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Let’s talk about sparkly socks – and switching off

— by Alyson Walsh

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Lurex socks from COS

Happy New Year! Current status: lolling around in a Berlin apartment after a brisk New Year’s Day walk through the city. Marvellous. Having had a few days offline, I am going to try to embrace the Right To Disconnect a bit more this year. As of today, a bill comes into practise ensuring that French companies with over 50 employees are legally obliged to negotiate with workers about out-of-hours email contact. That’s Not My Age is a company of one (though I am honoured to have talented contributors Vicci Bentley and Elaine Kingett, too) and the plan is to continue posting regularly but make an effort to address the online-offline balance. Possibly by introducing a nightly curfew that will allow me to switch off and get a life!

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Anyhow. Let’s talk about socks…last night we had dinner with a small group of friends and family, and as it’s quite cold in Berlin, I wore glittery Lurex socks with my fancy party flats. (Admittedly, I nipped back to change into trainers and thick socks for the fantastic firework display later). The Casual Glamourpuss loves a sparkly sock, for which COS is an absolute go-to; and glittery Lurex styles are also available from ASOS and Topshop (checkout the sparkly sporty hybrid HERE. I’ll have some of those) A pleasing alternative is the fishnet sock and metallic loafer combo. The socks above are from Free People. And for fancy everyday sock styles, go straight to Happy Socks.

 

The final book edit is still in progress but I’m hoping that I can complete it this week and submit soon. Book Number Two will be published November 2017, now that’s something to look forward to…

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