Steve Madden | Edda Loves Heels

28 november 2013

edda

Steve Madden

Traditions, Traditions

While everybody in Holland is busy discussing whether or not the tradition of “zwarte piet” is still appropriate, I’m confronted with some traditions my own while spending time in my home country Vienna. No matter how busy the time schedule, there’s always time to squeeze in some coffee at one of my favorite places: a Viennese coffee house.
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Tradition here couldn’t be written more plastic clearly than on a Louis Vuitton Monogram bag: Old ladies with poodles (dressed their best Diva-ish) nibbling on Sachertorte, the odd school kids cutting classes (sneaking out without paying their bills), students (art class, I bet) looking all rebellious while doodling in diaries, business men eager to catch the latest news from INSANELY huge newspapers (just a wild guess, but isn’t news in ink like so yesterday?), and not to forget the always grumpy waiters giving you “THE LOOK” when you order nothing but coffee. (It’s Einspänner, Verlängerter, Kleiner Schwarzer / Brauner, Großer Schwarzer / Brauner, Melange, Cappuccino and Latte really)

And of course there’s the odd girl, fumbling with a camera to capture all that atmosphere, trying to pose and eat cake at the same time. How touristy! But her heels, man.... her heels........!

xxx

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P.S.: Metallic heels will be a huge trend next year ladies, so better include them in your traditional letter to Santa now.

22 juli 2013

edda

Steve Madden

Rhapsody in Blue

Jazz usually makes me yawn (aka introverted musicians moving weirdly to tunes which make you want to fall asleep after five minutes have never been my thing), and since I’m not a big fan of sleeping anyway (boring!) I tend to avoid it. Must confess though, that the combination of the perfect location, the most chilled mood, and some neighbours playing Gershwin is quite inspiring and hard to resist (aka instantly triggers my “relax button”).

After having had a wonderful lazy and sunny weekend (almost, but only almost, too lazy and too sunny to put on some decent footwear), pouring glasses of ice-cold white wine only, unwinding (haha - from doing nothing except reading glossies and being lazy), I feel like I am on vacation in my own town.

Am now having the blues (in a good way!) and am suddenly very, very ....... muahhhhh.... this feels so relaxed....... very.................zzzzzzzzzzzz...

xxx

Today's shoes are Steve Madden

13 november 2012

edda

Steve Madden

Oh, Oh, Oh, Shoetation!

It is becoming quite a beloved routine to pay a visit to my favorite shoe store in whichever city I am. As I'm in Vienna now, this simply means I drop out of the plane and right into sweet, inspiring high heel heaven: Shoetation (and ladies: nomen est omen, believe me!). Earlier this year I had the pleasure of featuring some lovelies from this shoe boutique, but I had never met the charming owner Harald Lex in person, or seen the hidden gem (aka store) of super sexy, but affordable beauties for myself. W.O.W.

What was scheduled as a business meeting (aka in and out) became a whole afternoon of passionate shoe talk. To be honest, I have never discussed Italian leather, soles and heel shapes with a guy (who by the way looks like Antonio Banderas's brother) for three hours straight. I've actually never spoken "shoe" with a girl for that long! And the shoes! The shoes! Couldn't resist trying on Martin Hikmat Gozami's prototype for gaiters and posing right in the shopping window for today's picture, and am honoured to announce I'll be featuring Shoetation preciousness for almost a week.

Oh, Oh, Oh, Shoetation! If you're living in Vienna, you just came one heel step closer to shoe-paradise.

xxx

Today's shoes are Steve Madden
Today's gaiters are Martin Hikmat Gozami

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2 oktober 2012

edda

Steve Madden

Soho House

A year ago I was lucky enough to sneak into the private, members only, club Soho House in Los Angeles. Expectations were as high as the heels I was wearing, but with Al Pacino (totally drunk) stumbling into a champagne cooler right in front of me and Alexander Skarsgard (even hotter in reality than when he's sucking Suki Stackhouse's blood) only 2 meters away, you can't go wrong anyway. Unfortunately Soho House (all over the world) do have a strictly "no picture policy", so couldn't capture the moment when Drew Barrymore complimented me on my heels on the way to the toilet (I was so excited I forgot to pee) - neither could I return the compliment when I got back, as she was smooching some guy.

I believed Soho House Berlin would be a much bigger success picture-wise. Having just had a lovely evening there with friends at the restaurant (nice romantic setting, perfect for cuddling with heels on the couch for a picture (didn't dare to do it)) and drinks at the pool on the rooftop (would have been an AMAZING picture as well (didn't dare to do it either), the only place I could find to document my "heel-being" there was: the toilet. (DID dare, huge! success!)

It's just after I squeezed my legs into a one square meter "photo location", finding out that the innocently looking wallpaper I adored during shooting (the contrast! lovely!) is not decorated with "leaves" as I thought. It's actually... vaginas. Oops.

xxx

Today's shoes are Steve Madden

20 september 2012

edda

Steve Madden

Afrika

Have a deep and enduring love affair with the black continent. So rough, wild and untamed: in combination with the history of the country and the utter beauty of the landscape a highly inspiring mixture. Plus the wine! The food! The weather! The lovely people!

It's not really a place for high heels though (just wondering how Louboutins would fit a safari and yesterday's Gaga heels the beach), so I shouldn't feel too bad that boyfriend is leaving to Capetown for a couple of days. WITHOUT ME.

No, am not jealous at all: he's there for a work trip (boring beach parties where people dance stupidly and will probably be drinking cocktails out of each other navels... duh) and the fact that he is meeting all of MY friends couldn't bother me less. Who wants to sip wine on the beach with nice people anyway? Tssssssss... have a book about Africa and my own jungle (aka heel closet) to dive into. Would be way too busy to go there anyway. Would be way too busy to...DAMNITHOWIWOULDLOVETOBETHERE!

Oh, just checked the weather in Capetown. 14 degrees and raining.
Would it be bitchy to chuckle? Just a little?

xxx

Today's shoes are Steve Madden

10 september 2012

edda

Shoetation, Steve Madden

All that Work!

God, vacation is tough.You work all year only to take one week off, during which you find yourself working some more.. Phew.
And I’m not talking 9 to 5 either. It starts early in the morning, juggling fresh Italian bread (crispy crusts are so hard to cut!) with Nutella and coffee (all the work that goes into whisking the milk for cappuccino: gosh!), and doesn’t seem to end all day.

I mean someone has to cut the oranges for the first round of Campari Orange (and make sure that the ice cubes are frozen in time), open all these bottles of wines and turn the pages of the Vogue September Issue (916 pages, I’m feeling a “Tennis arm” coming on and haven’t even set foot on the tennis court - which of course we have - yet).

And the gardening! Jeez, yes your own garden of fresh mint, thyme, basil, lavender (we need all those for the BBQs and sorbets of course) also needs to be tended too. Luckily I’m here with a great team, all working and enjoying ourselves together... suppose I could get used to this kind of life. Even it’s really, REALLY hard.

xxx

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15 augustus 2012

edda

Steve Madden

The Secret Model Diet

Never be afraid to try something new, especially if it’s for a good cause (everything which makes you more beautiful or others happy).

And what luck if you can combine the two, so naturally I was up for checking out this new diet that promises you’ll loose 11lbs within two weeks. (Can already picture myself in that new dress a size smaller and boyfriend thinking he is dating a 20 year old). Apparently you won’t find a book or instructions, as it travels word-of-mouth by editors and models only. Secret: you only eat green things for a week, and add tiny pieces of fish, egg whites or chicken the following.

Am surprised at how many green things you can find when digging deep into the options. Had never had Waldmeister pudding on my menu before, or eaten such a lot of apple pie (Granny Smith apples do the trick).
Am also digging the green pasta with pesto and spinach, and apparently there is a Gouda cheese with wasabi (color and flavor) fitting deliciously.
Washing down everything with a glass of Grüner Veltliner, am surprised how delightful dieting can be! And all without the usual side effects (aka grumpiness, headaches, turning into a skinny but cruel, evil bitch) Am very impressed: this is something to maintain for sure!
After a week of trying hard to keep to the regime I jump on my scale (aka today).

Yikes! Forgot about the main (and only) ingredient the model-bitches must have whispered, so I obviously couldn’t hear: vegetables.
Gained a stone. Now I need that new dress, and new heels too. To hide and distract that is.

xxx

Today’s shoes are Steve Madden
Today’s dress is Monique Poolmans (and the only green thing I want to see for the coming weeks)