Break Foot at Tiffany's

My first thought about this ad from the Star Tribune: What a beautiful ad, even on dull old newsprint. The blue color, the atmosphere, the arch above them sheltering the sky like a snow globe, the swing of the woman's coat...

My second thought (almost as quickly but not quite, I admit): I really hate how jewelers exploit visualized romanticism to sell things no one needs that are made from raw materials dug out of the ground in the most vulnerable countries.

And then third: What is she wearing on HER FEET?

Those shoes have something like a 6" spike heel. That young woman is basically walking on her tiptoes up a snowy staircase. No wonder she's clutching that guy's arm so tightly.

And what are her shoes made of? They would be ruined the second they touched that snow.


A different cropping of the same image is used on the home page of the Tiffany & Co. website:


It's also used as the final shot from a video on the Tiffany website:


The video shows her taking a few steps, so I guess it is possible to walk in the shoes without falling as long as you have a guy to hold onto.

All and all, it almost makes me wish I had a $500,000 line of credit at Tiffany and Co., like some people I could name.