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Shoes by Raissa Bretaña: A Book Review

Shoes is written by Raissa Bretaña, a New-York city based fashion historian. In it, Bretaña shows “the evolution of women’s fashionable footwear over the course of four centuries…(p. 9)” It has 250 pictures of “the finest examples” of shoes from the 17th century to the 21st century, which were selected from museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (p. 9). I enjoyed the book for the most part. One reason I enjoyed this book was because I found the shoes beautiful. I have a few pictures of my favorites below.                                                                      The second reason I enjoyed the book was because of the interesting historical facts the author mentioned. For instance, in the 17th century, Louis XIV made an edict that the talon rouge (red heel) was to be reserved for royalty (p. 32-3...

Micro Story: The Onion Pixie

The Onion Pixie

I came across a strange pixie who was selling blue onions by Caramel Street. She told me that the onions were 25 cents each and that they were magical onions. I asked her what the onions could do, and she said they could turn people into dogs. When I asked her why on earth pixies would grow onions that turned people into dogs, she looked at me like I was crazy and asked why I wouldn’t want to be a dog. I replied that I preferred to be human and she said “Fine. Would you like these magenta onions that can turn people into cats?”

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