OK, my title isn't completely true. The story is rather long, though, so bear with me.

My mother was the one who introduced me to high sneakers. She loves the trend, but think it's too much for a 67-year-old woman. She lives vicariously then through me: she gave me the red high sneakers you see on the bottom of the 1st pic for Christmas and I was schocked - at first. After some wear-to-please-mum outfits (and an Angie's ensemble inspired cargo olive green shorts, white top and red accessories outfit) and a picknick, I fell in love with my high sneakers. I thanked my mother a hundred times for them and she noticed it wasn't just out of politeness... I truly liked and was wearing them.

(My mother and my style differed drastically when I was younger. I mean, what I liked for myself and what she liked for me differed greatly: she would see me on short, colorful fitting frocks and kitten hills sandals while I as a teen and a YA favored all black or white and black only outfits, knee or below the knee flared skirts and All Stars. None of my All Stars are left, but there was a time when I had a small collection of them - a dark military green one, two different black models and a white! Because of this "gap" and the history of flop gifts when she tried to steer my style towards hers... She eventually gave up giving me clothes.)

As I grow older, and slowly incorporate colour and heels to my wardrobe, my mother begins to dare giving me clothes once again. I also appreciate her gifts much more now, even when they don't fit my style, just because I understand her better - now that I no longer am the little spoiled punk I once was (teenagers!) - and because I value the effort she puts behind everything she does - and the effort she puts on preparing and sending me gifts from Brazil.

So... she figured out I was looking for a white leather All Star by talking to a common friend of ours. She couldn't find any white leather All Star back home (neither could I looking online and local shops)... But she found, bought and sent me this white leather high sneaker from a Brazilian brand. I don't like the golden spikes, I don't like the shoelaces (the red ones have velcro instead of shoelaces), its white is so... white, right-in-your-face winter white.

But... I was touched for all the trouble she went when picking these shoes for me. I want to like them badly! I want to wear them as much as I wear the red ones; to make mommy happy, makes me happy. So... can you gals help me style them?

So far I stuck to bookending them with white jackets. What other ideas do you give me? At this pic, I am wearing blue tweed shorts with golden threads and spikes - to mimic the shoes style - a white cami and a white blazer.