Kim France Still Desperate for Attention

We wanted to give Lucky’s editor-in-chief a healthy amount of leeway, given March’s “Editor’s Letter” confession of physical trauma. (We know we tend to be cranky when ill or in pain.)  Despite our best intentions, we found it nearly impossible to do anything but cringe.  Judge for yourself:

It was with a great deal of self-pity that I edited this month’s rather gorgeous Shoe Guide.   I’ve been having foot trouble lately (stick with me please—I am going somewhere with this), and at the moment, unless I am wearing sneakers, clogs, or the flattest of boots, I cannot make it around the corner.

If it were interesting, Kim, you probably wouldn’t have to ask us to keep going.  Because we’re gluttons for punishment, we did keep reading, but more in the can’t-tear-our-eyes-from-impending-doom sort of way than the fascinated-by-podiatric-matters sort of way.

And, in any case, the minuscule amount of sympathy she’d managed to drum up was immediately wiped away by the next few sentences.

And while there are some lovely flat- and low-heel categories to get excited about, the rest of the pages leave me with the precise feeling I get while looking over the part of the real estate section where the homes I cannot afford—and will probably never be able to afford—are listed.

Charming, no?  We simply can’t decide what’s more off-putting:  the impression that she’s drowning in the depths of self-pity (oh, those houses she’ll never be able to afford!) or the outright bitterness about, of all things, SHOES.

If we feel this, um, conflicted about someone we don’t even know, what must her friends and colleagues think? When Kim described assembling “my panel” (yes, she really did refer to them in print as hers) to glean advice on spring fashion trends, we got something of an answer.

What I got was tough love—a bit short on the love, perhaps—but I’m trying to take it all in the spirit in which I can only hope it was intended.

And she also maintains a hearty sense of denial! 

Is Kim France thoroughly deluded, or might she actually be surrounded by people who despise her?  Based solely on her monthly missives (and our fond but apparently outmoded memories from the days of Sassy), we’re going with the latter.

Further evidence of Kim France’s inappropriate candor: All This and Health Insurance Too; How the Other Half Lives

Comments

[ThePinkSuperhero]

I love this blog. Don't ever stop.

[Glossed Over]

Well, we certainly won't ever run out of fodder. Thanks!

[Nicole Patenaude]

Hi Kim- I would love to hear from you! Nicole