I Confess

June 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment

”I wouldn’t take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, ‘Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.’ There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don’t have to walk in high heels.

Christian Louboutin

Mr. Louboutin I confess I am a huge fan of your work. I adore your shoes, for their beauty and god knows they are not comfortable. But most of us still have to walk, at least a bit, even in your shoes. I know the valet to the table is a short walk, or the car to the bedroom but still some walking happened. Unless we can all get carried about Cleopatra style to every room/ event. Which I’m not against, but for practical purposes it’s hard to travel this way. Everywhere I go I need 4 men to carry me on a chaise. Okay this is a better idea than I originally thought, but still not realistic.

I confess I love skyscraper high CFM heels, I wear them and I know they are bad for my feet, knees, hips and back. What makes it worse (full confession) I am a licensed physical therapist. Yup technically Dr. Laura. So I REALLY know how horrible these beauties are for my body. Its like finding out your doctor smokes. I would never let my patients see me in the shoes I love; they are very hard on your body. They cause foot deformities, nerve entrapment, increase arthritic changes in feet, knees and hips and are just plain horrible on spinal alignment leading to a barrage of lumbar problems.

And yes I still wear them. I justify it by only wearing them on stage or in the above-mentioned scenarios, but still I know they are not healthy. Will I stop—no.

We all have vices and bad habits, I don’t eat fast food, I don’t smoke, I wear sunscreen, I exercise and I don’t drink soda…. I could go on for a while of all my healthy choices— but for now I will carry on with my vice, my addiction. I confess I’m not ready to end my obsession – I’m sorry feet.

 

 

 

 

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I am Wonder Woman

November 30, 2015 By Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure I NEED these.

Ok, I want these.

Ok, I’d really like to have them.

Okaaaayyy, I don’t need them at all, but it would be so cool to wear them on stage and while banishing bad guys.

Actually what I really want to do is thank all the lovely people on social media who have sent me this clip and thought of me.  (And all the other shoe clips/pictures in the past and the green doors pictures too) Its Thanksgiving weekend and I am grateful of all you cyber/social media friends who know about my partiality for pretty shoes, follow my travel escapades, come to my shows, and comment on my daily trivia and words. Your comments and insights have inspired me, make me laugh and help me enjoy each day just a little more. Thank you!

But now seriously I need these shoes. I would rock them like I was Lynda Carter and would do my best to fight crime. Can we get a kick- starter going? Anyone have a spare grand and wanna fund me as I venture into 2016 at a super hero in fabulous footwear? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Laura

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Action Movies and High Heels

July 25, 2015 By 1 Comment

It’s a combo not seen often, but two friends this week sent me this Youtube clip—and its silly and fun.  Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZi6NCuLbQ&feature=youtu.be

I would love to see more action movies with high heels; it would for sure up the difficulty factor.  Try fighting crime in stilettos Batman. Or space battles in heels Avengers, Luke or Han. Even Princess Lela in the gold bikini (Iconic image for millions of boys- now men) didn’t don a pair of heels, which clearly would have been a high heel sporting opportunity.

They tried to add high heels in the second Ironman movie with Gwyneth Paltrow (Miss Potts) and Scarlett Johansson (Natalie Rushman/Natasha Romanoff) trying to walk out of Tony Stark’s office together in very high Christian Louboutin shoes. I say try because their gait was so awkward even my friend turned to me in the movie and mentioned how they didn’t know how to walk in heels that high—they should take lessons from me. Apparently some one else noticed this because in the next scene, getting out of the car and walking into party/ reception Miss Potts is wearing a much lower heel and not sporting the red soles so famous on the Louboutin brand. This is not something I think many people would notice, but to the shoe fanatic I am—well it was a glaring continuity error.

But why stop at action films? Why not sports films as well? Chariots of Fire in Heels.  White Men Can’t Jump in Heels. Rocky in Heels. King Pin in Heels. Seabiscuit in Heels—ok now I’m getting ridiculous. But it was kind of fun to think of the oddest combinations.

Happy Sunday

Laura

 

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There was an Old Women who Lived in a Shoe… What Happens in Vegas…

July 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Most of the old nursery rhythms are sinister and/or political in nature—Thanks Mother Goose—sweet dreams. Ever really think about the words to Rock a Bye Baby? Frightening!

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children; she didn’t know what to do.

She gave them some broth without any bread;

And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.”

The earliest record of “Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” was printed in Joseph Ritson’s “Gammer Gurton’s Garland” in 1794. The rhyme is reputedly linked to Queen Caroline, who had eight children and her lack of control over parliament.  Is this true? I have no idea. It will be like trying to explain Don Trump running for office in 2265. No one will understand or really care.

I didn’t live in a shoe so much as fall into a shoe. On a recent trip to Vegas—what happens in Vegas… except when your friends take pictures to document your idiotic behavior.

In the fall, Christian Louboutin is opening a store in Vegas. Will I be there? Ah.. Do birds fly? Anyhow in the Cosmopolitan Hotel to garner attention, there is a huge Louboutin shoe. I could not resist the photo op. All good until I fell in said shoe—and literally could not get out. The drop is nearly 2 feet and on a downward angle. And I’m wearing a skirt. I was laughing to hard I had lost any muscle strength with tears streaming down my face. It was funny. But no I really could not get out, not without flashing the entire audience of people watching and also laughing. Oh there were others taking pictures as well—did I mention it was funny? The more I tried to get out the more I was laughing – it was hopeless. My friend was on the ground in stitches—no help. Finally a group of Italians, very little English came by and saw the predicament. They vaulted my out of the shoe— grazie mille! Moral of this fable? I love shoes, but do not wish to live in one.

Laura

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Amen! Christian Louboutin!

November 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment

I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say “Oh my god! They look so comfortable”

Christian Louboutin

Amen! Christian Louboutin!

Might as well call me fat, old and/or tired looking.  Its not that I am against comfortable, actually quite a fan of comfort in all forms — but as a shoe fanatic—I never want this to be the first thought when someone looks at my shoes. Beautiful, sexy, adorable, fabulous, killer, pretty, shiny, colorful, etc.… all good. It’s like describing a girl with “she has a nice personality” yikes!  Kiss of death.

I know its complete vanity, which I’m sure is a sin, not a big 10-commandment type of sin, but a small infraction.

But if comfortable is the adjective selected above all others- take me out and shoot me.

Beautiful shoes are like art for your feet. And sometimes you must suffer for your art. If pretty shoes are not your thing, no judgment from me.  Crocs for you and Louboutins for me and we can both walk in peace. Namaste

Laura

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