Fashion tips and tricks – How to walk in heels

A friend of mine popped by my office this morning because she had recently bought a new pair of heels and was having difficulty walking in them. As I am know for wearing Lady Gaga inspired heels around the office she asked for my advice.

 

I have to admit I am not the best at walking in heels and have suffered from a few Lady Gaga type falls because of them but this is what I suggested:

1. Never walk by putting one foot in front of the other like a tightrope – you want to keep your feet perpendicular at all times. Quite often people have the myth that runway models put one foot in front of the other as if they were walking on a tightrope – this is not true – thank you deportment classes for that piece of advice!
2. Keep your hips square – while walking always think about the placement of your hips. You want to thrust them forward in a straight line. This will keep your balance and your posture will improve at the same time.
3. Try to lean back on your heel – some shoes just have an impossible angle that make us walk on the ball of the foot – you are more likely to loose your balance if your centre of gravity is at the front of your foot – not to mention you often walk like a duck if your gravity is too far forward – so think about those hips and keep your gravity towards the back
4. If all else fails I find if you angle your foot slightly out when walking – this will prevent your ankle from rolling and therefore falling.

Good Luck – do you have any other tips on how to walk like a little lady?

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Just a quick comment today - This song makes me giggle! Happy Hump Day

Inspiration

What a whirlwind year it has been so far - more on that later, but now I wanted to talk about Mantras - words or phrases that sum us up, inspire us and help us to achieve.

One of my good friends uses the number 4 - it is her lucky number and sums up her life experiences. I collect quotes and draw my inspiration from them - my mantra at the moment is:

Dream six impossible things before breakfast - from Through the Looking Glass.

I believe that anyone can do anything if they want it enough and I have well and truly proved that over this past year.

Some of my other favourite quotes are:

To see the world in a grain of sand,
and heaven in a wildflower,
to hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in an hour.
- William Blake

Happiness is not the pursuit of perfection, but the pursuit of imperfections - a wise friend

Since then I am because you are,
Since then you are,
I am, we are, and through love will be,
you will be, we will be.
- Anonymous

Do you have any sayings or mantras or even an image that sums you up?

Dreaming of a bright summer

With the weather starting to warm up, lately I haven't been able to stop thinking about the amazing summer to come...

I can't wait to hang out on our 150 acres of Aussie Bush, lazing about in our swimming hole/creek, cooking a BBQ and settling in to watch an outdoor movie with a few of my favourite mates... simply heavenly.

Of course their is a lot more to do to make our place habitable but we will get there in the end... in the meantime check out some of these dreamy images from a quaint little blog I stumbled across yesterday. Orange Juice. I hope my summer is exactly like this!