Excuse Me, Your Ankle Skin Is Showing

As many of you may (or may not) know, I recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Uni, as I will now call it in suit with Ed Sheeran and the rest of those wonderful Brits. Um, anyways. Yes, Nashville.

 It's been a bit of a culture shock.

 I could talk about the fact that, despite what everyone said, country music is not at the forefront of the culture, but instead synth-laden party pop is.

Or I could talk about the fact that, aside from the people who are too cool for it, most everyone is so nice.

I could also talk about Nashvillian fashion, something I am completely baffled by. And, in fact, I shall talk about that. Except I am going to focus on a very small part of it.

From the ankle down.

Look around, and you will see legs clad with skinny jeans, with the bottom three inches folded up, revealing about an inch of pale, sun deprived skin. How scandalous.

Since arriving in Nashville, I have seen about four different styles of footwear.

1) Lace up ankle-length boots. Black, brown, leather, suede. You name it. The key here is the cuff of the skinny jeans tucked into the top of the boot. That's important.

2) Vintage oxford shoes. On girls, think the black and white saddle shoes, sometimes penny loafers. On guys, think granddad's closet. And skinny jeans.

3) Chacos. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE. Nor do I like them. They're just...no. I would post a picture of them here but they're so hideous and I see so much of them that I would really rather not go searching for one. So, look them up at your own discretion.

4) Last, and my absolute least favorite, bare foot. Bare foot. I have seen more bare feet than I ever needed to in my life. I feel like I need to release a PSA and let these people know that we are still in a city. With germs and sharp things to step on. Plus, unless you could legitamately be a foot model, you shouldn't be lettin' your little piggies run wee wee wee around town.

I feel better now that I've gotten that off my chest. I'm going to go put my flip-flops on now. And I promise I'll be back with a more substantial update soon.