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Saturday, June 11, 2005

First time in heels??? Worry not...

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Dearest all,
It is with great honor and pride for me to release my first entry under this new Fashion and Beauty column - answering to a question/ situation problem by one of my loyal-readers of my blog. (I wasn't expecting my first entry to be an entry of answering a q or something, mek budget like ala ala maybe my first one or two entries would be just something regarding general views on current fashion and beauty secrets and stuff - namun, mek sungguh terharu sudah ade dapat soalan dari pembaca! Oh mek terharu!!!)

"Dear LL,
i'm 23 years old and have been invited to be an usherette early next month. problem is, i've never ever put my toes inside high heels and never had a handbag.
all this selecting handbags and heels are just killing me. HELP!!" - uculer

Dearest Uculer,
It is never ever to late to learn anything in life (that also includes wearing heels first time dalam 23 tahun dalam kehidupan u ols!) and believe me dear, I quote what you said earlier on, "Problem is, I've never ever put my toes inside high heels and never had a handbag" - that's not a problem lah sayang (if size kasut pilihan hati anda tiada di 5 cawangan Vincci di KL, NOW THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM! Lol!!!). So, ok. First things first. People always say that erm, settle yang susah dulu, yang senang later on. In your case, if I may say so, getting yourself selesa with heels adalah our main priority; handbags, second. And kalau ikut teknik umum, we should settle kes heels dulu, correct? WRONG - in fashion wise (pada pendapat mek) settle yang senang dulu - sebab if you take things light and easy, hujung hari nanti, yang easy tu lah akan jadi susah (how? Yer lah - buatnye you cannot find the proper handbag to go with your dress ke ape ke? Lagi la susah) So lets settle bab handbag dulu.



Now, talking about handbags, I must ask you, what are you planning to wear? Since you tak soal me about costume wise, I assume you have no problem finding the correcto de purfecto dress as an usherette for the event. So decide what you're wearing, then only you could shop for a handbag. Shopping for a handbag can be an easy thing to do, provided you know what you're wearing and for what occassion lah kan. And for dinners, I would suggest something simple yet presentable; nothing too big as it'll look bulky plus it wouldn't go well with the event and back to square one, it might not match what you wear. Black is always the best choice as you can use the same handbag over and over again. Forget about buying a matching coloured handbag with your dress. Since this is your first handbag, I would suggest you find a black one, something at least muat la nak letak barang keperluan asas (handphone, compact, lipgloss and stuffs) - jgn la beli handbag yang nak masukkan handphone pun tak muat, ok? :) Owh and erm, try not to spend so much on handbags - you might need more than one so berpada2 beli setiap handbag itiew. I would suggest you try usya2 kat Sungai Wang Plaza... :)



Moving on about heels pulak, ok?



Now this not only requires the correct heel that matches well with what you're wearing, but, at the same time, you have to get yourself comfy with the heels. Tidak perlulah anda beli heels ala ala Supermodel tingginya - try to buy something yang ala ala nak kata tinggi tak tinggi, rendah tak rendah, ha...cam tu la. Beginners I would suggest 2 1/2"? 3"? Make sure you try 'em kat tempat you beli tu (if I may suggest, Vincci - murah berpada, ala ala affordable la kan - dan Vincci banyak selections sangat) - and once you try, bukan sekadar try, WALK in 'em kat kedai tu. Make sure yang you beli those heels juga berdasarkan konsep "Ya, kakiku puas dan tak sakit ketika pakai heels nih" dan juga "Senang jugak nak jalan ek in this heels? Hmmmm" - ok? Owh and don't get heels yang tumitnye very deerrr runcing sekals!!! Find yang heelsnye itiew ala ala tebal sikit so that it'll make things easier for you. Besides, you will be walking a lot so I expect you nak feel comfy bile berjalan kan? :) Dan colour heels tu again mestilah bersesuaian dengan dress/ what you're wearing itiew. Again, kalau boleh, for a start, try to get black (as it will go along with your handbag too - oh, forgot to tell. Heels dan handbags, normally akan disamapadankan dari segi warna - tak kiralah apa dress colour kita pakai, janji handbag dan heels, skema colournye sama.. ). Lepas dah dapat heels pilihan hati, bile dah balik, try walking in 'em. I KNOW how it feels like to wear heels utk kali pertama dalam hidup - it can be hard but with determinations and practices, anda pasti berjaya (siape cakap for basic heel-users jer nak kena berlatih walking in heels? Sah sah kalau masuk Ratu or buat show catwalk pon kena belajar jalan in heels tau! Ehehehe - like I said, never too late or too old to belajar anything and everything) - owh and erm, kalau boleh, try put a book on top of your head while you practice berjalan in those heels. Seriously, it will help you to stabilize yourself once you're in those heels and it'll teach/ train you to walk straight, heads up and be confident... :)



There you go Uculer, I hope I've answered your q. Should you have any other qs, feel free to email me at my segment's email addy ya? :) Good luck!!!

And to the rest of the readers, I do hope you find this reply entry useful. And should you have any other questions also, please do not hesitate to email me too, ok? :)


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