Twenty five years ago today Virgin Atlantic sent its first flight across the Atlantic. This commercial has been running on British TV for some months but, as I rarely see television advertisements, I didn’t see it until I happened to record a programme about the miners’ strike this past weekend and this commercial came at the start of a commercial break.
We missed flying on Virgin, having already flown People Express to the USA when it was launched. 25 years on People Express is long gone and I have yet to fly with Mr.Branson. He furnished an enjoyable textbook example of a dominant business (British Airways) not taking a competitor seriously for entirely the wrong reasons: his having a beard and not wearing a tie, and has kept us amused on and off ever since.
I confess I have never been a conoisseur of women’s shoes. Nor do I believe most heterosexual men could tell to the nearest $100 what any pair of women’s shoes cost. It seems to me that most men’s attitude to footwear for females is puzzlement about the fuss that women make, and that women wear what they think are stylish shoes for themselves and for other women.
That is, until I watched this rather enjoyable advertisement.
Some people were outraged by it and complained to the Advertising Standards Authority and complained that it was sexist and insulting to women. The complaint was dismissed.
Insulting?!
This is I do not understand. Surely, it’s insulting to men to suggest that their mouths hang open and they gawp as soon as soon as some attractive women pass by? Well, never mind. Check out the shoes. This is really an advertisement for shoes, the hottest shoes I’ve ever seen. What makes it so seductive? The colour, the music, the walking in step, the smiles?
Well, it certainly put a smile on my face!
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If I knew how to ‘embed’ music files, this comment would be accompanied by Bowie’s “Put on your red shoes and dance the blues”.
Anyhow, what size feet do you have? (Have female relies w. very big feet, also know where the local trannie shop is)
Well you know the saying about walking a mile in another man’s moccasins, well I couldn’t walk a yard in those – suggest you hide your smile before asking your better half’s opinion – the only useful thing about stilettoes is their use as a defensive weapon ;-)
j
My feet are size EU size 45 and no, I wouldn’t be tempted personally. My sensible-shoes girl has never owned shoes like that either. I did draw the ad to her attention and even replayed it for her. She didn’t disapprove, but then I didn’t suggest she needed a pair.
You know what they say about Ginger Rogers: she did everything Fred Astaire did, only backards and in high heels.