Goodwill Fashion Expert—Bjorn Nasett

Local designer Miranda Levy grew up in Wilton, Wisconsin and joined the military age 17. She served eight years in the Army and shortly after her tour of active duty she attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in 2009. Throughout her career as a designer, she has shown her wearable art fashions in shows around the Midwest including the Milwaukee Art Museum. Miranda is currently the curator of Tenth Street Gallery, as well as a freelance artist/fashion designer, and photographer for Lifetouch pre-school photography. But best of all, she is an incurable Goodwill shopper of the highest order. I caught up with her recently to get her take on our favorite store.

Every decade or so, since their heyday in the 1950’s, the ballet flat and its relations, come on strong in fashion yet again. The simple shoe with little or no heel is parading down runways and streets once more with a renewed sense of purpose. Often thought to be a girlish look, the ballet flat epitomizes a gamine appeal when paired with the full circle skirts of the Dior era (Remember Leslie Caron in “An American in Paris”?). That exaggerated silhouette of longer, softer skirts was a good match for the simple slipper. Currently trending on the fashion scene, the flat shoe has a lot to offer the woman of today in her quest for everyday elegance. Let’s take a look at some cool options in style and fabrication that can take your outfit from drab to fab in no time!