We met Amy Myers romping around Dog Beach with Mazzy the shepherd mix. Both casual, sand-spattered coats barked “fun in the sun.” But our Fashion Hounds sniffed something suspect and dug further into the matter.
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Myers chooses fetching basics for the dog days of summer: loose T, rolled-up jeans, a short shear, and breezy sandals. Tevas unite the oldest and newest trends in footwear, taking their attach-sole-to-foot-via-strap design from the ancient Romans, adapting it to modern eco-chic Velcro and rubber. The open-sided waterproof construction is impervious to lake and pebble, convenient for play partners of dogs slack in the stick-retrieval department.
Canine compulsion forces the dedicated dog to repeatedly savor, bury, then unearth his prize possession–only to reaffirm it is, indeed, a bone. Likewise Myers and Mazzy’s rough-and-tumble gear brightened with a splash of unleashed hedonism confirms the obvious Fashion Statement: “Life’s a beach.”
