{"id":497,"date":"2017-05-27T14:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/?p=497"},"modified":"2020-12-15T01:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:28:14","slug":"knee-boots-cause-manchester-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/knee-boots-cause-manchester-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Over-the-Knee Boots Cause Manchester Bombing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If like many women you spent the autumns of 2015 and 2016 longing for a sleek pair of over-the-knee boots, but held off because the Stuart Weitzmans you wanted started at around $800, there may be good news in store!<\/p>\n

\"\"It now appears the thigh-boot fad is over, meaning you can probably rock\u00a0a nifty pair of dominatrix\u00a0specials for as little as $200.<\/p>\n

Does that still sound steep? Remember: you can always cut a thigh boot down to calf length\u2014or even an ankle bootie!<\/p>\n

Many smart gals will be investing in over-the-knees\u00a0during this summer’s clearance sales, and then keeping an eye out for autumn trends!<\/p>\n

I just realized the thigh-boot fad had “jumped the shark” when I noticed Ariana Grande was still wearing them at her Manchester concert last week. You know, the one where an Asiatic terrorist set off a bomb and killed a couple of dozen people, maiming or beheading many others.<\/p>\n

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Joan Crawford<\/p><\/div>\n

Like most people, I knew very little about Ariana Grande excepted that she famously sported over-the-knee boots. I expect she’ll still be wearing them in November, when Fairchild Publications announces for the seventh time that over-the-knees are So Last Year.<\/p>\n

Because they’re her trademark. You didn’t see Joan Crawford trade in her f*ck-me pumps for wedgies in the 60s, did you? I’m not entirely sure what f*ck-me pumps were (hence I can’t show you an image), but the point still holds.<\/p>\n

One thing’s for sure, though. This terrorist bombing in Manchester has been an enormous shot in the arm to Ariana Grande’s career. Wrote the LA Times<\/a> on May 23:<\/p>\n

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Ask your friendly cobbler to make your thigh-highs into pert booties.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the hours after the Manchester bombing of an Ariana Grande concert, Twitter was flooded with messages of support for the the victims and their families and friends.<\/p>\n

But not forgotten in the aftermath of the terrorist attack, which left 22 dead, including a victim as young as 8, is Grande herself.<\/p>\n

“These are innocent\u00a0vulnerable kids,” Rihanna tweeted early Tuesday morning. “This could have been any of us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like most online newspaper stories these days, this one is mainly a string of tweets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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