A high-concept time travel fantasy, Mandy Hubbard’s debut book Prada & Prejudice reminds us just how far we’ve developed mutually pitting twenty-first century personal freedoms against ancient nineteenth-century societal stricture. Hubbard’s first person writing style is engaging and direct. Her heroine Callie/Rebecca is endearingly angst ridden and insecure, unable to find herself at a teenage world flooded with designer clothing and perplexing priorities. By Callie/Rebecca’s motivation to help Emily break her engagement to a man thirty years her senior whom she does not love, and influencing Alex, the Duke of Harksbury to change his views out of wedlock children, arranged marriages, and of course having an arrogant aristocrat, she directly addresses issues such as primogeniture and feminism before knowing it. She’s simply being herself, direct and outspoken. Additionally, being Rebecca changes Callie’s perspective as she slowly realizes that by traveling thousands of miles to England, or back two hundred years into the past, she can’t escape who she is. Wherever you go there you are! Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, her red shoes aren’t her ticket to pleasure. It was there all along, waiting to be discovered, in herself.
A high-concept time traveling dream, Mandy Hubbard’s debut novel Prada & Prejudice reminds us how much we’ve evolved socially pitting twenty-first century private freedoms against ancient nineteenth-century social stricture. Hubbard’s first person writing style is engaging and direct. Her heroine Callie/Rebecca is endearingly angst ridden and insecure, struggling to find herself in a teenage world teeming with designer clothing and perplexing priorities. From Callie/Rebecca’s motivation to help Emily break her engagement to a man thirty years her senior whom she does not love, and affecting Alex, the Duke of Harksbury to alter his views on out of wedlock kids, arranged marriages, and of course being an arrogant aristocrat, she addresses issues like primogeniture and feminism before being aware of it. She’s simply being herself, outspoken and direct. In addition, being Rebecca changes Callie’s perspective as she slowly realizes that by travel thousands of miles to England, or back two hundred years to the past, she can’t escape who she is. It was there all along, waiting to be found, in herself.
A high-concept time traveling dream, Mandy Hubbard’s debut novel Sepatu High Heels Prada Orologi& Prejudice reminds us how much we’ve evolved socially pitting twenty-first century private freedoms against ancient nineteenth-century social stricture. Hubbard’s first person writing style is engaging and direct. Her heroine Callie/Rebecca is endearingly angst ridden and insecure, struggling to find herself in a teenage world teeming with designer clothing and perplexing priorities. From Callie/Rebecca’s motivation to help Emily break her engagement to a man thirty years her senior whom she does not love, and affecting Alex, the Duke of Harksbury to alter his views on out of wedlock kids, arranged marriages, and of course being an arrogant aristocrat, she addresses issues like primogeniture and feminism before being aware of it. She’s simply being herself, outspoken and direct. In addition, being Rebecca changes Callie’s perspective as she slowly realizes that by travel thousands of miles to England, or back two hundred years to the past, she can’t escape who she is. It was there all along, waiting to be found, in herself.
Light, bright, and sparkly, Prada & Prejudice has made a grand entrance in the emerging Young Adult fiction genre. It is not a Jane Austen sequel per se, but gently nods with reverence in Pride and Prejudice, introducing a hero and heroine whose relationship and attributes readers will recognize in Austen’s famous literary bunch Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Together with Austen being the grandmother of chick-lit, We’ve seen this premise used several times before in modern books; Bridget Jones’ Diary, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Twilight, and in the films You’ve Got Mail and Lost in Austen to name a few. If Prada & Prejudice represents the next generation in Austen inspired fiction aimed for young readers (and those young at heart) we are on very good footing indeed. Nicely done. I recommend it highly for those needing a fast escape, and a hearty laugh.Thanks Prada for once again completely befuddling me when it comes to high fashion. Because while I certainly love the layouts of classic American cars, I’d never have thought to employ their legendary spoilers and taillights to high-heeled shoes.But that’s exactly what the company has done with their 2012 spring collection. At least to a part of the shoe lineup, with absurd looking layouts featuring automotive components like spoilers, wings, lights, chrome accents, as well as flames which hearken back to the hot rod culture of the 1950s. I’ve no idea how much these monstrosities will cost, but using a Prada logo somewhere on the market you can guarantee they’ll be costly. But I am certain that won’t stop fashionistas from snatching them up.
The origin of the problem was the small sockettes which a few of the women were given to wear. “This created the sneakers slippery,” she said.However, she conceded that when the shoes from Prada’s spring/summer collection reached shops, the heels are lower.Just how high do heels need to go before somebody takes some time on this cruel and unusual clinic, which must rival foot-binding in its own blind indifference to comfort and safety? Can we really require a broken ankle before someone says: “Basta! “Athletes wouldn’t be sent out on the track with running shoes that weren’t perfectly suitable for the task. So why expect professional versions – some of whom are barely out of their teens and with minimal experience of walking on a catwalk – to play in sneakers which would make the average woman in the road run a mile?Throughout daily, the “Prada takes a tumble” factor – as the International Herald Tribune’s Suzy Menkes dubbed it was the discussion of the front rows.Several fashion experts admitted they’d found it difficult to focus on the clothes because of a grim fascination with the faltering footsteps from the gravity-defying shoes. If this trend were perpetrated solely by male designers, then possibly fixated by a fantasy woman in towering stilettos, it might possibly be easier to understand, but not excuse.But when the designer is a woman, with a self-confessed history of designing for girls, it is tougher to accept.Miuccia Prada, of course, is not the only offender. Also in Milan, girls in the Francesco Scognamiglio show earlier in the week had a difficult time walking.
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Plus it is fairly common, whether on the catwalks of New York, London, Milan or Paris, to find girls slipping out of the shoes and walking barefoot, high heels hand, to finish their “departure”.Away from the catwalk, too, the skyscraper heel and the platform sole are the shoe du jour, but the wearer is usually only choosing her way gingerly to a waiting limo – she doesn’t face a 100ft strut in front of an audience of hundreds, and of course that the movie cameras as well as the telephoto lenses of the world’s photographers, all of them poised to record for posterity any fictitious step.Naomi Campbell’s famous topple out of her nearly 12in high Vivienne Westwood mock-croc platforms at the designer’s Anglomania show in Paris in 1993 has become the stuff of style legend.Naomi’s pride may have been dented, and she had been tumbling on to soft carpet, which slightly cushioned her fall. But at least she giggled.No one is laughing today. -
Amazing “vintage” leather strap crosshatch toe prada heels! Apple green with brown wood heel. Heel is 4″. These were purchased in Milan in 90s. Base and all straps are genuine leather. Heel is dark chocolate wood. No signs of wear on outside of either shoe.
There is minor wear on the inside sole near the foot pad, but for 20+ year old shoes they are in perfect condition!! Very rare!
Type:
Pumps
Size:
US 7
Width:
Regular (M, B)
Brand:
Prada
Color:
Green
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