Very Leggy

Mullins modeling "cheetah legs"

the best picture I could find of the Alexander McQueen hand carved solid ash wood legs with the integrated boots on the far right... DIVINE!

I can go on forever about Alexander McQueen he makes the most insane clothes and I should probably dedicate an entire post altogether to him, but this post is really about Aimee Mullins. Mullins had both her legs amputated at age one because of a rare disorder and went on to study at Georgetown living her normal life when she decided she wanted to start track and field. In her first race she beat the existing record (using prosthetics) against able-bodied competitors.

Sure I've heard many many Oprah stories of all these great people that overcome disabilities and this wouldn't have prompted me to post an entry if it weren't for her interesting thoughts on prosthetics. She has 12 pairs from flesh tone silicon to clear plastic-based ones. She likes to change her height from 5'8" to 6'1" and is now a "motivational speaker" (i hate those). Anyway she thinks of prosthetics not as something that hinders her daily life but something that gives her endless options. If nothing else man those legs are gorgeous!