109 pairs of shoes = the price of a house
in the bluefly video kellyoxford linked to, leandra aka the man repeller said she has 73 pairs of shoes… “not counting the 36 pairs in the hamptons.” not just any shoes. designer shoes.
i did a bit of quick math: of the shoes she mentions, the YSL retailed for 950 US (if she got them on bluefly, she probably paid 700). the thakoon by giuseppe zanotti “are those chihuahuas?” boots - retailed for 1,125$. if you were curious, yes, you could actually buy two chihuahuas for that price if you wanted to.
a conservative estimate of the value her shoe collection?
(109 pairs, at 500$ each)
54,500$
yeah. that’s pretty much the cost of the average undergraduate education in canada. that’s about 4,000 dollars more than the annual median income of an american family. and may i point out… that’s just her shoes.
so… now can we start talking about how fashion blogs are not realistic, attainable fashion goals for young girls to aspire to? can we talk about how they are recreating the very same standards and norms fashion magazines have for decades?
i’m also curious, though: these sorts of discussions often stay in the realm of personal attacks (i’m thinking namely of the “gala darling has a trust fund” accusations/denials, the “jane aldridge is a spoiled brat” name calling). how do we move away from judgemental tones about these specific individuals who present a kind of fashion fantasy of bottomless bank accounts and endless closets, to actual thoughtful criticism about the accessibility and radical potential of fashion? about how revolutionary clothing and fashion can be? about how we can be creative with our style, our sartorial presentation without having rich parents or a trust fund?
