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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

July 10, 2015 by Robert J. Avrech 7 Comments

“There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.” —Greta Garbo, 1931 — “There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.”
—Greta Garbo, 1931

Friday Footwear

January 10, 2014 by Robert J. Avrech 8 Comments

Robby the Robot and Anne Francis, Forbidden Planet, 1956. — Even Robby the Robot knows the way to Anne Francis’ heart is through footwear, *Forbidden Planet*, 1956.

ObamaCare is creating financial and healthcare instability for millions of Americans. Foreign governments have come to understand that Obama has no interest in asserting America’s dominant role in world affairs. Thus, our allies despair, even as IslamoNazis ruthlessly fill the void created by Obama’s policies of appeasement.

In reaction to the prevailing political gloom, footwear designers are concentrating on clever, witty designs that will make women feel good about themselves. The stark and scary stilettos of past seasons have given way to fanciful designs that will draw happy smiles as you strut your stuff.

Seraphic Secret has done the hard work of combing through various collections and picking the looks which should make these hard times more wearable.

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Friday Footwear: The Best of Times, The ObamaCare of Times

November 15, 2013 by Robert J. Avrech 11 Comments

Silent star Julanne Johnston, 1924, wearing very odd shoes. Not a clue. — Silent star Julanne Johnston (1900 – 1988) in 1924, wearing very odd shoes that don’t seem to go with her princess outfit. Julanne’s most famous role was opposite Douglas Fairbanks Sr., in *The Thief of Baghdad*, 1924. This seems to be a production shot from that film. Julanne was also aboard William Randolph Hearst’s yacht, The Oneida, in 1924, when producer Thomas Ince died of a heart attack. Julanne retired in 1930, and lived a quiet life with her family.

Hollywood’s greatest era, the 1930’s, gave birth to two luminous and entertaining genres: the screwball comedy, and the lush musical.

It is no coincidence that these escapist movies, filled with glamorous women swimming in fur and jewels, and painfully handsome men in perfectly tailored tuxedos, were produced during the depths of the Depression.

You might think that audiences would resent these carefree swells whose only worry was the next martini, and the eternal love triangle. But for several years, audiences escaped their daily woes, and lived through the fantasies of the silver screen.

Today, America is not in a depression. But Americans are depressed. Across the aisle, Americans recognize that this country is in trouble. ObamaCare is an unmitigated disaster. Millions are suffering. And millions more will be forced to suffer by this horrendous collectivization being forced on the American people.

Fashion reacts to uncertainty and disaster as did Hollywood in the 1930’s: with great dollops of extravagance, and wit. Seraphic Secret sees a trend in ladies footwear, with designers reaching beyond the anxious here and now, and offering customers a taste of fashion transcendence.

The Art of High Heels

June 6, 2013 by Robert J. Avrech 17 Comments

Freud famously asked: “What do women want?”

Poor Sigmund, obsessively seeking an answer in the murky depths of the subconscious. Really, all he had to do was look around, and down, to realize that women want… shoes.

Designer Boyarde Messenger’s hand painted collection of Charlotte Olympia pumps for Neiman Marcus is for women who want shoes and art. Messenger cleverly uses famous paintings to create high heels that are also high art.

Friday Footwear: Cool Tootsies

August 3, 2012 by Robert J. Avrech 15 Comments

automotivator(106) — Photo by Nina Leen for Life magazine, 1947.

Millions of Americans are out of work. The federal deficit is a crime. We are on the edge of a double dip recession.

What to do?

Fashion designers are banking on happy, unexpected colors to dress up your tootsies.

Seraphic Secret has done the hard work of combing through the 2013 footwear collections and picking the very best designs. We’ve made sure to choose some nice, comfortable flats so you can stand in line at Chick-fil-A in support of religious speech.

Alas, Seraphic Secret only eats kosher food, but we join the Chicken-fil-A line in spirit and solidarity.