Wore five immensely cozy layers today. It went like this: l/s thermal, s/s tee, l/s asymmetric cardigan, sleeveless cardigan, oversize wool cardigan, and a scarf, just to be safe. Creates a strange, droopy cocoon shape from the back. The two cardigans worn in the middle are really only good for layering; I can't handle that much softness alone - always need to throw something more structured on top, even if it's just a thicker cardigan like today.
And altogether..
Resurrected my fox tail yesterday; thought it would be a perfectly gaudy touch next to the leopard print.
& goodnight.
Here are my faves from the S/S 10 accessories report. Not the best season, but the report always leaves out some good shoes (they completely neglected to include any of Versace's crazy/awesome platforms).
Manolo dislikes platforms; this isn't anything we haven't already read somewhere. I've touched upon this once before, but I feel like it's important to fully address. See the full article from October here. You can get a five second summary simply by reading the quoted text below..
“Maybe I lost money by not doing [platforms] when they were in fashion this time. But I don’t care. I did them in the 70s. That was enough for me. Never again! I don’t like them!”
“Don’t talk to me about platforms. I’ve done it all before. It bores me now. I want shoes to be beautiful, so women walk beautifully. Shoes should be beautiful - Oh, and of course, a little fun also.”
I think Blahnik is mostly referring to exaggerated platforms where the silhouette of the foot is distorted. Certainly there is often visual weight that accompanies a very thick platform, but that is often the intention. You can compare thick platforms to silhouette driven fashion where there is no regard given to flattering a woman's body, instead it's simply about creating something beautiful, if somewhat strange. That being said, Blahnik does not even make shoes with minimal platforms (10-20mm). The closest he has come to a platform in recent years is the lace up sandal with lug sole (bottom of page) which looked to be about 5mm thick. Christian Louboutin and Briant Atwood both have many basic styles with 20mm platforms - a height that adds an immense amount of comfort without any of the unpleasant imbalance of a higher platform - most of them being very flattering, too. So to say that a platform shoe will always look awkward or be harder to balance in is just silly. Essentially that's all it is, Blahnik is rather old fashioned; an immensely talented designer, but also what you could call shoe prejudiced. But in the end, what Blahnik says is meaningless; it's what women want. And I know women have acclimated to platforms; they are not about to disappear.
Below is a scan of the Last Look page from an issue of Vogue featuring Manolo's lace up sandals with a lug sole. It's the closest he has come to a platform in recent years (but I definitely would not call them platforms).
