Guess What's Back

I keep you working that/Hermes Birkin Bag/Manolo Blahnik Timbs/Aviator lens/600 Drop/Hercedes Benz/The only time you wear Burberry [is] to swim

I wouldn't mind a Hercedes. Ahem.

If it's nice, bring it out twice seems to be the message Manolo Blahnik is conveying. The brand's take on timbs for girls - remember Beyonce rocked them in '03 Bonnie and Clyde? - was just re-issued. They've switched up the heel from brown to black this go-around but I don't know, would you wear them? Let's just hope they don't bring back the baseball outfit Blue Ivy's mom wore in the video...

Even Jenny From The Block wore them in this video of well, Jenny From The Block. But I'll be honest, I didn't notice because of all the deliberate ass shots. Ben Afleck must miss it. I'm going to go and do more squats now.

Yes, We're Back To This Topic

Not every girl is a sneakerhead. This is a fact. Just like not every guy knows the A-Z of kicks. However, it's no secret that here at theblagg, we frown on women who wear funny style shoes as a way of being "down." Ok, maybe frown is a mild term. Honestly, if you want to wear sneakers, then wear sneakers. If you want to wear high heels, then do that. But don't bastardise the sneaker for the sake of some elevated, pseudo-cool look. That's really how we feel. With that being said, we have to give it up to the Herstar for these Custom Crystal NBA heels. Now, The Ordinary Girl would not be caught dead in a pair but props are due. And here's why.



Some women like to feel involved in their man's passion. Like, for instance, his love for basketball. But they know that they don't have to sacrifice who they really are to fit in. They don't have to wear oversized jerseys and put away the make-up kit on Sunday because that's game night. But they do like to feel and look supportive. Some girls actually don't do this a relationship bonding excercise. They may just like the sport but can't be bothered to wear flats. They love the NBA like any other dude but don't feel they have to leave who they are in the bedroom once the players step onto the court. These Herstar heels allow them to do that. Forget wearing your heart on your sleeve. You can wear it on your shoes if you're a die-hard fan. The Ordinary Girl wouldn't do this but she gets it. What she still doesn't get is this:


 

And I love Beyonce too but hot-damn, why do these exist? Isabel Marant can miss me with all that. Can we agree that we're not ever condoning these wedge sneakers, ladies?

  Oh, you're just going to leave me standing here by myself, huh?
 
Ugh.

Bone-chilling Style

By now you must have figured out that The Ordinary Girl likes googling shoes when she's meant to be 9to5ing. So I came across these gaw-jus DSquared2 heels. According to Sicka Than Average (which is where I jacked these babies from), the DSquared2 designers, Dean and Dan Caten's "Fall 2010 footwear offerings boast an anthropological bent, with curved heels that mimic the stacked vertebrae along a spinal column."



Tweets have also gone bananas over these shoes because apparantly AKeys wore them when she performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. We love Alicia and are glad we can agree on something seeing that her hair game has been sloppy lately. Blame it on the pregnancy, right?



These shoes retail for $1275 - $1650 so go online if you're not faint-hearted and if you have good credit.



In other Mrs Beats news (see how we do that? Give you two posts in one? Where they do that at?), have you guys seen this? What do you make of this "virtual instrument"?

While I Was Waiting...

...for some business to make cents I was thinking about what a difference a pair of heels or any feminine shoes makes. The other day I met up with our good friend from Colour Filimi and mid-discussion about some women's stalker tendencies, he looks down at my feet and goes; "You? Pumps? Nike doesn't make Pumps!"

Much like that scene in Love and Basketball where Gabrielle Union's pre-Dwayne Wade's hoochie ass turns to Monica and says "Dang girl, I didn't know Nike made dresses!" Uh-huh. This is the dress she was wearing before Q took it off to pop the cherrie.



But I digress. This afternoon I was on a taxi back to my place and a primary school friend got on. My armpits began getting pins and needles but I smiled through the uncomfortable silence. Primary School Girl - quite the feminine one back in the day - was all breath mints and blingy and whatnot. I however, the eternal tomboy, was wearing R29,99 Mr Price wedges. Convo was alright til she saw the wedges and decided The Ordinary Girl was now a girly-girl and therefore not one who is very bright. Or at least that's the impression I got.

So the thing that I was thinking about while I was waiting is: does wearing feminine shoes make you less worthy? I know, I know, too much depth for a Sunday but hey. Thing is, I'd buy Nike shoes for girls - IF they made great ones. But truth is that they don't. I know, I've been to Shesha. And laughed. And that's why I can't see myself wearing Puma pumps or Gladiator Sandal SBs.

AND most of all, this is why I don't understand Y-3's sneaker heels. Look:








However, Dude says "they look pretty from the side." Me? I'm still not convinced. And no, I don't know if other people will continue to look down on me when I'm wearing girls shoes or if they'll think I got my own CD, and baby if they don't dig me I'm the same ol' G just because I'm wearing Yohji's funky sneaker heels. These are just my thoughts while I'm waiting for things to make cents so make of it what you will blagettes.