While attending a dinner party in San Francisco, earlier this year. My daughter Kathleen, called my attention to one of her cousins, David Chin. He is an executive with a national hotel chain, working out of San Francisco. And as with many Asians, he is relatively shorter than most of his peers.
So; what my daughter pointed out; was that he has let the hair on top of his head grow longer and combs it up into a pompadour, to look taller.
Now this made me think of our Vanessa-Mae and the height issue with her. Being only 5'3" tall,(My wife is 5'4"). Vanessa seems to have a desire to appear taller.
I, personally, like the "Teeny Paganini" just as she is naturally. I think it makes her performances that much more powerful, coming from such a tiny artiste, as she.
Sometime after Vanessa turned professional, She started appearing in low-quarters with extra thick soles such as this pair:

shoes-2 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr
She also started to wear "Doc Martens" and other boots:

shoes-1 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-6 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-8 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr
And then, as she matured, she now appears exclusively in very attractive high-heels:

shoes-3 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-12 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-9 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-4 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr
But there was a time when; as Xanthippe remarked; she must have broken the heel on one of her shoes, because she preformed barefoot, as seen here:

shoes-5 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-10 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr

shoes-11 by jrmclemore1, on Flickr
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