Fashion Challenge: Vegan's Choice - Plastic Sandals #OOTD

Our directive in the Fashion Challenge today was Platform or Flat. We are dressing from the bottom up.
Some could solve the problem by wearing the flat platform:

source via Lyst -- not Vegan

(Oh! The outfit I could build from that! There's a platform that maybe I wouldn't worry about tripping and falling in... but I digress)

MY flat sandal of choice is the humble Chinese plastic sandal:

I have only seen/bought these in Hong Kong. They are super cheap - under $5! I first got them in 1992, in the Mongkok district of Kowloon, amidst the push carts of used clothing. There was an assortment of colors, and I bought 2 purple pairs. I wore them A LOT.

In 2003/4, my pal Lisa was working in Hong Kong and invited me over. Time to restock the sandals! Lisa went on a sandal search (long gone from Mongkok) and found them on Cat Street. I got black, red, green, and purple.

How does this help the Vegan who can't go jetting off to China? Ummmm...
Melissa makes really cute plastic shoes. Here are some flat sandals that I found on Lyst:

$59 source via Lyst

$46 source via Lyst

$38 source via Lyst

I made a whole collection of "under $75 plastic sandals" if you want to see more.

And now, how I'm wearing my plastic sandals today:

pattern to the max!

Have a great Tuesday!

Fashion Challenge: Bold Print #OOTD

Ah, the bold print, how I love thee. You are so easy and fun! You camouflage all my incidents of cupcake debauchery. Even when you become "so last year" (not too soon, I hope) you will always be my BFF.

vintage bold floral shift of unknown synthetics
from Black Market on Sawtelle

See if any of my Fashion Challenge colleagues are wearing a bold print today here on this list.

Maybe some of Patti's Visible Monday Posse sport them here.

Here are some Bold Print shift dresses that I found on Lyst:

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In addition, I added this to Everybody, Everywear for this month's Neon theme

Fashion Challenge: This or That Trends

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Megan and Keely are at it again! It's Fashion Challenge time!
It's a This or That Trends theme this time around. Here is the breakdown for the week:

I know exactly what I'm wearing tomorrow... must go fix the hem on it.
Will report back tomorrow in the Bold Print!