Hi Guys! Ken here. Well it finally happened. Those bitches condescended to take me outside for the second time. (remember Niagara?) And they are forgiven because it was to a fetish paradise. The Bata Foot Shoe Inn! And I got to stand beside some of the greatest works of foot ever.
Here I am on Bloor. That's the Museum behind me and at this stage I am shaking with excitement
Another one of me but the silly twat with the camera got me out of focus and out of frame. Has he learned nothing?
A bit better. These are in the window of the museum and are tributes to the North American walking experience.
Reduced to a shoulder by the idiot but he has captured the fantasy of winter tree wedded to high heel
Here I am with the Dalai Lama's old flip flops. Walk a mile in these baby
This gallery is the history of shoe from rolled up straw to "walk on my chest" serious heels
These were Chinese ceremonial clogs. Give me Uggs any day
A very ancient tradition was the art of female foot binding. This was practised on young wealthy girls so that their husbands and or lovers could roll their little tootsies into a flesh tube and do with them what you would imagine a flesh tube is for. In between visits they would don these little numbers and totter to the shops.
One of the idiots had me pose by this picture to show how far we had come. Well baby, let me tell you, I lay no claim to be descended from this ugly. I'm from 1960's moulded plastic and I'm proud of it.
Died and gone to heaven
Look! My era!
Here I am between floors. One of the fools didn't stand me up very well and just after this I fell backwards. Humiliation is my middle name.
This was the special sock room. Glad these large Afghan knitteds were behind glass
Me atop some beaded North American Indian slippers
Talk about being given the boot
The top floor contained a gallery devoted to the shoe in and as Art
Can you spot me?
Hiding here too
These are very strange sculptures by Paul Wunderlich
If I had one my heart would have stopped by now
These are actually ceramic
Home at last and ready to soak the piggies. See you soon xx Ken
I'm so glad you eventually got to Bata Ken! I hope your guardians enjoyed it as much as you did. Did you need to breathe in to a small paper bag when you finally clapped eyes on Miss Monroe's footwear? xx
ReplyDeleteJodie Am shocked to say the two nongs did not find the famous glamour slip ons! As I was dependent on them for getting about it meant I missed out too. A very pissed off Ken
ReplyDeleteOh no! I'll just have to come back to Toronto and take you and Bearnadette bear to Bata and show you Marilyn's piggie warmers myself . So don't despair Kenneth, a flight funding lottery ticket is being purchased as we speak and come Saturday when my numbers come up I shall be arranging a return journey to the land of moose and beavers and will take you back to the land of the shoes. I might even take your non plastic pals with us! xx
ReplyDeleteTT, you do make me laugh ! I think I would have loved to have seen the other peoples faces whilst you did these shots with Ken.
ReplyDeleteKen, fab run down of a place i ran out of time to see... tell that owner of yours to turn the ISO up to say 800 when shooting indoors so we can see your face better. Look forward to your next adventure.
Jodie, may you win the lottery and take Ken on endless adventures around the world!
Thanks Ally. No luck with the last couple of lottery tickets but I'll keep trying. I wouldn't want to let Ken down! x
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