Garb finds!

[Kilted_Dawg]

Great finds. I don't usually find anything like what has been posted. Wish i would. I am glad that itd once again yard sale season...

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[Rani Zemirah]

And your luck rubbed off...

Found both of these for $20 total at a flea market! Woot!

Oh, that's awesome!  It always helps to put those things out there to the Universe, so that what you're looking for has a better chance to put itself in your path!  Congratulations... looks like it's going to be quite a party!   

[Rowan MacD]

Ooooh... bloomers are a wonderful idea!  Thanks, Isabella! 

Those shoes are wonderful!  I've been looking for a good pair of Mary Janes for ages, but I have to have a really supportive cushioned sole, so I might need to find something I can modify to work for me.  Great price for them!

I just buy whatever fits (I apparently have a very low heel) and throw a couple of Dr Scholls inside.  It works wonders. 

I wish I could do that... but with my arthritis and fibromyalgia I have to have a really good cushioned rubber sole or my feet start hurting right away, and by the end of the day I feel basically crippled.  It can take me several days to recover from Faire as it is, but if I wear flat shoes it's always soooo much worse.  I wish my insurance would cover custom orthotics, but that's not going to happen.  Mostly I usually just wear Earth Spirit sandals with a leather upper, and they pass well enough, unless it's cold (every once in a while at TRF there will be a chilly day), and then I have a pair of boots that will also pass, but only because they are hardly ever seen.

I  have a hard time finding comfortable, reasonably dressy shoes for faire.  In addition to  high arches, 20 years ago I had both feet operated on for bunions, as a result of too many years of wearing pointy toed heels.
   I will now wear nothing with pointed toes and I have to have the wide toe box.

   While in Payless a few months ago-the salesgirl asked if I had considered wearing children's slippers.   I wear a size 7 in ladies and apparently a size 5 in girls (same sizing as men's shoes apparently).
  They have a completely flat , non skid sole, no arch, and are constructed with soft, wide uppers. They come in many styles.   Perfect.  They have plenty of room for inserts too.

[Butch]

Rowen, look at Garb the World's duck billed shoes.  You will need to add insoles, but they have a very generous toe box, are reasonably priced, and very soft leather.  I cannot access their website from work, so no link.

[Serenity]

Link to Garb the World's shoes: http://www.garbtheworld.com/items/periodshoes.shtml

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, my!  I will admit that I was skeptical of any garb site being in any price range that I could afford, with my limited budget... especially regarding hand made period shoes... but GTW's sale prices are extremely reasonable, and with a little saving on my part (and a couple of months of skipping lunch), I don't see why I shouldn't be able to afford to kit both myself and my daughter with a pair of simple, yet quite stylish, period shoes from them! 

Butch, thank you so much for the suggestion, and Serenity, thank you for providing the link!  I will explore it much more thoroughly during daylight, when I can look through their stock on my monitor instead of my phone. 


Butch, I take it you own at least one pair of their shoes/boots, then... and a are happy with the fit and quality of the materials and workmanship?

[Rani Zemirah]

Rowen, I wish I could do that!  Both my daughter and I wear size 9W in ladies, and I also have the high arch.  I can't do the super-flat flats, either, unfortunately.  I need that springy, rubbery cushioned sole, plus inserts.  I LOVE all of the pretty little ballet flats that are out there, but can't walk in them for more than ten minutes without fairly severe pain.  I can wear them to events that are mostly sitting, though, so I do own a pair or two! 

[Butch]

Butch, I take it you own at least one pair of their shoes/boots, then... and a are happy with the fit and quality of the materials and workmanship?

Rani, I have two pair; and my son has two pair.  We each have a pair of the duck billed thingees (don't remember what GTW calls them).  I also have a pair of their "Mary Rose" shoes, and my son also has a pair of their viking...something?  ankle boots with mildly pointed toes and 3 leather strap ties.

I am very happy with all of the shoes.  I wear the Mary Rose ones quite a bit.  The duck bills do not match any of my personnas (at the present time), so they do not have a lot of time on my feet.

The shoes are all leather, and have thick soles.  The uppers are also surprisingly thicker than I would have thought, and are also very soft (the soles are NOT soft).  The soles on the duck bills are cut straight lasted, meaning there is no right or left; however, the strap with buckle will help you remember which one was right and which was left.

Very basic shoes with just soles and uppers.  Based on your earlier comments, I would recommend that you add inserts.  I have just basic foam inserts in my Mary Rose shoes.

I recommend these 3 models.  And by the way, order your normal (men's) size, don't pay attention to their recommedation of getting "normal, larger, or smaller".  So, if you normally go up a size to account for your inserts, go up a size with these.

Good luck!

[Rani Zemirah]

Thanks... I'll look into them!  I would definitely need an insert!  No flat insoles for me, at all...