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<\/a>Karen Salkin and her two different colored Reeboks. Photo by Mr. X.<\/p><\/div>\n
But ever since life has gone back to normal, I\u2019ve had even more occasions and activities to write about than I have time for!<\/p>\n
However, one<\/em> special day caught my attention recently, and it happens tomorrow<\/em>. Not that I think anybody except for a few young basketball players, (whom I\u2019ll get to shortly,) will do it, but I\u2019m letting you know, just in case.<\/p>\n So tomorrow will be National Two Different Colored Shoes Day. And trust me, not only is it something that I totally know<\/em> about, but I basically invented<\/em> it! (But with sneakers<\/em> only, not just any<\/em> two shoes.)<\/p>\n Only when I<\/em> did it, it was not just for a day<\/em>\u2014it was for several years<\/em>! And not one other person was brave or fun enough back then to copy my unique fashion.<\/p>\n Let me tell you how I developed my style of wearing two different colored sneakers, which I became known for. I was doing my local TV show, Karen\u2019s Restaurant Revue<\/em>, at the time, and was getting a lot of national attention because of it. So Reebok had been sending me their various colored sneakers, which I was rocking very proudly all the time. (When I wasn\u2019t decked out in stilettos and a mini dress, that is. But maybe I\u2019ll get to that if there\u2019s ever a National Dress Like a Harlot Day. Or maybe I can get it started!)<\/p>\n Karen Salkin, (in blue, with the blue and white sneakers,) cheering with the Raiderettes when she was a correspondent for a morning TV show back in the day. Photo by Curtis Minato.<\/p><\/div>\n And then it happened\u2014a hairdresser misunderstood, (which is a major understatement,) what I told him about cutting my long hair. I had said that Mr. X said to take some of the volume<\/em> out on the top, and the first thing I heard after that was a scissors cut\u2014right at the bottom of my head<\/em>! He had cut all<\/em> my hair off!!! I said, \u201cI meant to make it short just on the top<\/em>!\u201d And he said, \u201cNow you have it all over.\u201d It was a nightmare. For years<\/em>!<\/p>\n All of a sudden, my big ears were visible and my nose looked even bigger when I couldn\u2019t hide my funny face a bit by dazzling the crowd with my luscious locks. So, I think in a subconscious attempt to take people\u2019s attention away from my head<\/em>, I began wearing two different colored Reeboks to deflect their eyes as far away from my hair, (or lack of it,) as possible. All the time. And\u2026it worked! (By the way, my socks<\/em> were always still an actual pair\u2014I\u2019m not insane<\/em>! Just fashionable.)<\/p>\n Karen Salkin rocking two of her special sneaks from Santa Fe at one of her famous birthday parties. Photo by Mr. X.<\/p><\/div>\n I became known for rocking my two different colored sneaks, but I did it with solely, (see what I did there?,) Reeboks. (Well, actually, until Mr. X took me on a fateful trip to Santa Fe, which I\u2019ll tell you about in a moment.) I was a very lucky girl to have such a fun shoe company sponsor me like that, and I was happy to stay loyal to them.<\/p>\n I did it for a whole bunch of years, until I began clubbing. That meant that I wore dance boots or heels at night, (of course\u2014no one wears sneakers<\/em> at a proper dance club,) and\u2026pajamas<\/em> all day!<\/p>\n I swear, people still ask me why I don\u2019t wear two different colored shoes anymore. But I think I\u2019d look like a crazy lady now, who got dressed in the dark, as opposed to an eccentric, funny, and cute young girl. I still have all the sneaks in my closet, and am occasionally tempted to resurrect my old style. But I think better of it. I had actually mostly forgotten about it.<\/p>\n Here are TWO college basketball players in the same game wearing two different colored sneakers! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And then, last month, while I was watching March Madness, the college basketball tournament, what do I see but several young players rocking my old style! I could not believe it. I didn\u2019t know whether to be honored or upset. But, honestly, I can\u2019t really imagine that they\u2019re actually copying<\/em> me. Unless their parents<\/em> told them about me. Or they saw old pix of me on the internet. It\u2019s actually quite possible that one guy did copy me<\/em> and then the others are copying him<\/em>. Either way, I\u2019m happy to see it out there again.<\/p>\n But the ballers are just doing it willy-willy; they put any<\/em> two sneakers together. My<\/em> style was to wear two that matched my outfit. And my nails<\/em>. Lest you think that meant I had to wear the same colors all the time, I have to laud Reebok for having a large palette. I swear, I had white and black pairs, of course, plus three shades of pink, two of blue, yellow, gray, red, and even neon orange!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>