Posted by Rebekah Roy on September 7th, 2008
I love going for coffee and reading the latest magazine. Each month there are several new magazines on the shelf and you just wonder how many of them will make it to their second issue. .. A new bi-monthly magazine Distill just hit the shelves and you know that since the editor in chief is Colin McDowell it’s going to be around for quite a while. If I worked at an advertising agency I would want a copy as it’s a collection of the best fashion and art photography from different magazines around the world. For those non-magazine junkies this saves you the time and introduces you to magazines, fashion or websites that you might not have found on your own.
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on May 28th, 2008
I’ve always loved platform shoes. Being only 5′2″ high shoes make me feel powerful (and taller) but it’s the platform or wedge that really works for me. I think if I had a high arch I would have loved the stiletto heel.
Marni patent leather wedges
Platforms have been around forever and I mean centuries. The Greeks first wore them in theatre plays – the more important the character the higher the platform. In the 15th & 16th century high-born prostitutes or courtesans in Venice wore platform shoes.
You could even be divorced for wearing high shoes. Charles ll passed the 1670 Act of Parliament – The Marriage Act, which said that women who “betray into matrimony” an Englishman by use of “scents, paints, artificial teeth, false hair … high-heeled shoes” risked having their marriages declared null, and they were subject to the same punishment as witches.
Platform shoes became immensely popular in the 1970s and in the early 1990s Vivienne Westwood re-introduced the high heeled 5″ & 9″ platform shoe.
I think platforms look great in the summer – they look great with jeans and the open toe platform can look great with a dress. Since I’m usually spending most of my day running around London – the platform will be the perfect alternative to my flats!
Check out this book Shoes by Colin McDowell (1989)
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