The aches and pains of wearing heels was once considered a rite of passage. But a night out in the Valley shows fashions are changing.
When I first headed out to Fortitude Valley as an 18-year-old, the occasion prompted the ultimate makeover: hair styled, full face of make-up, and the outfit.Not a high heel in sight in Brunswick Street on a Saturday night.From then on, the mission was always to look drop-dead gorgeous and survive a whole night of dancing without taking them off.
I had the same confused facial expression I usually reserve for maths. Why on earth were they wearing short dresses or skirts with sneakers? How mismatched! Gardner doesn’t think sneakers are a great look, but she says it “saves the barefoot image”, adding: “It will be interesting to see how long it will hang around.”In fashion shoots she’s doing now, she sees white sneakers are on the way out.
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