When Money Is Tight

I spotted these two beautifult pairs of Cypriana platform boots on Ebay the other day and figured when I saw the price that in the current climate they might struggle to sell.

I genuinely hope they go to a good home, and if I had the money to be honest, even if they didnt fit me, which they wouldn't, I'd buy them myself. It's not often such collectible boots come on the market, especially from such a great bootmakers like Cypriana.

However the reality is, now times are tough, and everyone is feeling the pinch. To spend $500-$700 on a pair of boots that will most likely not fit you, and will most likely find themselves hiding in a cupboard is beyond many people at the moment.

Folks are concentrating on getting bills paid! Of course there are folks out there with cash to spend, and I hope someone buys them, but I have my doubts.

We'll see!

If you are interested in looking at the boots with a view to buy..check out these links.. Red Patent and Black Patent.

Good Luck Bidding!

Does It Matter?

I was recently having a peek thru the site Fetlife, and came across a comment attached to a picture. The comment related to how the girl in question had become attracted to wearing long boots because she'd seen this picture. The image was taken from behind and showed the crotch length boots totally encasing the girl's legs.

A beautiful image indeed, but I got to wondering from which angle folks best like to view a girl wearing boots.

Personally I love from behind too, because you get a girls legs and a lovely view of the heels.

What about you?

Do you prefer seeing them from the front?, from the side perhaps?

I've added a quick poll. Why not take time to vote, and lets see what prevails.

I've added a few pictures from Bootifull.com with their kind permission. Why not go check them out if you'd like to see more of their gorgeous boots pictures.

Sneak Preview

Well as promised, I thought having just scanned my new acquisition, I'd add a few little samples to show you what wonders appeared in Bizarre Nostalgia Part 2.

To think these images date back to around 1930 makes my heart sing. The person who took them must have been a lucky chap. See what you think.

An Interesting Week

I think it's fair to say this week has been quite interesting.

Not only did I turn 50, but I found and ordered something which has proved elusive for some time.

Some time ago I posted pictures from a magazine called Bizarre Nostalgia.

The magazine clearly marked Part 1 Volume 4 Number 4. The intimation that there might be a Part 2 sparked my search. I found a listing for the missing Part 2 on an american website but they refused to give me any details on the Magazine which was extremely frustrating.

The first part featured many pictures from days gone by, many of which originated from London Life, the old pre war magazine, which had contributions from Bottier.

I'm pleased to report that I have finally found a copy of the missing volume and bought it. From the look of it there are quite a few images I havent seen before which looks extremely encouraging. Once I receive the magazine I will endeavour to scan it and will try and post some of the interesting bits for you to see.

See keep watching this space !!

Clips

I have been asked for sometime where folks can get hold of some of the video clips from our old website Latexsubbies.

One of the problems with our old site was we could never post them in their full glory due to the server we had the site located on, constantly hassling us about bandwidth.

I've now added a Store on Clips4Sale. If you want to see the full size, full length videos from our old website, in all their glory, go to Latexsubbies. I will be adding most of the clips over time. Many you may not have seen before, but ,most feature gorgeous boots in amazing quality. I've posted 10 clips so far. I hope those of you who choose to upload them will enjoy them as I originally intended them.

Northampton

In the film Kinky Boots, one of the characters takes delight on leaving the UK town of Northampton, as she associates it with everything that is stiffling her life.

Of course Northampton has a rich and varied association with the manufacture of shoes and boots as illustrated, not only the history of manufacturing, but notoriety of films, and the recorded evidence as illustrated in Northampton's Museum which has one section devoted to 'walking on the wild side'.

My thanks go out to the donator of these pictures, who very kindly sent them to me after visiting the museum. I have to admit I love the thigh length boots shown that appear to date to circa 1910, plus the red heeled ankle boots which date 1875-1899. Just astonishing boots from such an early date.

Just who commissioned them and who wore them, we can only imagine. However these beauties must warrant the cost of admission on their own wouldn't you say?

A New Start

Firstly I hope you all had a great New Year!

With the dawn of a New Year and alittle time off, plus time to contemplate New Year resolutions, I thought it time to re-evaluate the blog.

I decided to drop the 'image fund donation' bit for starters. This has proved a complete non event. I can't say I was surprised. Only two readers really took it upon themselves to offer any help to buy some of these really rare images, so perhaps it's best we consign that to the scrap heap.

I suppose the reality is of course that in general folks want something for nothing!

If you ask people to actually put their hands in their pockets, most find they have short arms and long pockets..lol.

Still as they say..you live and learn.

In actuality my time is very limited these days some I dont have the time to do regular updates, however I will try to post bits and bobs from time to time if I think it's of interest.

I'm afraid though I wont be posting large size images anymore though. I don't see why if I have to spend alot to salvage rare images, why everyone else should get to enjoy them in their full glory for free.

I am however intending to add a site on Clips4Sale however of some of the old video footage we took when my old website was up and running. That should hopefully generate alittle cash to help towards the cost of buying these very rare images. Who knows, if that proves popular I may even restart taking footage myself..lol. Some of the old stuff has never been seen in it's full quality before. My video camera actually takes everything in cinema quality..so the real mccoy is quite stunning to watch. So I hope one or two may find that interesting. I will post more details when I actually start that up. I'm not out to become rich..so the clips will be low priced.

In the meantime..I suppose the old adage of watch this space still applies..