by Amazona on November 24, 2009
I think I’m missing something. It seems as if the ENTIRE world has gone crazy for Twilight and the Totty Two-some that is ‘Edward’ and ‘Jacob’. Every day my Facebook updates are full of new converts with friends statuses proclaiming their love for for one, or both, of the hot, young men after seeing New Moon. I’m lost - what is it about the films and these two that have women from 14-40 yrs old behaving as if they’ve got a teenage crush? I’ve got no idea.
I am told it’s because ‘Edward’ embodies some of the ultimate desirable traits in a man such as romanticism, strength, gentleness but with a dangerous edge. Er.. ok. Maybe I’m just still in my bad boy phase but I like a man to be buff, dark and sporty - not all pale, dead and lean.
Well, maybe Robert Pattinson is just a little bit more interesting to me following the recent revelation that he only used to date tall girls. The British heart-throb is 6ft 1stated in a recent article that he used to only be attracted to women the same height as him.
“I used to go for these tall Amazonian girls but now I like anything! …”
Robert is rumoured to be dating his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart and has said that, obviously now more mature at 23, he is more interested in intelligence than good looks.
“I like smart people like Tina Fey, she is the sexiest woman. I always thought I would get more girls after I got involved in movies. And it never, ever happened! I thought, ‘I’m going to be a big movie star and I want to go out with some models!’ ”
Uh huh… “want to go out with some models” ? Seems like young Pattinson is dipping his toe into the average-height girls pool but is holding out for one of us lovely, tall women to sweep him off his feet. So, sorry to my friend Michaela who’s only around 5ft2, but I think this will make my friend Liz (6ft), a massive Twilight fan who got to meet the lovely ‘Edward’ the other day, feel like Christmas has come early!
by Amazona on November 13, 2009
Hmm.. Flats…For me they are something akin to tweed mid-calf skirts, school PTA meetings and suburbia. They’re all comfort and no style. No glamour. They are what librarians wear in mid-Wales.
I think my aversion to flats could be due to my inability to get heels in my size (UK 11, US 13) until my early 20’s. It felt as though I was the only girl in the world who was forced to be frumpy. You know how it is – as a teenage girl, heels are the epitome of glamour, sophistication and most importantly – adulthood. I remember feeling completely excluded from what I saw as one of the main transformations from girl to woman.
Well, after several years of seeking out heels of all sizes and shapes from all over the world, my collection is now extensive. So extensive in fact that is has excluded any flat shoes at all. I may have some low heels (couldn’t tell you when I last wore them) and several pairs of mid-heel wedge boots (which I live in) but flats? Proper, flipper-style flats that make my feet look like their size 18? Nope, not a pair.
My thoughts on why women (and particularly tall women) should wear heels are well known (see here), but even I have to acknowledge that many style icons, particularly the young Hollywood crowd are flats-fanatics. One of the UK’s most popular young celebrities, Alexa Chung, is rarely seen in heels - supermodel Agyness Deyn and actresses Emma Watson and Sienna Miller are also huge fans of this practical chic trend. But is it really practical if you are anything other than a size 6? I rarely look a woman and believe she looks truly amazing in flats. The way she walks, the angle of her posture, her perceived confidence - they’re all improved vastly by the addition of a heel.
Maybe I have to concede that flats are here to stay but even if Vogue broadcast that heels were ancient history in the fashion stakes, I don’t think I’d ever consider slipping on a ballet pump in place of an eelskin, cone-heeled boot. Maybe I’m just truly flat-phobic?!
(For you flats lovers with big feet - check out a selection here, or if you’re with me as a ‘flats facist’, then check out some fabulous heels here.)
