The Lita boot, with its chunky platform and five-inch heel, has its haters. But when Alaina Demopoulos tried a pair out, she got nothing but love
Few shoes have invited the kind of rage that 2010s fashion writers reserved for the Lita by Jeffrey Campbell. The chunky ankle platform boot, a recession-core relic once seen on it girls like Lindsay Lohan, Demi Lovato and Vanessa Hudgens, was called “the Clydesdale hoof of modern footwear” and “the ugliest shoe in our closet”.
I disagree. As someone who straddles the millennial/gen Z line, I came of age on Nasty Gal dot com. Back then, Nasty Gal sold what would become indelible symbols of the era: skinny jeans, ballet flats, flower crowns, moustache-printed sweaters, and the like. (This was before the e-retailer’s founder, Sophia Amoruso, published her self-help book #Girlboss, the paragon of hyper-capitalist, lean in-style feminism.)
Continue reading… The Lita boot, with its chunky platform and five-inch heel, has its haters. But when Alaina Demopoulos tried a pair out, she got nothing but loveFew shoes have invited the kind of rage that 2010s fashion writers reserved for the Lita by Jeffrey Campbell. The chunky ankle platform boot, a recession-core relic once seen on it girls like Lindsay Lohan, Demi Lovato and Vanessa Hudgens, was called “the Clydesdale hoof of modern footwear” and “the ugliest shoe in our closet”.I disagree. As someone who straddles the millennial/gen Z line, I came of age on Nasty Gal dot com. Back then, Nasty Gal sold what would become indelible symbols of the era: skinny jeans, ballet flats, flower crowns, moustache-printed sweaters, and the like. (This was before the e-retailer’s founder, Sophia Amoruso, published her self-help book #Girlboss, the paragon of hyper-capitalist, lean in-style feminism.) Continue reading… Fashion, Life and style
