The main character's shoes are stolen at a baby-shower when the hostess asks her to leave them at the door because she has small children crawling about. The hostess refuses to pay back the money for the missing $485 shoes because she feels she shouldn't pay for her single friend's extravagant and irresponsible choices.
To prove a point the protagonist registers herself at Manolo Blahnik, in recognition of her just-announced marriage to herself. The mother now has to replace the shoes but at the store, the shop assistant asks the mother to either keep her children from toughing the shoes or leave them at the door.
It is the perfect example of that American way of challenging the "natural" order. And it is also a very interesting picture of the self sufficient career super-woman who not only chooses to be selfish but feels she should be rewarded it. I'm not saying all women should be mothers and house-makers, Simone de Beauvoir refused and challenged that role too, but she didn't dedicate her life to shoes either.
I therefore claim my right to boots.
2 comments:
Very good work - image, text and concept.
I see it as challenging both traditional and contemporary roles, it's not Simone de Beauvoir, not Sex and the City, it's just anti- without using any already given concept.
Ah, sorry, it is overexposed a bit :)
if this means (a bit) overexposed, than i can only wish i overexposed more often :-)))
it's perfect!!!
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