Fashion in Action! – Page 8

These Boots Weren’t Made For Walking…

Published on May 8, 2007

Gizmag, May 10, 2006

The Electric Cinderella shoes idea began as part of Simona Brusa Pasque’s thesis at the Interaction Design Institute in 2002 and was inspired by a beautiful woman who Simona interviewed for her thesis who wanted to be able to “intimidate her intimidators.” She wanted to be empowered without losing her femininity, to have the freedom to be sexy without fear.

The shoes certainly achieve that, offering 100,000 volts of high fashion stun gun power which can be activated by a control on the matching necklace. The weapon is hidden and when the wearer taps on the matching necklace an electric spark is displayed in the transparent tip, warning the would-be assailant to back off. The weapon is designed for a one time use, in case of emergency, by breaking the tip of the shoe.”

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Another Shoe Drops

Published on March 20, 2007

Condi has a thing for Italian shoes, as is well known. she was buying Ferragamos on 5th Avenue as New Orleans drowned – and remember this 2005 picture and the way the US media salivated over those boots?

“Rice’s coat and boots speak of sex and power — such a volatile combination, and one that in political circles rarely leads to anything but scandal. When looking at the image of Rice in Wiesbaden, the mind searches for ways to put it all into context. It turns to fiction, to caricature. To shadowy daydreams. Dominatrix! It is as though sex and power can only co-exist in a fantasy. When a woman combines them in the real world, stubborn stereotypes have her power devolving into a form that is purely sexual.”

Condi had better stick to buying those Italian spike heels on the mainland US from now on, because according to the former Milan CIA Chief, now indicted in Italy, it seems that whole dominatrix thing was even truer than the slavering US media thought.

Around that time, strutting around in her Italian boots, Condi Rice was ordering the abduction and torture of an Italian resident. From today’s Der Spiegel :

CIA AGENT ON THE RUN‘I’ve Got Nothing to Lose’

By Georg Mascolo in Washington

Robert Lady, the former CIA chief in Milan, has gone into hiding. He is the subject of an extradition order from Italian authorities for the role he played in the kidnapping of radical Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan. Washington is seeking to derail the trial — perhaps because Condoleezza Rice may have given the operation the green light.

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Comment of The Day

Published on February 9, 20072 Comments

This is just… eh, there’s no words for this. Found in the comments to Amanda’s post on the routine photoshopping of female images creating yet more mpossible ideals for women to feel bad for failing to live up to, comes this utter monstrosity, a photoshop makeover service for beauty pageant tots.

What's that coming over the hill...?

That is just so fucked, if I may be so uncivil.

The White Stuff

Published on February 3, 2007

Oh dear.

Make up your own jokes. I don’t think I need add anything.

Bull sperm hair treatment

A hairdresser is offering clients a new conditioning treatment made out of bull’s semen.

The 45-minute treatment costs £55 and uses semen from Aberdeen Angus bulls on a farm in Cheshire.

Hari’s, in Knightsbridge, London, combines the sperm with the root of protein-rich plant katera, reports Metro.

The mixture is massaged into the client’s hair after it has been shampooed. Then the customer is put under a steamer so the treatment penetrates the hair. Finally, it is blow-dried.

Salon owner Hari Salem said: “I have been searching for an organic product with a lot of protein because that is what hair is made of and lacks when it is dry.

“The semen is refrigerated before use and doesn’t smell. It leaves your hair looking wonderfully soft and thick.”

Jews have fundie nutters too

Published on January 27, 2007

See?

The clothes that were set on fire during the demonstration were collected by a haredi organization in the past few months in a door-to-door campaign held in haredi neighborhoods in Jerusalem. During the campaign, clothes deemed “immodest” were collected. Women rose to the challenge. The organization handed out coupons for “authorized shops” to those who handed over “forbidden clothing” so that they can buy new clothes.

In an announcement published by the rabbis, they clearly define what is forbidden to wear:

Tricot shirts

Lycra shirts and skirts

Open-collared shirts

Short and tight skirts

Skirts with a slit

Skirts with a straight cut

Long or bulky earrings

Clothes and bags in loud, flashy colors

Wigs that are too exclusive

Transparent or colorful stockings

Clunky shoes

The result: Violence
The war against immodesty has recently descended into violence. Extremists attacked women with various sprays who were wearing clothes that didn’t fit their criteria. Clothing stores in Jerusalem have also been hurt. One of the stores near the center of the city sustained an attack of bleach bottles. Tens of thousands of shekels of damage was caused to the merchandise.

Most of the list of verboten clothing is a variation the same old “that whore with her tight clothes makes me think of sex”, but clunky shoes?

Oh, and it’s not just that these clothes drive lustful thoughts in otherwise pure men; they’re to blame for “the troubles befalling Israeli people”; nothing to do with starting a racially segregated state on an ethnically cleansed territory while keeping a couple of million people locked up in bantustans even the old Apartheid regime would’ve admired while than.

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