Sometimes a Depop listing is a Mad Lib and sometimes it is poetry. I am perpetually grazing Depop for comfortable, cute shoes to haunt around the city in. Though I am usually on the hunt for precision — only buying items I have had my eye on for some time — I am willing to be surprised by a miscellaneous pair of Mary Janes. In fact, the more random the Mary Janes the better. Recently, I’ve noticed something strange going on in the Depop Mary Jane Industrial Complex. The listings for the type of shoes I am In Search Of refuse to be pinned down as any one “aesthetic:”
If it wasn’t clear from “Avril Lavigne kawaii mushroom asymmetrical” — these are the shoes that the post above is advertising:
If I were advertising these shoes I may instead write “Near identical copy of classic Prada Sport Mary Janes.” I’d also probably write “So comfy!” and perhaps throw in a single “#balletcore” tag.