Fashion Culture : June 30, 2008

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Shia LaBeouf Sneaks a Smoke, Brody Jenner Banned, Matthew's Friends Rumble and Anthony Kieidis Pulls a Britney Spears

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Jun 30, 2008 by Becky

It was one of those weeks in Hollywood where men were behaving badly. First up was Shia LaBeouf who was filming a scene for Transformers 2 at a museum in Washington D.C. While on a little break, Shia snuck into the men's restroom to smoke a cigarette. Of course, he set the fire alarm off, so security guards burst into the restroom just as Shia attempted to get rid of the evidence by tossing the cigarette into the toilet. Yeah, nice going. What is this, high school?

Fred Savage must've been taking lessons from Vin Diesel, because his wife had baby number two last month and nobody reported it. It's hard to believe that little Kevin Arnold could even be old enough to have kids. Time sure does fly. Oh, and just for the record, no it's not Winnie Cooper's baby.

Brody Jenner managed to get himself kicked out of L.A. hotspot Les Deux, and apparently it isn't the first time. Brody had a bit too much to drink and started acting up, so he was asked to leave the club. When he tried to re-enter, he got into a fight with a manager and the police had to be called.

Did you know that surfers are very protective about their territory? Well they are, even to the point of going against a whole crowd of paparazzi. Matthew McConaughey was being stalked by the paparazzi while he was out surfing last week and it rubbed the surfers on the beach the wrong way. A group of surfers approached the paparazzi and in true West Side Story-style exchanged words and then rumbled. The only thing missing was the soundtrack!

And it's not many times that you'll hear the names Anthony Kiedis and Britney Spears in the same sentence, but believe it or not they have something in common (besides the whole music thing). The paparazzi caught Anthony Kieids, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, riding around town with his son strapped to him in a weird looking little car ... with no seatbelt! So, I guess what Britney did isn't so uncommon after all.

Sources: Socialite Life -http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com
Seriously OMG - http://seriouslyomg.com
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TMZ - http://tmz.com

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How are French Heels Made? And What Are They, Anyway?

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Jun 30, 2008 by MJM

Any true fashionista knows that high heels are not "just" high heels. There are different kinds of high heels: Pumps, stilettos, platforms. But one of the more stylish kinds of high heels are known as French heels, named after their country of origin.

Origin of French Heels

Originally, shoes sporting higher heels were introduced in order to allow ladies to walk high enough off the ground so that their skirts remained out of the mud. However, Catherine de Medici, from the rich and famous Italian family, brought a fashion of high heels to France in 1533. But it was more than 100 years after Catherine de Medici first introduced high heels as a fashion statement that French heels were developed. And they were developed to help a man get over his Napoleon complex (of course, this was before there was a Napoleon).

King Louis XIV (1638-1715) was a rather short man. In order to achieve a height he considered respectable, he wore special high heels. His shoes were made of leather dyed red and hand painted with scenes from his triumphs on the battlefield. The heels themselves were constructed of cork and also covered with red leather. Due to the king, sometimes French heels are also referred to as Louis heels. They are five inches tall and curved so that they came down from the back of the heel, inward toward the shoe, and then outward away from the shoe for a serpentine look.

Modern French Heels

Today rather than cork, many French heels are made from plastic. The upper is made of plastic, leather or fabric, while the sole is made of a hard plastic material, although some soles are now being made of more supportive and springy materials that provide better cushioning. Additionally, not all French heels are as high as Louis's. Some of them maintain the curved heel shape, but on a shorter scale.

French heels can make a great fashion statement in any circle. And they are more practical for professional and everyday use than their straighter and higher cousins in the world of high heels.

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