I’m a huge Vivienne Westwood fan (“No!” I hear you say. “Really?”) so when I first came across this photo of Amy Winehouse heading to yet another court appearance, I was initially too distracted by her Anglomania suit to take much notice of her shoes. When I did, all I could think was, “Ballet shoes AGAIN, Amy? And in the rain?!”
Of course, Amy Winehouse’s ballet flats aren’t what most of us think of as “ballet flats”: they’re ACTUAL dance shoes, with soft soles and not a whole lot of protection against the elements, or any sharp little pebbles that may be lying around on those London streets. They’ve become as much a Winehouse trademark as the beehive and eyeliner, though, and I hate to think how many pairs of these she must get through in a year: they’re not exactly designed for walking in the rain, are they?
I swear, if I just walked out of ballet class in my flimsy little dance shoes, my dance teacher would yell at me!
Apparently the reason she wore those shoes is because she had to show the judge those were the shoes she was wearing that night when she alledgedly slugged a taller woman in the face – she couldn’t have reached the girl in those shoes…the judge agreed.
That doesn’t explain why she didn’t just change into them in the courtroom, or why she was wearing those shoes out to a club where the accusations took place, but then again I’ve seen her barefoot more often than not so I guess I am not suprised!
When does she ever NOT wear the ballet shoes? That woman has more problems than any of us could ever imagine, I suspect.
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