Word: stilettos
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...Wearable," "more realistic apparel" is to be worn with stiletto heels, which will require experience to walk in safely? Why not return to binding women's feet? It angers me that the fashion industry is so backward regarding the health of women's feet. Do women of the '90s really want to be dressed up like little dolls that can't run? This is class...
...obviously haven't got a clue. We tried to start a fashion column and ended up writing about nudity (silly us, fashion without clothing), underwear (underfashion?), perfume (wait, if you can't see it is it still fashion?). We missed up even stiletto heels--we talked about our height and not about that of those who matter. For some reason, we thought that fashion had to do with individuality, personality, creativity--you know, all those silly things. We forgot it was about being cool--hey, it's been a while since junior high...
...white-hot English designer John Galliano, meanwhile, was the chief prophet of another theme in the fall collections: Hollywood-inspired '40s retro glamour. His suits and dresses were stiletto-slim, with huge, dramatic sleeves or swaths of material around the shoulders or waist. Jackie wouldn't wear one of these, and Audrey would be overwhelmed in one, but it is easy to imagine Joan Crawford or Bette Davis stalking an errant lover using the costume as a weapon. Ghost, designed by Tanya Sarne -- who is also English -- was back in the black-and-white era too: waterfall dresses, flowing crepe...
...high heel goes way, way back. Sixteenth-century Turkey witnessed the birth of the stiletto heel's earliest ancestor, the chopine, a wooden clog that could reach stilt height. Later, a more narrowly heeled shoe for women emerged during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And in the eighteenth century, the French began their fashion influence with lovely decorated leather or silk shoes on high heels set under the arch of the foot...
Whether or not vertically-challenged females should don stiletto heels in order to ensnare potential mates, heels with the potential to spear cocktail olives do have the potential to make the person wearing them feel attractive. Are the piercing podiatric pulsations are worth it? You've endured the anguish of orthodontic appliances for your beautiful smile. Think of stiletto heels as braces for your feet...