Rosemary Mac Cabe on Back Row

That Valentino video is really troubling somehow. The models look like newborn foals and it feels really dehumanizing. But I do remember being thrilled by the McQueen shoes (although I was also thrilled by the Jeffrey Campbell platform booties that were so emblematic of the noughties, so this possibly has less to do with my having good taste than it does with my buying into any and all fashion trends. See also, the Isabel Marant wedge sneakers I bought – and eBayed due to feeling ridiculous in them – more than once…)