It’s Friday so that means it’s time that we take a bow peep at another SS09 footwear trend. This morning the Despotic Queen took to ‘Twitter’ to ask the masses what SS09 trend they’d like to know more about (look at me being all inclusive) and the lovely Shelby Marie from P!NK suggested moccasins (clutches pearls). Instead of slamming her fingers in the car door for typing such suggestions, I explained moccasins were covered last winter (look at me being nice) and we’d be looking at lacing.
Now the SS09 parades are a distant memory (is it wrong that I’m chomping at the bit for the AW10 collections?) I (foolishly) anticipated this would be a 15 / 20 pic micro trend. WRONG! I was forced to stop at 37 (known designers) who have used lacing, but I know of another 10 more.
Scroll down and you’ll see Designers have used everything from thick rope (Hardy), ribboning (Gaultier) and delicate leather thonging (Steiger). The styling is varied, Camilla Skovgaard used corset styling lacing to trim her heel counters, while at Manish Arora, Raphael Young used thick strapping that laced aggressively up the leg. Ann Demeulmeester and Doo.R’s fetish inspired sandals have the most skirt-lifting appeal, while at Vuitton it looks like Marc Jacobs got busy with a hot glue gun and the contents of Imelda’s drag bag.
Should my beloved Imeldettes be bullish enough to give this trend a crack then heed Mother’s advise - unless you’ve been blessed (like Imelda) with the bone structure of a sparrow don’t tie anything thicker than dental floss around your ankle. Trust me, your ankle isn’t a Christmas ham so there’s no need to truss it like one.
Because it can't get any better than this....
I'm not always wow'd by Hussein Chalayan (he can be to Yoko Ono 'MOTHER of the AVANTE GARDE') but petty pants / panty girdle begone - besides sitting is so last season!
