>> Alright, so 90s nostalgia is starting to feel like a bit of a broken Tumblr record when you've sifted through image after image of Courtney/Gwen/Shirley Manson and the repetition instigated by the reblogging action is also making me feel like people are being Tumblr-pressured into liking something because liking the 90s gives you cool cred.  That said, when all that nostalgia is put to use and out comes a useful Etsy store such as Philadelphia-based A Buck and a Broken Smoke who are intent on selling the chunkiest shoe oddities that you might overlook in a jumble sale but in the orderly context of an Etsy page, somehow you can see past the fact that you may or may not have owned shoes like these not that long ago (well I'm speaking as someone with a 90s childhood... but I suppose those that are younger will have fresher eyes) and look upon them as the nice bit of chunk that you could wear out and about and even... to an underground party if you really feel like reliving some smiley face days. 

In all seriousness, the awkwardly chunky shape of these shoes are actually right up my street in terms of walkability and general juxtaposition against more contemporary clothes.  Or should I wish, I could also fall right back into the 90s trappings and pair floaty/pastel/delicate attire with chunky-clad-feet that go clumping about...

Their Tumblr page is actually more engrossing than what I've just described at the beginning of those post.  At the very least, they helpfully put sources of their images and I do like that a nice lot of vintage Versus pops up every now and again...

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