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August 28, 2009
Friday Footwear: The Frum Feminist Edition
A few days ago, Frum Feminist, a Friday Footwear star—for a flashback, click here—called with some very exciting news.
“I got a new pair of shoes.”
“Mazal Tov.”
“I was at Nordstrom's and they just, you know, called out to me.”
“Were they on sale?”
“I wish.”
“What brand?”
I know, I know, I'm sooooo shallow.
“Franco Sarto.”
“Oh, right, Karen has a bunch of his shoes.”
“These are really cute.”
I'm anxiously waiting for one woman—just one—to tell me that her shoes are, ”moderately cute.”
Anyhoo, let's go to the visuals.
Norma Shearer meets Shirley Temple. These casual pumps have that great Hollywood Golden Age vibe. And the fashion fabulosity is the strap over the instep, and the patent leather toe box. Remember when you were a little girl wearily trudging off to school and the streets were still dark and you dreaded a surprise quiz from your math teacher, but, oh joy, your Mary Jane's shined like tiny black planets. Well, these are Mary Jane's all grown up.
Gosh, even one of the Hummels I inherited from my mother, Z'L, hopped off the shelf in the guest room, scooted down to the patio and climbed up to admire Frum Fems latest footwear. Who knew a Hummel could be that smart or mobile?
Not just cute, but footwear good for, um, walking, as Frum Fem demonstrates. No pain. Who said Seraphic Secret only features stratospheric footwear guaranteed to induce a lifetime of back pain. We're practical... sorta.
Karen and I wish all our friends and relatives a lovely and luminescent Shabbat.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at August 28, 2009 08:09 AM
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The Hummel guy gazing at her leg is kinda cute - and a little wicked :)
I like the shoes.
Where's the fun in moderately cute? or moderately anything?
You have yourselves a lumineschent shabbos too.
MH
Posted by: mata hari at August 28, 2009 09:29 AM
" ... A few days ago, Frum Feminist, a Friday Footwear star—for a flashback, click here—called with some very exciting news.
“I got a new pair of shoes.” ... "
well,
'this' time you got the technical lens/distance right, with no distortion parallax ;-)
and both the shoes and legs appear as they should be ...
Good Shabbos
Posted by: exdemexlib at August 28, 2009 09:43 AM
I am not a shoe person, but I really love these!
Posted by: Amy at August 28, 2009 10:14 AM
Those are great. And my scheme to will my unborn child into becoming a female by wearing heels throughout the pregnancy may have worked. : )
Posted by: Alice at August 28, 2009 11:03 AM
B"H
Norma Sheerer,...eh. I guess she was alright in The Women. (1939 - one of the best years in film ever.)
I'll take Greer Garson over her any day.
Shirley Temple? The Little Princess, now that was classic!
Posted by: Ben-Yehudah at August 30, 2009 01:19 AM
I love the lead photo -- FRAMED FOOTWEAR -- as well as that bottom shot, which has a paparazzi feel to it, ie. snapped while (name the celebrity) steps out.
Are we supposed to call you whenever we buy a new pair of shoes, Robert? If so, I have a lot of catch up phone calls to make. ;)
Posted by: Pearl at August 30, 2009 06:11 AM
I love those shoes!
Posted by: FeFe at August 30, 2009 06:55 AM
MH:
The Hummell is an innocent bystander:-)
Exdem:
I used my Canon Rebel for this shoot. Much better lens.
Amy:
Hope you can find the shoes locally.
Ben-Yehuda:
Poor Norma Shearer. Once the queen of MGM, her work has fallen into disfavor. A shame because she was an incredibly fine actress. Unfortunately, the Thalberg prestige vehicles in which she starred creak badly in this day and age. Funny thing about Greer Garson, for about 4 years she was the leading Hollywood star, but she too fell out of favor very quickly. It also did not help that she had terrible relations with the press.
Pearl:
Glad you like the pics. Frum Fem and I spent a lot of time trying to get them right.
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at August 31, 2009 09:47 AM
Alice:
I never heard that wearing high heels during pregnancy will bring forth a girl baby.
In-ter-esting.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at August 31, 2009 09:49 AM
Those shoes are way cute! The Hummel photo is funny :) I always enjoy seeing your photography - making the ordinary- extraordinary; and the extraordinary the spotlight it deserves.
Posted by: Rachel at September 1, 2009 08:00 AM
Rachel:
Thanks so much for the kind words.
Hummel's are just plain cute. Did you know that the Hummel company went out of business? Tragic.
Anyhoo.
I've been looking for a way to use one of my two Hummels in a photo shoot. Frum Fems new shoes provided the perfect opportunity.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at September 1, 2009 10:03 AM
Hi there Robert,
In a past life, I used to work in the figurine/crystal department of a department store, so I am familiar with those little guys :) I just looked up on Wikipedia that the production of Hummels continued in Feb. 09 (or at least was supposed to):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummel_figurines
Also look here: http://www.mihummel.com/home.asp
Alrighty, I hope you have a great day :)
take care,
Rachel :)
Posted by: Rachel at September 2, 2009 11:23 AM
Hi there Robert,
I tried posting this before but kept getting a message that the message have to wait for approval (usually it's posted automatically) - anywho...
I just wanted to let you know that the Hummels live! - the production of them have continued as of Feb. 2009 (as per Wikipedia: . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummel_figurines
Here's the Hummel website: http://www.mihummel.com/home.asp
Happy Hummeling! :)
Posted by: Rachel at September 3, 2009 06:21 AM