Where Am I?

If you saw the latest runway shows in Paris last week you might think we'd time warped into the 70s. Chunky heels and platforms, funky shapes and colors, and clashes of pattens all over! Burn your bras and drop some acid. Well, no, don't do that.

But do check out these styles from Miu Miu...

And Louis Vuitton...

And Prada of course

What do you think?? Groovy? I'm personally not digging them. I prefer the silhouettes shown last season with nods to the 50's and 60's. More feminine delicate shapes.
Though I will say that I'm glad to see more platforms on the runway again. New York fashion week would have you believe that the platform was dead with all the non-platformed shoes and pointy toe pumps. If you can get a little comfort snuck in with your killer style I'll take it! And we all know a platform is great for adding height without sacrificing comfort.

I'm off to China today kids. Then Tokyo for a quick 2 days. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and let you know what I see in one of my favorite cities in the world!



XOX,

100 Days Later

Listen I know this is a fun, light hearted blog but I want to remind you really quick that it's been 100 days since the triple disaster in Japan and they still need help. If you haven't already, please take a minute to check out what you can do to help. Or don't.... I just want to put it out there.

Click HERE to get some great links.


love,

Beautiful Keioko Kitagawa - Cute Japanese Model

Meet Keioko Kitagawa - Beautiful & Cute Japanese Model

Profile : Keiko Kitagawa was born on August 22, 1986 in Hyogo Prefecture, and began his career as a model of Seventeen magazine from 2003 until mid 2006. Then she left the world of modeling and start reaching the world’s movie.

The first film she played is a series which I’m sure you all know, the Sailor Moon Live Action. Well the Sailor Moon film is adapted from its anime and in this series Keiko plays a role as Sailor Mars. After Keiko success with her acting in Sailor Moon series, she continued acting through several movies such as: Mamiya Kydai,

The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Dear Friends (2007), Handsome Suit (2008), and others. She also played TV series / Dorama like Mop Girl (2007) and homeroom on the beachside / Taiyo no Umi (2008) and the latest drama played by Keiko is Buzzer Beat (2009).

Also in 2003, she was given the role of Rei Hino in the live action television series of Sailor Moon, which began her acting career. She has since appeared in a number of films, including the leading role in Dear Friends.

Since May 2007, she has been writing a column entitled Keytan Hakusho for the Japanese weekly television listings magazine Weekly The Television. (“Kii-tan” was her nickname at elementary school. “Hakusho” means “white paper”.) She is also continuing her studies, majoring in commercial science at Meiji University in Tokyo.

I Heart Japan

Listen, I just want to touch on the subject REALLY quickly because a reader asked why I hadn't yet, and said that I may come off as materialistic and someone who doesn't care about it.

The reason I haven't done a post on Japan is because 1. This is shoe blog that I try to keep light and not at all too serious, and 2. Because I am traumatized. Seriously.

I don't mean to sound stupid or naive but I am super sensitive. I can't even watch the news because when I do I cry and sob and am an instant hot mess. I can't watch scary movies, especially scary movies about the world ending because I will have stress and anxiety and crazy nightmares for months afterward. I am SO sorry for what has happened over there and what continues to happen but I just can't talk/write about it. I won't do the situation justice. There are blogs out there with more information and better writing skills.

So please know that my heart is there even if my blog isn't. There isn't an hour that passes that I don't think of those people and what a horrifying situation they are all in. About how I wish I were the kind of person who could pack up my stuff and fly my ass over there to do whatever I could to help.

If you want an amazing first hand account of what happened from a fellow fashion blogger, check out Rumi's post HERE. She has some great links too.

Thanks for understanding.