Lookbook

I know myself well enough that if I were put in a flight or fright situation, I would run like hell. My love and appreciation for flat shoes stems from this. I can walk into a shoe store and pick up every flat (the cheap vs. steep, the trendy vs. granny) and all nod in approval. But show me Burberry’s studded platforms and I shudder in fear. Show me any starlet that dons her Louboutin’s on the red carpet with pride, a tight painful smile and an overabundance of blisters on her toes hidden by concealer and I sigh in pity. I was browsing through the December issue of In Style and came across their section on Fashion Week testimonials. The celebs were discussing heels and in each mention, they just had to include how they were in pain but all was worth it in the name of fashion. Well they can suffer all they want but I refuse to succumb. I will resist until the very end. Even though, if there were anyone on this planet who needs to wear heels, it is I. With incredibly short legs, surpri...

PART 5- SHIRTDRESSES So now you have all these dresses for the weekend and for pa rties, or for shopp ing for more dresses. But let’s say that some of us have a job to go to ( you know that place you go to for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and stare at a computer screen wishing you were on the beach or as a backup dancer for JT ?) . Yeah that place. You are going to want a dress for that too. Well, those designers are quite the savvy bunch. This season, the shirtdress, dare I say, is the new tunic * gasp! * A shirtdress (I know I have said this before) is hot like fire . On a side note, no one, in my opinion, did it better than Tomas Ma i er of Bottega Veneta ( top right and left). The cut, the fabric, my goodness: the neckline !! I m ay just get another full time job to afford it, seriously. Back to what I wa s saying. The shirt dress looks professional enough to say give me a raise, and yet i s trendy enough to say “I know what’s what, oh yeah , I do, me a nd my shirtd...