A Treasury Of… Minneapolis Fashion and Interior Design Blog

It should be evident by now, based on earlier entries, that when foreshadowing my future outfits, the visions I’m after have little to do with actual events on my life’s actual itinerary. Admittedly, I’m prone to projecting myself into pretend productions of stage and screen which world premiere nowhere but inside my own mind. 

In that same spirit, I introduce today an ongoing Treasury series in which a single fashion find is fleshed-out through its pairing with other items of interest into a full-fledged, fictional figure, complete with a Treasury-issued name, age, and fatal character flaw.

These sage-y Sperry shoes set the stage for our first fictional figure.

The clinical, nurse’s shoe slant was what first drew me to this footwear. I initially envisioned pairing them with synthetic-minimalist pieces for an asian-modernist laboratory look, but it’d take me a decade to amass pieces in that aesthetic and an additional decade to actually wear any of it.

In the end, I spun the shoes into something (someone) saltier and less sterile. Enter, stage left, Mr. Fredolph “Dolph” Felix.

Shoes – Sperry
Cardigan – Brooklyn Industries
Fedora – Christys Crown at Urban Outfitters
Sunglasses – Linda Farrow at Oki-Ni
Cardholder – FineAndDandyShop.com

It sure is putzy to pay for a purchase by involving pennies and dimes, but the world’s become so quick ‘n slick, a bit of putzing is good for the mind and even better for the soul. Oki-ni’s shop graciously reminds us all of the poppy yet practical merits of the plastic coin purse (and thereby the forgotten charm of coins themselves.)

These eye-popping pouches remind me of my beyond-great grandfather, and of 1982, and of gift shops at Mt. Rushmore. So it’s not a question of whether or not I’m gonna need one this spring, it’s a question of in how many different colors?