Hindustan Times
Wear shoes that are even slightly tight, and you will be unable to stand. Try running in shoes that are not meant for that purpose, and your feet will hurt for weeks
After all my sneering about women and handbags in previous editions of this column, I now have to try and defend the male of the species. I’ve always found it extraordinary that women are prepared to pay as much for a handbag as the rest of us would pay for a small car. It isn’t that the bag itself is particularly expensive to make. Markups of 800% or more are routine. But clever marketers have persuaded women that an ‘it’ bag or a limited edition handbag are so desirable that the prices should bear no relation to the cost of manufacture.
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12:07 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Christian, Gucci, JImmy Choos, Loubotin, Manolo Blahnik, Parda, Ragazze
Sex and the City became a metaphor for the emancipation of urban, Western women
I wrote, a few weeks ago, about one difference between the sexes in this age of androgyny and gender equality: the attitude to hairdressers. Now, I think I’ve found another one: Sex and the City. We’ve always divided popular culture into gender-based categories. Superman, Batman and Terminator are boys’ movies. Weepy films and such TV soap operas as The Bold and the Beautiful appeal mainly to women.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:54 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Manolo Blahnik, Sex and City, The bold and beautiful
There are two kinds of rock stars
What are the great albums of the early 1970s? Some of the answers are obvious enough. Abbey Road by The Beatles (though it was released at the end of 1969); Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones; Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan; Who’s Next by The Who; Runes (the one with no title) by Led Zeppelin; and (controversial choice) LA Woman by The Doors.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 1:08 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Abbey Road, Elton John, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sticky Fingers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones
