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I have seen this as a trend, especially among hipsters and vintage lovers. Here is an article I wrote...
Short And Fat?
I think I speak for many lovers of fashion when I say that most items are either love or hate. Scarves? Love. Neon colours? Hate. Baby Phat? Euughhh. (Okay, so love, hate, or eeugghhh.) This season, however, the fashion crowd seems to have come to favour a compromise of sorts, a merging of two, often contrasting, worlds – the towering world of the heel and the grounded planet of the beloved flat.
Vintage from Ebay, Chanel F/W RTW 06 www.style.com
Though definitely not new, it seems that the short, stubby heel is making a return. While in my perfect world, girls would voluntarily vacuum in 5-inch, black stilettos ( Dita Von Teese, call me!), some of my female friends have consistently pointed out to me that this is not entirely realistic ( While I still don’t understand why, I think that is a completely different discussion….). As such, I am intrigued by this new shape as much for its wearability-factor as for its aesthetic.
Rejecting the sexy allure of a heel and eluding the inescapable elegance of a flat, this new heel shape also boasts a naïve quirkiness that works with the current mood in fashion. It’s a look that heralds back to a young girl’s first pair of “high heels” – certainly not high, but always providing the wearer with a pristine sense of confidence, a sort of “I-have-been-changed-for-the-better-by-my-footwear” kind of feeling. For a young girl, it’s an act of distancing herself from her childhood; for a hipster, it’s yet another act of distancing herself from anything favoured by the likes of Ms. Longoria and crew.
Thigh-grazing or T-strap, I urge you to try on this stubbier, shorter heel. The fact is that no one wants to look haggard and old. So, while this heel may not make you feel sexier, by eradicating the wrinkle-inducing strain of deciding between a flat and a heel, it with definitely make you look sexier.
Short And Fat?
I think I speak for many lovers of fashion when I say that most items are either love or hate. Scarves? Love. Neon colours? Hate. Baby Phat? Euughhh. (Okay, so love, hate, or eeugghhh.) This season, however, the fashion crowd seems to have come to favour a compromise of sorts, a merging of two, often contrasting, worlds – the towering world of the heel and the grounded planet of the beloved flat.
Vintage from Ebay, Chanel F/W RTW 06 www.style.com
Though definitely not new, it seems that the short, stubby heel is making a return. While in my perfect world, girls would voluntarily vacuum in 5-inch, black stilettos ( Dita Von Teese, call me!), some of my female friends have consistently pointed out to me that this is not entirely realistic ( While I still don’t understand why, I think that is a completely different discussion….). As such, I am intrigued by this new shape as much for its wearability-factor as for its aesthetic.
Rejecting the sexy allure of a heel and eluding the inescapable elegance of a flat, this new heel shape also boasts a naïve quirkiness that works with the current mood in fashion. It’s a look that heralds back to a young girl’s first pair of “high heels” – certainly not high, but always providing the wearer with a pristine sense of confidence, a sort of “I-have-been-changed-for-the-better-by-my-footwear” kind of feeling. For a young girl, it’s an act of distancing herself from her childhood; for a hipster, it’s yet another act of distancing herself from anything favoured by the likes of Ms. Longoria and crew.
Thigh-grazing or T-strap, I urge you to try on this stubbier, shorter heel. The fact is that no one wants to look haggard and old. So, while this heel may not make you feel sexier, by eradicating the wrinkle-inducing strain of deciding between a flat and a heel, it with definitely make you look sexier.
