“A woman with good shoes is never ugly.” – Coco Chanel

                                                          Miu Miu Fall 2015

 

Prada 2017

“One shoe can change your life.” – Cinderella

                                                                  Dolce & Gabbana 

 

                                                          Dolce & Gabbana 

“A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.” – Christian Louboutin

“You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.” — Christian Dior

Roger Vivier for House of Dior evening shoes. Silk, leather, glass. 

Gift of Valerian Stux-Rybar, 1979.

 

House of Charles Jourdan  1965 (French, founded 1919)

                                                                      Roger Vivier 1960's

1950's

                      

Roger Vivier for Dior, 1950's. The Kyoto Costume Institute

Rayne's Wedgwood Jasperware heels made originally in 1958.

Roger Vivier for Dior 1957

Roger Vivier 1958

Christian Dior 1954 by Delman

Roger Vivier 1952 for Christian Dior

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

 

1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill

1. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." — Herman Melville

1. "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." — Colin R. Davis

1. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
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3. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie

1. "Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." —Calvin Coolidge
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3. “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers
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5. “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden

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2. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella

Chocolate black bean cake

Ingredients

100g low fat spread, plus extra for greasing

Black eyed beans, cooked

400g tin black beans drained and rinsed

5 eggs

2tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract

100g light Brown Sugar

50g cocoa Powder

1tsp baking powder

1 teaspoons, level 

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

 

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Grease an 18cm cake tin with low fat spread and line with baking paper.

Put the black beans, 3 of the eggs and the vanilla bean paste in a food processor and blitz until smooth.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the low fat spread and sugar using a hand-held electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the remaining eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the black bean mixture to the bowl and stir until well combined. Finally, gently fold in the cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda until everything is incorporated.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

Decorate as desired.

Recipe: The Mail. Weight Watchers.