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High Heels Take Off

October 26th 2007 00:08
High Heels - A male perspective?


High Heel legs
Tasteful and smooth


I apologise in advance for being a low brow boy, but I couldn’t resist doing a post on high heels, naturally just to find some great leg shots. It’s also an excuse to indulge in my foot fetish. A well selected pair of heels can be like flashing neon in Vegas to us guys.

High Heel art
Artistic lines


Forcing the calf muscles to contract and expand, some open enough to show of the podiatrist factory. Sexy and Arching the heel up, wether it’s a pump, block, tapered, blade, wedge or the mighty dangerous stiletto.

High heel feet
I warned you about the feet


Making any pair of legs appear that little bit longer, sleeker, I will go on record as saying “These do not look like practical footwear for everday use”. There seems a prerequisite that the wearer must have the balance of a cirque de soleil acrobat to stay in certain eye of a needle pairs.

High Heel legs
I think I mentioned something about the legs too?


The history of the heel starts in France in the 1500’s and sees it designed for men’s boots when horse riding so that they stay in the stirrup. Soon modified for formal occasions, by the mid women had caught on after seeing Catherine de' Medici, in a tailor made pair.

high heel boots
You don't ride horses in these


Seen as a sign of wealth, after dropping out of fashion the shoe re-emerged in the 1800’s, this time predominantly for women. Today they serve their function accessorizing the business suit with an added sense of confidence.

High Heel colours
Pumps with the knee length skirt work


At formal black tie affairs they are all but essential.

high heel formal
The chic choice


The versatility of the high heel is never more pronounced when hitting the town. They can endow the wearer to exude signals that says everything from graceful elegance to slutty whore depending on the dress, jeans or any other accompanying clothing.

High Heels Models
Can you tell which is which?


Dictated by the varied cut and shape, colour and size range. The heel is almost a female sneaker sans the comfort factor.

high heel wood
These look like they may have some comfort involved


high heel plastic
batteries not included
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Watches

October 21st 2007 00:00
Watches - A Brief Overview


Watch mechanism
A look inside

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Swimwear Designer of the World - the Woman behind Speedo

Her name may not be listed in the Greatest Swimming Olympians of this country, but Gloria Smythe’s contribution to the sport is arguably just as significant as that of any Olympic Gold medalist


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Queens of Bling

September 15th 2007 15:17
Designing a crown fit for a Queen is no simple feat but Jewellery Designers Ana and Contessa Nicolaou of Tessarella House have become quite the experts since being announced as the Exclusive Designers for Miss World Australia two years ago.

Miss World, tiara, Tessarella House
Miss World Australia 2006 wears Tessarella House

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Fashion in Film: Annie Hall

August 23rd 2007 00:11
Diane Keaton as Annie Hall
Diane Keaton as Annie Hall - image from gonemovie.com


Art reflected life in 1977’s Annie Hall. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton were in fact dating, Woody had previously had a career in comedy like his character, Alvy, and Diane’s real surname was Hall. Her nickname? Annie.

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Allyn Scura - Vintage Eyewear

August 21st 2007 03:52
Website name: www.allynscura.com
Location: California, USA
Category: Eyewear


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VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress


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