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Leather Sperry Slip-ons + Montana Gold = Success

This is what I call ‘Turning a Bad Purchase into a Good Purchase.’ As you may have noticed I have been going nuts on our good friend Gilt Groupe. Now, honestly, I have loved pretty much everything I’ve bought on there, but online shopping does not always go according to plan. I purchased a pair of brown Sperry Leather Slip-ons, that looked great in the photo, but when I received them I just decided I hated them. The only time I ever wore the damn things was when I had to go do laundry. Anyway – it was finally time to right a serious wrong.

These are the shoes, not bad… I guess, but really… not for me. I tried to like these but I really couldn’t wear them with any sense of pride. I like the style of the shoe, but the colors are just kind of bleh. The other day I played a show at Glasslands (of which there are amazing photos) and Samer of Berzerkulosis gave me a great idea to simply spray paint the things. Yesterday I went and picked up a can of Montana Gold Spray Paint at Artist and Craftsman Supply in Williamsburg in hopes to turn these shoes into something wearable.

I got a can of metallic gold and after struggling with the damn spray can and realizing that I hadn’t removed the ring under the cap, we were good to go. The results are pretty awesome.

Tell me you don’t want a pair of these gold babies! These things rock now! The spray painting was super easy and relatively even, I went a little overboard on the left shoe but it’s fine for a first go.

I particularly like how the little Sperry logo came out. I’ve got newfound love for these kicks now. Wooop!