On the topic of wardrobe malfunctions, I remember another time while walking around the City. My hands were laden with shopping bags after a reconnaissance trip for one of my personal styling clients. And when I say laden, I mean laden. After a consultation with my client, she wanted a whole new wardrobe overhaul so you can imagine the number of bags I had in my hands and balanced on my arms…all I was short of, was looping some of the handles over my shoulders! So, back to the story, I was walking around the City, glancing into stores windows, admiring the styles of ladies and gentlemen passing me on the street. Now you know how busy pathways get in the City. It’s like a rush hour traffic all of its own accord. Seriously, sometimes there is a real need for a traffic light system from 7am-9am, 12pm – 2pm and 5pm – 7pm, and an education on walking on the left, just like traffic!
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a professional looking woman walking confidently down the street. She looked amazing! Beautiful trouser suit, eye-catching statement necklace, hair and makeup impeccable and the most fantastic high-heels I’d seen until that point of the day (I work in fashion, I see many, many amazing pairs of shoes per day!). She was in a hurry, trying to dodge the onslaught of human traffic when suddenly her heel got caught on the pavement and her heel snapped right off! It was awful! Any woman can relate to the horror of snapping a heel in public – aside from the upset of one of your favourite pairs of heels gone in point sixty seconds, it’s the sheer inconvenience of trying to hobble from one foot to the next, with alternating heights. In fact, it’s pretty impossible and the only thing you can do is make a beeline straight to the nearest store that sells something remotely like footwear to tide you over until you get back to the office, store or suite.