Espadrilles Don't Pertain to the Automobile

es-pa-drille [es-puh-dril]
- noun
Def: 1. a flat shoe with a cloth upper, a rope sole, and sometimes lacing that ties around the ankle.
2. a casual shoe, often with a wedge heel instead of a flat sole.
[Origin: 1860–65; Pr espardilho, dim. of espart]

(from Dictionary.com)

espadrille fraîche [es-puh-dril fray-sh]
- descriptive noun
Def: 1. a really cool casual shoe, often with a wedge heel and rope sole

espadrille fraîche pour ma maman
- phrase
Def: 1. a really cool shoe for my Mom

I knew all along it wasn't a car... and I found these on my own, without the dictionary or Wikipedia.

Technically, esparto is of Spanish origin. In which case, cool espadrilles would be espadrille fresco. That has a better ring to it. The style is widely agreed to hail from the south of France, so this post remains true to its material roots.

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