winklepickers

You'd hesitate, in this sense, to suggest that Costello had mellowed; he still, no doubt, has little desire to venture in the vicinity of Chelsea; even so, when I meet him in a cafe near the water, he cuts a chipper figure – all gap-toothed smiles and heavy specs and winklepickers and carrying his silver fedora in a toughened box.

Elvis Costello: 'I've never liked the word maturity. It implies decay' Tim Adams 2010

Or, at least, a handy let's-all-watch-Vince-in-winklepickers nudge of distraction from Messrs Clegg and Cameron to a broke, shivering nation.

Shaken Vince Cable proves he can still be a mover on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2010

To me as a schoolgirl the local art students, like the teddy boys in winklepickers, padded drapes and quiffy hairdos, seemed the last word in sophistication.

Bridget Riley at the National Gallery - review Hilary Spurling 2010

Like I ever followed fashion as twenty years in winklepickers amply demonstrates.

Archive 2009-06-01 DAVID BISHOP 2009

Like I ever followed fashion as twenty years in winklepickers amply demonstrates.

Not giving up, not giving in DAVID BISHOP 2009

At 23.55 yesterday evening Forth Coastguard received a 999 call from two winklepickers that had become disorientated in thick fog on a rising tide in North Berwick.

The shoes are alive! 2008

You thought I wore my black winklepickers every day?

Archive 2007-10-01 DAVID BISHOP 2007

Tou didn't think I wore winklepickers all year round, did you?

Archive 2007-09-01 DAVID BISHOP 2007

Tou didn't think I wore winklepickers all year round, did you?

Winter draws on [I wish I'd worn mine] DAVID BISHOP 2007

You thought I wore my black winklepickers every day?

It's too darn wet: some gradual musings DAVID BISHOP 2007