I was wandering home after a delicious meal at a French bistro in Soho last night when I was confronted with this shocking window display in the shoe shop Kurt Geiger on Regent's Street (the store was worryingly close to Hamley's).
As this image demonstrates, the mannequins were lying on their backs with their legs spread high in the air (modelling the frightful shoes) indicating a provocation for sexual intercourse. They were dressed in corsets and bras; some were wearing no knickers.
But it doesn't end there. Inside the shop, visible straight on through the store's glass door, was a electric neon light 'Peep Show' sign that read "Great shoes available downstairs' - ultimately likening the the sale of sex to purchasing some pretty disgusting, over priced strappy sandals.
It was awful. In the middle of central London / a tourist area / next to England's most famous toy shop.
Sexist stilettos, misogynistic mules, lecherous loafers... what's next?
It completely ruined my
coq au vin, which I can tell you now was jolly expensive for a supposedly rustic French dish.Does shopfront sexism know no bounds? We need to take that jump out of its step.
Write in to Kurt Geiger to complain and berate at online.info@kurtgeiger.com.
but your posting vagina sofas above on your blog..... yep u take that upper ground love!!!
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