Runway Road Kill
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 3:20PM
I guess sashaying down the runway is becoming a lost art. Models seem to keep toppling over becoming runway road kill. It's happening so much CNN had edited together a little video for us to chuckle at.
I think the more important question at hand is, are the shoes the runway models are expected to wear too high for them to safely strut their stuff? I for one know how hard it is to walk in 4 inch heels, never mind 10 inch heels like the Armadillo featured in one of the last shows of late Alexander McQueen, resulting in three models refusing to wear them.
Can we really blame them? Models have to do quick changes, walk a certain pace to keep the show flowing, give attitude and are now expected to do it on stilts. Fashion has no mercy I guess. I don't envy these girls one bit.
Here's a clip from one of my favorite Sex And The City Episodes, Season 4. Carrie eats it on the runway and her BGFF (best gay friend forever) Stanford screams "She's fashion road kill!" Fitting for the topic at hand don't you think?
Do you think it's too dangerous for models to be wearing heels that are practically stilts on therunway? Post your comments please.
Alexander McQueen,
Fashion,
Models,
Sex and the City 

Reader Comments (3)
aww.. the posts all lost.
Sal, I was trying to update things on the site and had a technical difficulty. I put it back together best I could. Sorry if it lost your original comment. Thanks for following.
I think some times designers have this impossible vision between fashion and gravity, Platform stilts might look good on paper,but do not translate well in reality.