Dior for Fall 2008

I just love all these shoes. I would wear most of them. For a formal affair of course...like the ballet or the symphony. Where I am I find that people really don't like to "dress" anymore. I have seen blue jeans at the ballet. What is up with that? I went to see Lord of the Dance a few months ago for the 4th time and I must say there were very few as dressed up as I was. The art gallery, a new performance of Vivaldi? Pull out the formal clothes! Dress up. We normally have very little opportunity to dress to the nines in our every day schedules.

I live to dress up. These shoes would go quite well with several evening gowns and tea length dresses that I have.

Dior giraffe printed pony

Dior gold platform sandal

Dior plateform salome pump

Dior embroidered canvas pump

Dior cutout wedge sandal

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Thank You Dwell Magazine, for Ruining My Sunday...

It's a warm sunny Sunday, and I'm still feeling a little sick. Bummer, but it's still a nice day. I was relaxing on the couch with Benjamin and flipping through our new Dwell, hoping to find some new ideas for the house, when a full page ad caught my eye with the caption "What a Croc!" and I think, ohh! some Croc bashing! 

...wrong.

The ad goes on to say "It's hard to believe the parents were so ugly, but it's not hard to believe that these might be the most comfortable four-inch heels in history."

My hands start shaking and my right eye begins to twitch. 

"Ben! Oh my god, do you see this!?" He knows, and shares my hatred for crocs.

"I've got to go get my computer! this needs to go in my blog!"

So here I am. And I need to rant.

First, I'd like to say that I'm glad the people at Croc are willing to admit that the croc is "ugly". They say it themselves. But to try to call this monstrosity of a nasty beast a four-inch heel??? I mean come on! Technically, this thing may measure 4inches, but how DARE they call it a heel!? I am outraged! Would you call a Hershey bar gourmet chocolate? NO! Who do these people think they are? They know nothing about footwear! Let's call a spade a spade. This shoe is an effing kitchen clog for short chefs that cant reach the grill! NOT A FOUR-INCH MOTHER EFFING HEEL!

I am insulted. This is a new low for the footwear industry. It's bad enough when you see people wearing crocs out in public, but if i have to see people wearing elevated crocs and trying to pass them off as fashionable, I may just loose it. Comfort is NOT everything people! We women can not forget our duty to mankind! We are one of the only cases in nature where the female of the species is more attractive than the male. We should be proud of that, not hide it in ugly clunky comfort shoes! Our RIGHT as a woman is to wear a pair of killer sexy shoes! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!

Putting glitter on dog poop doesn't make it prettier. Croc people, I beg you... Please stick to what you know and stay out of my world. You don't know who you're messing with.