Valentino Garavani masters the Flip Flops
Valentino on a flip flop is something out of left field. These things are pretty killer. Aren’t they Rocking? I stand for the red ones just because they are wild. It’s like something Mickey Mouse’s wife would wear. Am I lying? The conservative fashion-snob side of me is a little shocked by this… I mean, it’s VALENTINO the Last Emperor of Italian Fashion on a FLIP FLOP, people!!
If you know anything about my taste in fashion or read my previous blogs on myspace, then you will know that flip flop do not fit on my block. But I might just have to let these slide.
I’m not really big into flip-flops. Sure, there were those uber-Californians and those “hood” Caribbeans in my high school who wore their battered flip-flops faithfully through fall. I’ve seen flip flops of all types growing up from Rockaway, Queens to Long Beach, Long Island. It just never spoke class or high fashion to me.
The ones I had were never that comfortable, plus they always felt somehow de-masculined. Maybe its the THONG toe thing.
Then, on my quest for cool new trends I discovered something from Valentino Garavani. Still not for me, but for ladies- here is something I won’t write up for a future article.
Included are some pictures of a few other creations by the Itallian power house. Still better than what I saw on Beach 90th last summer.
By Haskell Jules
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