BigShinyThing » shoes http://www.bigshinything.com Emergent Culture Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:53:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dawn of the Depressionista http://www.bigshinything.com/dawn-of-the-depressionista http://www.bigshinything.com/dawn-of-the-depressionista#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:58:22 +0000 Anne-Fay http://www.bigshinything.com/?p=2546 hessian-shoeAll those jokes about sackcloth seem to have been taken rather literally by some high fashion labels. What else would explain Miu Miu‘s hessian heels, and the un-ironed look championed by sister label Prada? At the Oscars many stars wore styles redolent of 1930s fashion, building on a new, rather scary style trend — depression fashion. ‘Cos when you’re down to your last £270, a pair of Miu Miu shoes are clearly what you’re going to spend it on…

]]> http://www.bigshinything.com/dawn-of-the-depressionista/feed 0 Product Placement Eats Itself http://www.bigshinything.com/product-placement-eats-itself http://www.bigshinything.com/product-placement-eats-itself#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:40:09 +0000 Anne-Fay /?p=10 From advertising age, this story about a movie ‘non-placement’ that has created demand for a sneaker that doesn’t exist …

The unpaid inclusion of a nonexistent Adidas shoe in the movie The Life Aquatic has sparked a brisk consumer demand for the product. This custom-made version of the Adidas ‘Zissou’ is now for sale on eBay. Other Web sites provide instructions for making your own Zissous.

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