Monday, January 28, 2019

Cheryl flashes lace beneath stylish crop top in leather-look heels on The Greatest Dancer


CHERYL is currently starring as a dance captain on the BBC One show The Greatest Dancer, alongside fellow judges Oti Mabuse and Matthew Morrison. In tonight’s episode, the singer is seen looking very laid-back in a grey crop top and harem pants.

From her flamboyant stage outfits to glamorous ballgowns, Cheryl has rocked all kinds of looks over the years. The 35-year-old often steps out in some very fashionable outfits. And in tonight’s instalment, the trendy star exudes style as she steps out in a pale-toned ensemble. The trend-setting pop star proved she knew how to command attention in a pale grey T-shirt crop top.

At one point, Cheryl rolled her sleeves over, to make them shorter.

While it’s unknown where the singer picked up the garment, a similar version is available from Topshop.

Beneath the Tee, a pale pink lace undergarment could be seen, as well as a glimpse at her mid-riff.

She teamed the cool get-up with a pair of light brown, high-waisted basketball shorts which had a harem-style cut.

The loose-fitting item was cut to her knees.

Dressing the relaxed look up, Cheryl added a pair of pale grey knee-high heeled boots.

And, she kept her accessories simple too, sporting a silver bangle on either wrist.

Cheryl let her long brunette tresses fall in curls around her shoulders from a side parting.

For her make-up, she added drama to the look with lashings of black eyeliner and mascara.

To finish, she opted for a slick of rose red lipstick.

Elsewhere on The Greatest Dancer, Oti Mabuse, who also works as a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, opted for an elegant golden yellow dress.

The outfit, which also featured pinks and greens in the design, had a fitted waist.


Saturday, December 29, 2018

The Most Unlikely Winter Pairing Is a Puffer and Heeled Boots


Puffer coats and high heels—hear me out. It's not completely groundbreaking, nor is it extremely Instagrammable, especially compared to red-hot novelty trends like a pint-size purse. But the two pieces together make a surprisingly stellar visual. I've always associated the puffer with casual clothes, a marshmallow silhouette that would call for a heavy-soled sneaker or snow boot. As for heels, they require maybe a long tailored wool coat or a leather trench. The two opposites never matched up for me. They felt confused and even cumbersome. All that puff! All that height!

It wasn't until I noticed the signature It girls of Instagram stepping out in the look that my mind changed. First, Bella Hadid wore the puffer-and-heel getup in January in Paris. She sported micro sunglasses, a Fendi Zucca logo shirt, a Michelin Man orange puffer coat, and square-toe black leather boots with a healthy heel. More recently, Kendall Jenner wore a similar outfit, choosing a heather green and caramel puffer coat with faded boot-cut jeans and square-toe snakeskin boots. Clunk, clunk, chic!

It's not so wild that puffers and heels have made their way onto the streets, as the unwieldy coat has experienced a revival of sorts. Take Ienki Ienki, a label from Ukraine, whose funky, exaggerated silhouette is now sold at retailers like Barneys New York. Other puffers of late have come with playful graphic prints, courtesy of Danish label Saks Potts. They have even become works of art thanks to Moncler's Genius project, as reimagined by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli. (Ezra Miller made waves with his recent red carpet look.) So why not dress these puffers up with a pair of heels and quite literally elevate the outerwear? I myself am sold. This winter, find me warm in a North Face and teetering in heeled boots.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Most Women Love High Heels, But Doctors Warn They ‘Can Really Damage Feet’


MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Most women know and love a good pair of high heels. Often, the higher the better. However, doctors warn high heels can really damage your feet, causing a lot of pain.

It is informally called "Big Toe Arthritis." A new implant made out of contact lens material may provide you some relief.

Patient Elizabeth Carbonell explains, "I knew that I needed surgery to the point that I was limping."

Carbonell has suffered from foot pain for years. She blames her love of high heels her entire adult life.

"I guess I was very vain when I was younger and I was always in high heels, to the point I would go to school in high heels, go to university in high heels, go to work in high heels," she says.

However, a few years ago, the pain in Carbonell's feet and the rest of her body became unbearable.

"That type of walking hinders you in other ways because it causes lower back problems," Carbonell says, wincing at the memory of her pain. "That's one of the biggest red flags in my case when you realize that you have such terrible pain in your lower back. And it's all due to your feet and the way you're walking."

Carbonell ended up opting for surgery on her left big toe. But it only led to more problems and three surgeries. Even now, years later, she says it is painful. Her ability to move the toe is compromised.

"It was a complete disaster."

Still in pain, limping and somewhat traumatized by how wrong things went in that last surgery where her toe joint fused and was made unmovable, Carbonell waited for just the right option for her other foot.

"The whole idea of having to re-do something like that again was just horrible in my mind," she says.

"When we talk about big toe arthritis, we're talking about this area here," says Carbonell's orthopedic surgeon says as he points to the bone of the big toe on a skeletal model.

Doctor Amiethab Aiyer with the University of Miami's Health System is using the new Cartiva implant in surgeries for big toe arthritis.

Still pointing at the first joint of the big toe, Doctor Aiyer explains, "It's this area here where my finger is that is particularly affected by this. That's when we really start talking to the patients about adjusting shoe wear."

If that fails, the talks switch to surgery.

About two million people across the U.S. have ‘big toe arthritis", most of them women. Dr. Aiyer says you get big toe arthritis a couple of different ways, with varying degrees of severity and pain.

Inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis, gout, a fracture or broken bone are all often to blame. And of course, high heels.

"Loading of the joint in that particular fashion as the toe is sort of brought up with the high heel definitely causes more force and more stress on the joints in that area and definitely may be a reason why we see when patients come in with BTA early on big bone spurs that have formed in that particular spot."

Doctor Aiyer continues, "Depending on the stage of the disease has really sort of dictated how we treat this. With lower stages or earlier grades, predominantly when there is a big bone spur on the top, you can make an incision on to the top of the big toe and remove the bone spur all the way to actually gluing the joint shut and fusing the toe when it's really bad arthritis."

"He recommended I do this joint fusion and the technology is nowhere," Carbonell says.

The Cartiva implant is made with the same material used in contact lenses. It is durable and slippery, acting much like cartilage.

"Interestingly a lot of people still use metallic joint replacements that do involve some degree of screwed mechanics or some degree of screw material," says the doctor. "The advantage with the Cartiva is the pain relief lasts for close to five years. In addition, people get between five and seven degrees more motion at the end of the surgery. You still have to make that dorsal incision, that incision on the top of the big toe to get down to the joint. The operative time is about 40% shorter. On average, a fusion can be done in about an hour whereas on average this takes anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes to complete."

In contrast to the surgery on her left foot, three months after this procedure putting Cartiva in her right foot, Carbonell was quickly out of bed and off the crutches.

"I'm very pleased. The recuperation time has been wonderful," she says happily. "Within six weeks. I was walking and doing therapy."

Her right toe is still swollen. However, Carbonell's wearing flat shoes and does so all the time now. And when she can, she tries to pass along some advice informed by her own many years in pain.

"I see these beautiful young women destroying their feet. I wouldn't want other women to suffer the way I have. The issues that come along later in life aren't worth it, it's really not worth it."