The Bata Economy
http://www.indi.ca/2008/08/the-bata-economy/ (www.indi.ca)
published: 2008-08-09 09:09:57 ( 5 months ago )fetched: 2008-08-09 10:15:19 ( 5 months ago )
The idiots at Zanzibar just look at your feet when you walk into a club. Bata, no Bata. I sorta understand pretentious nightclubs, but there's usually a metric beyond your footwear. I mean, if you look at UNVOGUE or something modern fashion extends beyond the foot. Plus wearing shoes at all in this heat is, IMHO, the worst vestige of colonialism. I mean, the President doesn't wear shoes, wtf. Plus girls wear slippy sandals all the time, and that's totally kosher. I guess there's the whole bathroom slipper thing, but Urban Thongs are urban. More to the [ ... ]
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