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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Sun Jul 21, 2019, 09:43 AM Jul 2019

O Lord, I have sinned! I gave into my lust for Nantucket Red Sneakers...seen here

https://castawayclothing.com/products/murrays-toggery-shop-nantucket-red-ladies-tretorn?variant=19758462599255&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwmtDpBRAQEiwAC6lm47FeGlowVzQdmiPncgy9VrXIQEv7CtCtZaPua87TXpCR1XZcPyljbRoCzx8QAvD_BwE

They arrived a few days ago and they are wonderful. They fit great (they should, for the pricetag)and, to me, look great.

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O Lord, I have sinned! I gave into my lust for Nantucket Red Sneakers...seen here (Original Post) CTyankee Jul 2019 OP

a great pair of shoes is a perfectly defensible splurge. mopinko Jul 2019 #1

Isn't that color fabulous? I know, I know, it's just screams "preppie" but I refuse to limit my CTyankee Jul 2019 #2

it is a fabulous color. mopinko Jul 2019 #3

mopinko

(70,208 posts)

1. a great pair of shoes is a perfectly defensible splurge.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:15 AM

Jul 2019

i am pretty easy on shoes, so it is one of the few things i really splurge on.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

2. Isn't that color fabulous? I know, I know, it's just screams "preppie" but I refuse to limit my

Reply to mopinko (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:17 AM

Jul 2019

wearing of them to Martha's Vineyard...

mopinko

(70,208 posts)

3. it is a fabulous color.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:21 AM

Jul 2019

i am a tetrachrome, and i have a thing about reds. carmine red- yes. cad red- NNNOOOOOOO!!!!

it gets even worse when you start lightening it. it was a constant quest as a painter to get the right red, esp as a wash.
so, yeah, thank you for giving me a name for a color that i like.

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