Une Femme Libre

Last spring I had the good fortune of doing a week-long work experience at the big ad agency in Soho, London: Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH). During my brief time there, I had a work experience colleague, in her final year of 6th form, who was... for lack of better words, dim-witted. And as we know, the dim-witted can be source of laughter and entertainment for the slightly sharper-witted. Now, this workplace is already maxed out with brilliance. The dress-code is so laid back, I saw employees wearing 'distressed' jeans - but never without a fashionable turn up at the hem, paired with honey-oak colored Oxfords and a patterned button-up T-shirt. Free breakfast is served every day until 9:30, and Tuesdays and Thursdays are very special: bagel breakfast day. There's a free and fully equipped coffee and tea bar, complete with charming baristas, open all working day. Yoga classes are held in the mornings for those who are apt to waking up and starting their days a little earlier t...

Did you know high heels were originally invented for men? I know right. The most impractical, uncomfortable, and restrictive shoes were designed for and worn by the 'stronger sex'. In fact, contrary to the popular opinion that Europe (specifically Paris) is fashion-central, heels were brought to Europe from Persia by emissaries of the  Shāh Abbās I in the early 1600s. They actually used to serve a practical purpose. #shocker Historically, the Persian cavalry wore heeled shoes so that their feet fit into their stirrups better. After all, nobody likes falling off a horse going full gallop mid-battle. In fact, high heeled shoes have been dated as far back as 3500 B.C. when Egyptian butchers wore them to walk over the floors of their shops inevitably covered in the blood and guts of the carved up animals. And these butchers were all - you guessed it - men. (I know I know.. total badassery!!) (More on the history and development of high heels -  http://history-of-heels.we...