I was flicking through my March edition of Vogue, as you do, when my eye alighted on these adverts for Celine.  I am a huge devotee and happily lapped up the sharp tailoring with gentle flare, the feminine take on boyish charm…

..the elegant simplicity, the aspirational something you can’t quite put your finger on, the WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?? I took a closer look…

Slap me with a cold, wet fish…but what are those?  And I am still in shock as to what offends me more – the orthopeadic style? or the BLUE FUR INSOLE IN A SUMMER SANDAL??? In a shoot beside a SWIMMING POOL??????

I find myself viewing this paradox of multi faceted distortion through a lens of wonder with eyes slightly popping and mouth agog..

Are we looking at the modern version of the Emperor’s new clothes of  acceptance without question? A story of pictures where powerful fashion houses can impose a narrative, a romance onto things that intrinsically have no attractiveness and that we blindly follow?…Cheer and wave pretty flags because it is Celine..

Or is it that when set against each other, ugly displays beauty better?

Or is it an engrossing, original, provocative comment on life that perfection is always unattainable?

Or is it a secret signal to say book your foot op now because no-one will guess…

I am a girl who likes her mixes – high end with a t-shirt or these joseph trousers – joggers, but made in silk.  Delish.

But I will always hold true to the Shaker philosophy ‘Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.’

Utterly banal or totally profound, I give you this pair of shoes from Webster Shoes:

At £69.00 probably a snip of the price and easily accessorized with a bit of fur….suitable for arthritis, diabetic foot, poor circulation, swollen feet and ankles…and bunions.

Laters, Kate x