Prada’s ‘design your
own shoes’?
According to Vogue, Prada is offering a new service to
“design your own shoes”. At first, I was confused. People buy Prada because
they like what the label designs. If I have to design my own shoes, why would I
pay the high price of Prada since I just did their job? However, upon further
reading, I discovered this is a misnomer. In fact, you are not “designing” your
own shoes; you are “customizing” your own shoes. You pick a style designed by
Prada, and you add your own flare to it, including the option of adding your
initials under the Prada label. Talk about one-of-a-kind! I think this is
awesome, but I wonder what the limitations are, and I’m scared to think what
the price may be. Unfortunately, this is only a two-day event. I imagine if
they extended it, it would become too much work for their manufacturer. What
are your thoughts? What would you want as a specialized touch on your Prada
shoes?
Engagement ring faux
pas
This is an interesting story. According to Vogue, model
Esther Cañadas broke off her engagement, and now her ex-fiancé is suing her to
get the extremely expensive, $300,000, ring back. Etiquette says that if the
woman breaks off the engagement, she should give back the ring, but if the man
ends things, she is allowed to keep the ring. I think Emily Post is rolling in
her grave about this one. Personally, I don’t care who ends the engagement;
when there’s a $300k ring in the mix, it should go back to the party who
purchased it. I understand that Esther could have had very good reason to break
it off, but no matter what (or whom) he did, give him back the ring! If
anything, you’ll get rid of a blatant reminder of something so negative in your
life. If you were involved in a situation like this, what would you do?
Imitation is the
highest form of flattery
If you’ve seen RHONY in the past few weeks, you know that
writer (not fake or pretend writer like one of her one-legged co-stars) and
overall fabulous woman Carole Radziwill disagrees with my title for this story…
But I digress… Apparently, in a new production of Rameau’s opera Platée, the story is interpreted as
involving a fashionably challenged character, and other characters resemble
Karl Lagerfeld and Coco Chanel. I’d definitely love to see that. Coco Chanel
is, in my opinion, the ultimate fashion legend. The question is, is this
imitation meant as flattery or satire? Would you pay to see this version of the
opera?
Let me know your thoughts and opinions. I’ll at least
pretend like I care. :)
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