Keeping Both Feet On The Ground

Has anyone else noticed singers performing bare footed?

It recently came to my attention when X factor songbird Diana, sang shoeless for her Saturday night performance. The quirky songstress felt her shoes served as a complication on stage and decided to go for the stress-free barefoot alternative.

Chilly perhaps, but this free-thinking behaviour has also been a performance favourite for Joss Stone and more recently for Alison Goldfrapp when I saw her latest London concert. Her stage entourage wore an array of white floaty garments with loose wavy hair and glitter dusted cheeks. Perhaps a little more hippyness than happiness but again we see the distinct lack of shoes present in musical performances.

Interestingly in May this year, Lily Allen celebrated her 23rd birthday at London’s Claridges hotel and arrived in a white flowing dress and bare feet. Could this act of liberation be a reflection of the current economic crisis? It certainly feels reminiscent of the 60’s open-minded thinking.

Time and time again we see fashion being inspired by music, but perhaps this time it has gone one step too far.


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