what I’m talking about. Where two or three are gathered there you will find them, sometimes on all three. So all over Nairobi city, and who knows where else, there are perhaps hundreds or thousands of very well dressed women walking around in the new and improved peep-foot.

Our desire to be “in” with the crowd has completely blinded us and lowered our sense style to nothing. If you can’t afford the peep-toe for the love of yourself, and all who know you, please don’t settle for the peep-foot. The again if you can afford to buy a peep-foot then feel free to save a little longer and buy an actual pair of peep-toes. If you’re reading this and you already own a pair, tough! you're not beyond help though. The whole point of struggling to save and buy a pair of sexy shoes is so that you can wear them knowing that not only do you look really hot, everyone else knows it too.

So ladies, LIBERATE yourselves. If your going to be a slave of fashion you might as well do it with a bang and not halfway. Don’t give anyone a reason to laugh at you; rest assure we ARE laughing. try this for size, its what I do when I’m dressing in the morning, on most days anyway, ask yourself this: “ if I saw me walking on the street what would I think?”

It really pisses me off when you see a mama walking in the street looking guilty as hell REASON: you can see she just knows she looks silly/bad. She has this pleading look in her eye that says ‘please don’t judge me!’. But how can we not? Even YOU know you look bad. Don’t get me wrong I know things are thick and we’re all battling with inflation and high oil prices but you don’t need money to look good, it helps a lot but its not everything. A lot of the really crappy stuff we were is actually what costs a lot.

LESS IS MORE is a good motto to dress by but so is dress for your body type. A lot of the things we hear being said on Oprah or Tyra or whoever is actually solid advise. We all can’t wear the same stuff 'tis not possible. Pick someone you know who’s dress sense appeals to you but who also has the same body type as you and try it out. SLOWLY! You’ll be amazed by the outcome.
Wearing skinny jeans and peep-TOES does not work for all of us. My ass in skinny jeans takes on a life of its own so much so I’m even afraid to wear them in the presence of my boyfriend. So I stick with the straight and/or boot cut jeans.

So again I urge, ladies can we liberate ourselves from fashion fads, more so the ones that jus make us look utterly stupid? If not rest assured I will endeavor to laugh at your expense but don’t feel bad though, I only laugh at the things you can change!