tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post8023851155556157189..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Yoga to the rescuePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-17940819997535623662013-12-24T10:32:14.686-05:002013-12-24T10:32:14.686-05:00"Your feet should be able to do whatever you ..."Your feet should be able to do whatever you want, just like any other part of your body."<br /><br />What!? If this yoga teacher tells her students that their bodies will do "whatever you want," they will be sorely disappointed.caryatisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-45693531186005235302013-12-23T21:58:33.055-05:002013-12-23T21:58:33.055-05:00Gwen,
I like the way you think, but MSI seems to ...Gwen,<br /><br />I like the way you think, but MSI seems to have Googled more/more efficiently than we did!<br /><br />MSI,<br /><br />You should be a detective! (I gave up when I realized how common of a name she has.) But yes, amazing, we have our answer(s). As a rule, I don't think freebees mean $800 shoes, let alone 15 pairs. But if you're working for Loub himself, what else might the perks be? Although that still seems like a lot, especially considering she was presumably an intern. My guess would be, she had an internship and with it came a discount. I can't imagine it was $10k in free shoes.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-65891858206971736312013-12-23T19:49:58.777-05:002013-12-23T19:49:58.777-05:00Both, evidently (that is, family money plus free s...Both, evidently (that is, family money plus free stuff): http://thedcladies.com/2009/dc-ladies/fashionista-contributor-erin-cunningham/<br />Maybe an internship w/ Louboutin paid in stilettos? That would be pretty great.Miss Self-Importanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477849823290773026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-77300965642409767882013-12-23T18:51:23.049-05:002013-12-23T18:51:23.049-05:00My first thought was that she does not own 15 Loub...My first thought was that she does not own 15 Louboutins. I'd wager she doesn't even own one. She has other, far cheaper high-heels she feels uncomfortable wearing.<br /><br />The piece reads as PR for a Yoga studio trying to appeal to a specific market. The marketing person for the studio learned that you should sell solutions to problems. And selling solution to Louboutin pains sounds... lucrative. <br /><br />The journalist added that she personally has those problems as a way to make this PR piece more relatable to the target demographics.<br /><br />In short, yes there is a journalism problem here. But I see it as a problem of PR masquerading as journalism.<br />Gwennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-4400549831049243112013-12-23T16:36:50.679-05:002013-12-23T16:36:50.679-05:00Agreed that most journalists don't have piles ...Agreed that most journalists don't have piles of Louboutins. But it seems incredibly unlikely that a 23-year-old fashion writer (as vs., say, a celebrity, maybe a high-up fashion editor) would have received 15 pairs of Louboutins. Also very unlikely: that someone who "prioritizes" $10,000 worth of conventional expensive shoes isn't spending similarly on the rest of her wardrobe. And... I don't think she owes anyone an explanation of how she came to have the wardrobe she does. But I don't see this as entirely unrelated to a field where unpaid and very low-paid work is, certainly at 23, quite normal.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-73545118096683746372013-12-23T15:44:46.845-05:002013-12-23T15:44:46.845-05:00If she's a fashion reporter, maybe she gets st...If she's a fashion reporter, maybe she gets stuff for free, as fashion bloggers do? Or this is how she prioritizes her spending? But I don't think it's an assumption of journalism as a whole that all its entrants have a closet full of Louboutins.Miss Self-Importanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477849823290773026noreply@blogger.com