Sole Models

I know that no matter how much we all try to convince ourselves that we are entirely products of unique construction, individuals, etcetera, I am personally willing to acknowledge the fact that I have role models. And Sole Models. I’m sure that a lot of you model yourselves after respectable, generous, humanitarian individuals. Ghandi and his ilk. Personally, one of those individuals I admire and happen to identify with is la Daupine, Marie Antoinette Hapsburg Capet. J’elle adore pour plus than her fashion sense, but let us dwell on the sensory, shall we?
In order to completely own the term fashion icon and, the title of “Sole Model,” I believe one’s style must truly span eras and trends. Enter La Riene. When Sophia Coppola set out to give us the eternal gift of her film Marie Antoinette, she meant business. They filmed at Versaillies, with incredible costumes, breathtakingly beautiful and often ridiculous looking wigs, and shoes which had me watching the “I Want Candy” sequence over and over again. She enlisted Manolo Blahnik and L.D.C de Pompei to craft the perfect footwear for her actors and actresses.
Mon Dieu! These are some of the most gorgeous shoes I’ve ever laid eyes upon, and yes, mes citoyens, those are screen caps from the film. They are feminine, well made, and varied enough that there is a pair to match the infinite number of dresses that Marie Anoinette owned throughout her lifetime (these are only a few screen shots of the hundreds which feature la Daupine wearing/acquiring shoes). If only every woman were in possession of her own little Versailles in which to store as many pairs of shoes as Antoinette.

Alas, I haven’t the room, even in my walk in closet for 900+ pairs of shoes (I figure if I were in la Dauphine’s position I’d change my shoes at least three times a day, and rotate out my collection every year, keeping a few pairs from the year before that I particularly loved to be re-vamped,) but I do have room in my life for pampering. As we all do. Choose footwear that makes you feel like a queen, so that even when you’re exhausted, slouched at your kitchen table or your desk in sweatpants and a t-shirt, with your hair up in a twisted knot as you diligently try to put a dent in your long list of daunting tasks we all seem to be adding to all the time, you can slip on your favorite shoes and feel elegant and indulgent despite sometimes feeling like less than royalty from the ankles up. I promise it will change your outlook for the better. Make us proud, cherie!

Posted by alyssa on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | Uncategorized |

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