None the less, here I am, blogging to procrastinate. All I have to do is strip my bed, remove my nail varnish, get work clothes ready, tidy my room and remake my bed... Erm, sure.
Anyway, few things to say. First things first, Lady Gaga.
At the MTV Video Music Awards the other night, she caused her usual stir by wearing a dress made from meat. Erm, ok... Apparently it was designed by Franc Fernandez, who it would seem has designed a few of her other outrageous outfits (like that chain mail piece in her video for Bad Romance).
So what is my point of bringing this up? Well quite honestly, I find it a disgusting thought, but I am the sort of person who doesn't really eat meat in the first place (no, not vegetarian, just don't really eat it often) and I can't stand raw meat. It makes me want to be sick. HOWEVER, and this is a big however - we did put it in capitals after all - credit where credit is due, this is an amazing piece. It's an amazing design and the amount of work that must have gone into it is truly mind boggling.
(picture found from a Google search leading me here)
Look at the shape of it, it hugs to all the right curves and has the right shape of a classic dress. The cuts of meat that have been used on the front and side almost give a corseted look and I only wish (sort of) I knew what cut of meat must have been used to create the bottom of this dress.
She has been quoted by multiple sources as saying that part of the reasoning behind this dress is to show "[she] is not a piece of meat" but who knows the entire reasoning. Also, who knows if it is even real, because quite frankly, if it is, it must have stunk and she would have been very lonely all night! Haha.
Anyway, moving away from disgusting, slightly creepy things, and onto pretty, lustworthy things. As many of you have probably heard in the press coverage, Selfridges' Shoe Galleries completely open tomorrow. With events related to this opening running for a week until the 23rd. I'm super - or should that be shoeper? - excited about this opening, and it's been much awaited as far as I'm concerned. At first when I saw the plans for it (ahhh, the joys of being a Selfridges employee) I was a bit hesitant and couldn't help but think "really? You're really using these concepts?!" However (there's that bloody word again!) when I saw the first few galleries that opened about a month ago, I was pleasantly surprised. The concepts used (such as concrete and rust) actually genuinely do work. The space is very light and open, and beautiful. Just as they promised it would be.
So, all I can say is: Get your ass down tomorrow! Though be warned, the galleries are closing early (5.30pm to be exact) for a big celebrity party. I should perhaps be worrying whether or not this is top secret info, but seeing as it's going to be noticeably closed tomorrow, I'm assuming they'll give the real reason. Anyway, after tomorrow, as far as I know, the galleries will be open with the rest of the store from 9.30am until 9pm every day, Monday to Saturday; and from 11.30am until 6pm on Sundays. Ahh, such exciting stuff.
And to be honest, I'll be glad when this is all over, because then it means our tacky shoeper-hero will go away. Can't say I'm particularly keen on that "great" publicity idea, but y'know....
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