Starry feet make the star

Today's post dissects the joys of wearing flats. Given heels always get all the attention, I figured why not give our most comfortable footwear some lovin'? Slippers and brogues are especially all the talk this season. Curious to see what I've got covered? Take a look at my fancy feet!

slippers: Topshop
  

One cannot ignore the obvious overlap between a casual coolness suggested by comfy slippers and the boychicness of trendy brogues by looking at this Topshop edition. And that's the look I was going for when sliding my feet into these jewels. Their velvety softness and luxurious starry pattern only convinced me that it could only feel right to sport them. It's like the late MJ's famous leather dancing brogues and Dolce&Gabbana's AW 2011 leather star cutout brogues had a baby only for it to become the perfect footwear for the ultimate fashion star. 

  Michael Jackson's famous dancing shoes                                                 The MJ Lean



brogues: Dolce&Gabbana



All jokes and anecdotes aside, I can only attest that I DO get a brilliant feeling whenever I'm wearing them! And who knows, maybe I'll get the famous Michael Jackson lean one day, if I manage to implement his secret, that is: in order to achieve his 45-degree angle lean, MJ used special shoes as well as a trick on the stage floor. When the time came for the move, a peg-like aperture would protrude from the dance floor. The shoe's heel featured a triangular cutout that could be hitched onto the peg, anchoring MJ to lean much farther forward and hence blow our minds away. Fashion star or superstar, or just a regular star reading my blog, why don't you indulge too and you'll see what I mean...

Fashion meets Art Basel

Sadly, I missed Art Basel yet again this year, but thankfully my fashionista partner in crime Jehdy successfully snapped some super sweet stuff I thought was definitely appropriate to share on the blog. Below, the sketches of some of our most notable fashion designers (among which the late Alexander McQueen and surprisingly, Galliano--perhaps his fate may not be as gloomy as we thought it would be?) lend to admiration and a hint of laughter. 

All photos courtesy of Jehdy

There are certainly a million ways to interpret these depictions. Perhaps it is the anticipation of the launch of the Valentino Garavani Vitrual Museum as well as a rejuvenated collection (among which this season's most wanted studded bags) that caused Valentino a star studded appraisal, and a bittersweet sadness towards McQueen's tragic death at the peak of his career that brought the artist to capture that emotion on canvas. On the other hand, one can deem Dolce&Gabbana as the perfect happy medium, lying in between some of our more sensitive minded figures, as their continuous focus on bombastic colors and prints truly celebrate life. 

Which one is your favorite? I'm still debating between Galliano trying one of his creations and Tom Ford in an LBD and bow-tie (there is no mention of him trying one of his womenswear designs which begs the question: omission or cue?).