And Speaking of Kenneth Cole...

While I wait for video of his Fashion Week runway show to post at X, I bought a new pair of Kenneth Cole shoes from macys.com the other day. They're called the I-Deal oxfords, and they look pretty sharp, although I haven't polished them yet like they are in this picture from Macy's. I was a little worried at first, because I've never gone the cap-toe route before, but when the shoes arrived that smooth look and super-comfortable soothed my concerns. I'm just hoping that, since the upper doesn't appear to be double-stitched to the sole (in fact, I can't find any stitches in that area--hopefully this wasn't a glue job, but Kenneth wouldn't do such a thing, would he?), the shoe will be durable enough to not come apart after months or years of walking. Luckily this is my fifth pair of dress shoes, so none of my shoes work the daily grind like circus animals.
I do have one gripe about Macy's shipping package, though. This is the second pair I've bought online from them (the closest Macy's to metro Detroit is in middle Ohio, tragically, and the store has better clothes than the local department stores). And while the shoes are in their Kenneth Cole box, Macy's merely places the box inside a gray plastic bag. A plastic bag! To go through the mail! So naturally the box, which I always save to keep my shoes in when they're not being worn, gets completely f'd up. Just to keep it together for shoe storage always requires duct tape--real sharp. And of course shipping the package this way puts the shoes in danger, making me really afraid each time I open up the newest, mangled box that they'll look broke-down like my 5-year old sneakers. Luckily this hasn't happened yet. Macy's, please just buy some packing boxes! I beg you!