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I offered to buy my mother a pair of saddle shoes, and she looked at me with this stern look on her face: "Honey, I'm not 20 anymore." Apparently saddle shoes are a "youth item" to my mother.
It's not as much youth item, as it is that age appropriate clothing was the norm, and the codes were well observed. By the time I was growing up, saddle shoes were grade school kids item, not something a high schooler would wear. High schoolers wore penny loafers, flats (ballet shoes type) on dress up days, and Keds on athletic days, and the grade schoolers couldn't wait to shed saddle shoes and claim penny loafers to show they were all grown up.How strange! I guess it all depends on what era you grew up in.
Offer your mothers penny loafers, and they probably won't decline.