Archive for the ‘Shoes’ Category
12 March 2010 13:42 CET | 
I’ve seen kids sneakers lighting up when they take a step by using kinetic energy. Seems like te idea has grown up now and transferred into high heels also. Might be handy at a club.
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Something different this time. Just a few facts about high heeled shoes.
- High heels are guaranteed to boost your confidence and height and they will definitely make that ‘OK’ outfit look just ‘perfect’.
- On average, women begin wearing heels at age 12 and continue doing so until they’re 63 years of age.
- The Guinness World Record for most people running in high heeled shoes is 155.
- Altocalciphilia is the condition of having a high heel fetish. Carrie Bradshaw had a borderline case of altocalciphilia.
- High heels for women are believed to have originated with Catherine de Medici. She wanted to make a bigger impression when she arrived in France to marry the future King Henry.
- Roger-Henri Vivier is credited with (re-)inventing the stiletto heel in the 1950s.
- Imelda Marcos owned over 3000 pairs of heeled shoes.
- Christian Louboutin’s red soles are a registered trademark of the brand.
- Approximately 80 craftsmen will touch one pair of Stuart Weitzman heels during the 6 to 7 weeks of production time it takes to make them.
Net-A-Porter had an interview with Italian shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti. I especially liked his quote: “My shoes are beautifull after five year. Never put my shoes in the garbage, they are timeless!“.
Or a Louboutin, Alexander McQueen, Dior, etc…
You know, I love shoes very much. I am a huge fan of Jimmy Choo, despite the recent couple of not-so-wonderfull shoe ideas. Other great designers like Louboutin and Alexander McQueen have of course also designed a huge collection of beauties. But, like most women, my budget does not allow me to just buy every designer shoe I want. Still, I would love, like most women, to have a pair of Louboutins on my feet. So, how can that be arranged? Renting the shoes might be a good answer to that question.
The idea is not new. After nine months however, it seems LXP did not really expand the collection. Cinderella-Me starts with a much bigger and richer collection. I admit it’s not having the shoes, but it comes quite close. A big concern would be smell and hygiene. But they have thought about that. Every shoe is blasted with bacteria-killing UV light and steam before sent out to the customer.
Too bad, it seems they don’t ship international. If they did, I probably would have tried it out. Would you?
