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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Wed May 19, 2021, 05:30 PM May 2021

Do you remember our grannies loo rolls doily's when we were kids? [View all]

So, I was in Harrods today in the Shoe Heaven department which is glorious! And then I came across these shoes...

Don't know how much they cost... if you have to ask you cannot afford them, but all I could see was circa 1975 and this horror

Shoe doily's apparently a thing in 2021. LOL

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Do you remember our grannies loo rolls doily's when we were kids? [View all] Soph0571 May 2021 OP

Oh, my ... Diamond_Dog May 2021 #1

Indeed - probably cost about 900 quid for that! Soph0571 May 2021 #2

I didn't even recognize those things as shoes. Ocelot II May 2021 #3

Looks like dress up in Mommy's heals and droopy hose. Deb May 2021 #4

I don't have anything like a loo roll doily but I do have a crochet scour powder bunny Siwsan May 2021 #5

Is the knittted bit attached to the "shoe" (or flip-flop)? Or is it a sort of flared ankle warmer? muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #6

My grandma had the doll TP covers. Hideous. nt CozyMystery May 2021 #7

I remember that my paternal Gramma worked harder than anyone I've ever known. And abqtommy May 2021 #8

People who like this sort of thing... T_i_B May 2021 #9

I didn't recognize any shoes Cosmo Blues May 2021 #10