THE SOUR TASTE OF AUSTRALIA’S DESIGNER KNOCKOFF PANDEMIC

The Palace of Despotism is on lock down, security has been amped up, Imelda has her shoes packed, the G5 is fuelled, I’m bubble wrapping my touchstone of tyranny (as I write this post), the removalists have already shipped the 'Maid of Nuremberg' and my (famed) crypt leaving Yum Yum to take a final inventory before I lock her into her travel cage in preparation for the stit storm to end ALL stit storms.

Oh FUCK! It feels like February 25, 1986, all over again!

Tonight the Despotic Queen (along with a number of industry experts) is set to feature in an exposé on Australia’s highest rating current affairs program, Today Tonight. The top rating program will cover a range of topic's, including the issue of blatant designer knock offs which in Imelda's opinion are "raping the Australian Footwear market of creativity and originality".

The report was filed by the Despotic Queen’s esteemed blogging colleague (now uber television Producer), Patty ‘Frockwiter’ Huntington (to whom I'll be eternally grateful).

Tune in to the Seven network at 6.30 (AEST).

* please note that a) I no longer have a beard, b) I do not wish to imply that the shoe (I'm tonguing) in the above photograph is a designer knock-off and c) YES, that IS Imelda's infamous 'merciless tongue of tyranny'.