Bonkers means never having to say you're sorry

Imagine my surprise when opening up The Times fashion edition on Wednesday only to read about the block heel. This heel is having a moment... Actually for me it has been since June when I first saw the Chanel suede black-tipped slingback on a Block 5cm heel, then last week’s Orange Dior that I've previously mentioned. If this is to be believed, it's why, when stood in my dressing room, facing my Shoe Wall,  deciding what to wear for the most holy day of the year (Yom Kippur) for Shul, I turned to my mother and said “None of my shoes work!" It happened so fast - suddenly every shoe was wrong! It's hopefully only a passing phase - will let you know. I noticed in synagogue that most of you were still wearing the slapper shoe. Very, very high black platform and mostly patent, slightly rounded or pointed toe. Also, black mini skirts and black legs. And to my surprise, many slapper shoes can still found in Harrod’s shoe heaven. Well I suppose style and good taste isn't for everyone!

When did Mishmash become Bonkers? Or to put another way, when did the styling from English Vogue 2013 become style for summer 2016? Gucci, Prada, Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi, so far - what? Too many drugs. Have these designers forgotten that women have to wear these clothes? I really liked Gucci last season - it's freshness and vitality but Michele has obviously taken one too many, to really believe that what he showed this week is good. I know that's a bit harsh, but sometimes you can't believe the hype. Mui Mui, Oxfam and Dior (from 2014) seem to be overriding influences. I'm telling you, (if you can) never throw anything away. Next season you can wear it all together!

More by luck than design I tried on a flared jumper dress yesterday that for me was too short (a little above the knee), and as I can't zip up the PVC boots I put narrow trousers underneath it. I thought of it as the look that many Indian women wear with their saris and trousers. Little did I realise that the Bonkers Brigade would have cornered this look! I can't wait to see what Paris has to offer. One tip for next year - in Milan trousers are out. That means skirts, dresses and pantaloon, hardly a trouser to be seen anywhere.

What happened when a group of friends get together and out of 4 women, 3 are in various shades of dark green on the same day? It's not as if we call each other to discuss what we're wearing… Isn’t it a bit spooky?

And isn't it amazing how much I can tell you about shoes? In a conversation with a couple of friends it became clear to me that wanting to buy the right new shoes in this town means ordering them as soon as you see them in the magazine, because it seem to me that they don't buy them in stores for the London girls. Neither Prada, Mui Mui or Bottaga Veneta has bought either any runway or lead photo advertisement shoes this season. Which begs the question - Why? Why advertise something we can't buy? To me that's silly - isn't it to you?

Happy Shopping (if you can find what you want to buy…)

 

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