LOS ANGELES, CA – Vanessa Hudgens attended the 2009 Teen Choice Awards on Sunday (8/9/2009). She wore Christian Dior electric blue dress and Brian Atwood Maniac Pumps in Purple Suede.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Robert Pattinson attended 2009 Teen Choice Awards on Sunday (8/9/2009). He wore a plaid shirt, a black jacket and grey Dior Homme 19 CM Downtown Jeans, which he accessorized with Nike Air customized sheakers [sold out, was $100] and Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sunglasses ($133.65, was $193.05 via My-Wardrobe).
LOS ANGELES, CA – Britney Spears attended 2009 Teen Choice Awards on Sunday (8/9/2009). She wore a black mini dress. Britney’s scribes over at britneyspears.com wrote that her dress was from Roberto Cavalli Fall 2009 collection and was made of leather and chiffon with crystal detailing. The dress, however, did not come up on our search on Style.com. Nevertheless, Britney looked youthful and radiant at the event.
Britney accessorized with black Jimmy Choo Gesture Platform Sandals [sold out, was $750 via Bergdorf Goodman].
NEW YORK — Hold fast, Havaianas! Above is a snapshot of New York Daily News web site featuring disturbing article about dangers of wearing ever popuar flip-flops. You will also find (for convenience) full article below.
We don’t really know how to react to the article. On one hand, we all know what peer pressure is and how varius interest groups can scare people breathless. On the other hand, all these scientists interviewed by NYDN made an excellent point.
There are couple of questions though. Is there statistics showing people actually getting infected from their flip-flops? Is some place countryside as dirty as Coney Island, and NYC in general? Would walking barefoot be as dangerous as walking in flip-flops?
Anyway, we are not going to regret our recent feature about Havaianas wearing celebrities. Good news for those who won’t stop wearing flip-flops after reading NYDN article — there are few manufacturers offering anti-microbal or bacteria resistent sandals.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 8/11/2009.
The flip-flop is the preferred summer shoe for many New Yorkers. But on city streets, the flimsy footwear can be deadly.
That film of grime that coats your feet at the end of a day of flopping around town is some dangerous dirt.
Lab tests of two reporters’ flip-flops, worn for four days, revealed a potentially deadly germ – Staphylococcus aureus – lurking on the rubber.
If it seeps into a cut on your foot – an entirely common summer affliction – the bacteria can enter the bloodstream and, if left untreated, kill you.
“It can make you pretty sick if it got into a wound and into your blood, where it could attack any of your internal organs,” says Dennis Kinney, Ph.D., the manager of the microbiology lab at EMSL Analytical. “If you didn’t treat it with antibiotics, you could die from it.”
Kinney’s team at EMSL tested two pairs of flip-flops we wore throughout the city for four days each.
The sandals took a trip on the F, A, C, G, 2 and 3 trains, went on walks through Prospect Park, out to bars in the West Village, to a Cyclones baseball game in Coney Island and rode the Cyclone. Twice. They even waded through a murky public restroom at the Coney Island subway station.
The results? Pretty heinous.
The $3.50 flip-flops harbored approximately 18,100 bacteria of the five most prevalent varieties found. (Unsurprisingly, the pair that made the trip to Coney Island and stopped off in the public restroom had roughly 13,900 more bacteria.)
And that’s what accumulated in just four days.
“If you wear shoes for three months, 93% have fecal bacteria and 20% have E. coli,” says Dr. Charles P. Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona.
While some of the bacteria found were common, non-disease-causing staphylococci, more dangerous offenders lurked underfoot.
Aerococcus viridans and Rothia mucilaginosa, bacteria that normally reside in the mouth, were present.
“It’s not a good sign,” says Kinney. “It means that people are spitting. If someone were sick and spitting on the ground, you could pick something up.”
Not to mention the worst offender, Staph aureus. Worst-case scenario: It enters your bloodstream, goes untreated and you die. But even mere contact with the skin can yield nasty results.
“Staph aureus can be pretty dangerous,” says Kinney. “This strain isn’t methicillin-resistant (MRSA), but it is Staph aureus, and it can still cause infections – typically boils and skin infections.”
Still not convinced, flip-flop lovers? Here’s a compelling argument for putting on a pair of shoes:
“There’s more bacteria in the city,” says Dr. Philip M. Tierno Jr., the director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. “There’s garbage and rat-doo. This city is strewn with rats, and rats are harbingers of all sorts of germs. The same is true with cockroaches. It is all potentially harmful.
NEW YORK — Taylor Momsen was seen on the set of Gossip Girl on Tuesday (8/11/2009). She wore Gypsy 05 Paloma Dress which is available for pre-sale for $209 (will ship in mid-August). Gypsy 05 web site features the dress in exact color. Taylor accessorized with Steve Madden Steven Midory shoes [sold out, was $108 via Zappos], aviator sunglasses and some jewelry.
NEW YORK — Jessica Szohr was spotted on the set of Gossip Girl (7/8/2009). She wore an embellished Nanette Lepore Discover Me Jeweled Top from Spring 2009 collection (this item is no longer available) and Tibi Navajo Shorts (no longer available). Jessica accessorized with MICHAEL by Michael Kors Tucson Sandals ($95, was $144 at Zappos), Tila March Spring 2009 Pompon bag [sold out], a bunch of bangles including Alexis Bittar Gold bangle [sold out] and Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sunglasses [sold out, was $139 via Swell].
NEW YORK — Jessica Szohr was seen on the set of Gossip Girl (7/20/2009). She wore Diane von Furstenberg Ezmeralda Top [sold out, was $162.50 via shopbop] and jean shorts. Jessica accessorized with Marc Jacobs flip-flops and a purple bag.
NEW YORK — Blake Lively was seen on the set of Gossip Girl on Sunday (8/2/2009). She wore a black long cardigan coat and Herve Leger bandage pencil skirt with a grey tank. Blake accessorized with Valentino tote bag, Havaianas ($30 via Zappos) sandals and a Sloane & Sloane ruby necklace.
NEW YORK – Leighton Meester attended the premiere of Spread on Saturday (8/8/2009). She wore Christopher Kane Resort 2010 Dress, which she accessorized with Sophia Coppola for Louis Vuitton Slim Suede Clutch in Coal and GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI – ELASTICIZED MULTI STRAP SANDALS ($832.40 via Luisaviaroma).
NEW YORK — We caught Vanessa Hudgens arriving back to her NY hotel last Tuesday 8/4/2009 after making an appearance on It’s On With Alexa Chung. Vanessa looked adorable in her purple Plastic Island Fall 2009 dress and Report Signature Downey 2 sandals — $53.74, was $129 at Endless OR $147 at Revolve Clothing OR $146.03, was $209 at eModa (better size availability).
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