1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: tip is that an outfit includes your shoes. Most likely, 4 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: if you are out in the world, you are wearing shoes, 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: so it's best to shop and put outfits together with 6 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: that in mind. In general, if a detail is necessary, 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: it's best to plan for it from the get go. 8 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Now I realize that my more fashionable listeners are probably 9 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: wondering why the first part of this is even a tip. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: Of course, an outfit includes shoes and accessories and so forth, 11 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: but perhaps at least a few people are more like me. 12 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: None of this feels natural. So I had a problem 13 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: this spring when the weather got warmer and I was 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: looking to wear my summer flats or sandals, basically shoes 15 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: without warm wool socks. But most of my jeans were 16 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: the length for wearing with boots. As a not terribly 17 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: fashionable person, I just kept wearing these longer jeans with 18 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: my flats and just kind of stomping around on the 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: bottom of the pants all the time, feeling not terribly 20 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: put together. Fortunately, as mentioned in an episode earlier this week, 21 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: I went shopping with a professional stylist, and she picked 22 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: out a number of crapped jeans that are the right 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: length for wearing with the shoes I have. Everything feels 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: a lot more stylish. I mean, as much as it 25 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: can with the material we are working with. The whole 26 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: experience was a reminder to me that shoes are part 27 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: of an outfit. We often buy pants and shirts and 28 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: shoes in separate stores, but we wear all of these 29 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: things at the same time. If we are out and 30 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: about in the world, people are seeing our shoes just 31 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: as they are seeing everything else. That means that it 32 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: is worth thinking about shoes when you purchase, say a 33 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: pair of pants, what shoes do you intend to wear 34 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: those pants with? If it is a pair of healed boots, 35 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: then you'll need the pants in a different length then 36 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: if you plan to wear them with flat shoes. This 37 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: is true for other things too. If it is winter 38 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: and you live somewhere cold, you are going to be 39 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: wearing a coat a lot of the time. So does 40 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: your coat work with the clothes and shoes you have. 41 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: It's kind of silly to think of it as an afterthought, 42 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: because it really isn't. This is all true metaphorically as well. 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: Certain details are always part of the hole, so don't 44 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: think of them as afterthoughts. I know I have been 45 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: guilty of this with my book covers. Now no one 46 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: is reading my books without a cover, so I should 47 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: be thinking of cover concepts as soon as I come 48 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: up with a book idea. I've always thought it was 49 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: a little unfair that writers tend not to get to 50 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: choose their headlines and magazines and newspapers. As the headline 51 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: becomes what everyone uses to reference the story, it would 52 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: be best to know it from the beginning. Getting groceries 53 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: involves the time it takes to put them away at home. 54 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: This is not some surprise element to the grocery shopping 55 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: process that no one could have anticipated. And of course, 56 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: unless you are at the beach, you are probably not 57 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: going to be barefoot out and about in the world, 58 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: so keep shoes in mind while shopping or figuring out 59 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: what to wear. Everything will feel much more cohesive in 60 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's 61 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening 62 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: to before breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, 63 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 64 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts 65 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 66 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite shows.