I have always been a fan of Converse sneakers and have worn them for years throughout the decades of my life from when I was a kid and my mum bought me some two-tone pink and blue high-tops that were my pride and joy to buying them with my own money when I was a teenager because they were in fashion and I could afford them! I wear them now and have quite a few pairs of high-tops and low sneakers in all kinds of different colours so I can choose the colour I like best on that day or that best co-ordinates with my outfit. I am quite a ‘safe’ dresser so my collection consists of mainly classic colours like the navy and red and grey variety but I have my eye on some of the new white Lady All Star style low sneakers that I have to have so I can wear them with my denim jeans when I have nice tanned legs. I think white simple pumps is a great look during the Spring and Summer because it’s fresh and classic and also rather elegant.

Now that I have children of my own I find that I am choosing to wear my Converse more and more because I do the school run and it involves a walk of over a mile to school and then on to nursery to drop the younger one off and then back home and this route is done twice a day so I have been relying on my Converse a lot because they are comfortable as well as casual and they fit in well with a laid-back wardrobe that works well with sneakers. That’s why having more than one pair and in many different colours is also nice because I can add variety to my jeans and t-shirt combinations without looking like I’m wearing the same thing all week. Besides, I read once that you should never wear the same pair of shoes two days running so this is my interpretation of this.

When on the school playground I can’t help but scan the mums and check out what they’re wearing and mentally work out what styles look good and what I wouldn’t wear myself. I can’t help it, I have always been interested in clothes and footwear and I have to say that some people do look like they’ve got dressed in the dark on occasion and it makes me so glad I have my Converse to help me look stylish.