two fashion terms

[William Ryan]

I hesitate to intervene as a mere male, but  'pumps' is a bit ambiguous 
- in UK this is commonly used for flat shoes, male and female, although 
I believe increasingly also for ladies' evening dress shoes, perhaps 
under US influence. Lodochki used to be, and still are as far as I can 
see from Russian fashion websites, what in the UK are described as 
classic court shoes, i.e. high heels, solid back, low cut top. And 
ochki-babochki, as I recall, were known in the  UK as flyaway 
specs/glasses, or later as Dame Edna specs (from the stage character 
created by Barrie Humphries).

Will Ryan


Alina Israeli wrote:
> The first one cats eyeglasses, the second one — pumps.
>
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Valentino, Russell wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give me the English equivalents for ochki-babochki and 
>> tufli-lodochkoi?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Russell Valentino
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