This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable.You can also search for something on our site below.A 16m-high (55ft) glass church in the shape of a high-heeled shoe has been built in Taiwan, apparently in a bid to attract more women. Yes, you read that right: a glass church, shaped just like a vast high-heeled shoe as if lost by a titan Cinderella while racing through the coastal province of Chiayi. Made out of over 320 tinted glass panels, the shiny blue building measures more than 10m (36ft) wide and cost about T$23m (US$686,000 £477,000). Aerial footage taken in the area also showed the size and scale of the waterfront church, including an open blue stage with spotlights. It's set to open its doors to the public on 8 February, just in time for Chinese New Year. It is the creation of local government officials in the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area, a prominent tourist area in Taiwan, which decided to build it last June. But Pan Tsuei-ping, the administration's recreation section manager, told the BBC that the church will not be used for regular services, but pre-wedding photo shoots and wedding ceremonies.
"In our planning, we want to make it a blissful, romantic avenue… Every girl imagines how they will look like when they become the bride," Ms Pan told the BBC. The shoe was inspired by a local story. According to officials in the 1960s, a 24-year-old girl surnamed Wang from the impoverished region suffered from Blackfoot disease. Both of her legs had to be amputated, leading to the cancellation of her wedding. She remained unmarried and spent the rest of her life at a church. The high heel is intended to honour her memory. This does appear to be the reason behind the design. "There will be 100 female-oriented features in the church like maple leaves, chairs for lovers, biscuits and cakes," government spokesman Zheng Rongfeng is quoted as saying in local media. "It will be tailored to women, especially female tourists visiting the area."It has not been an unqualified success, at least on social media. One Taiwanese netizen wrote on popular Taiwanese online forum PTT, "Besides copying, what kind of standard does this church have?"
Women apparently don't all want glass slippers. From another user: "Why don't people say that it's objectifying women this time…"Comments streamed in from China too: "What were the authorities thinking when they commission such a hideous-looking building in the area? It's just disrespectful," said one user on popular Chinese microblogging site Weibo.Another user Jessie Chou said, perhaps with some disdain: "I wear flip flops anyway".But some female users leapt to its defence: "If the shoe fits, why not wear it? I like it, it looks better than most modern churches anyway," said Lao Fu Qing.Another user from Shandong province said: "Most girls love fairytales, it's great that officials want to focus on women for once."Reporting by the BBC's Heather Chen and Grace Tsoi. Illustration by Goh Wei Choon. real housewives of new york Sarah Jessica Parker is ready for 'Divorce' Get the latest celebrity news delivered directly to your inbox By clicking above you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Local officials at a seaside town in Taiwan have come up with a new way to entice more women to go to church., an affiliation of the People’s Daily Online.Zheng Rongfeng, the area’s spokesman, said the church is expected to open before the Chinese New Year, which falls on February 8. If the shoe fits: A church has been built in the shaped of a high heel in Taiwan to entice female worshippers Spectacular: The blue building stands 55 feet tall, 36 feet high and is made out of 320 pieces of glassThe shiny blue church is situated at the Ocean View Park in Budai town, on the east coast of Taiwan. Measuring 55 feet tall and 36 feet wide, the giant structure took over two months to build.A video released by China Central Television Station shows the huge building, which is made out of 320 pieces of blue tinted glass, stands on the an empty sandy area near the waterfront. , the fashionable church is specially designed to appeal to female worshippers, with many attractive design features.
House of god: Official said the church is expected to open before the upcoming Chinese New Year on Feb. 8 Tread carefully: The new landmark has already attracted hundreds of visitors to the area to take picturesZheng Rongfeng, spokesman of the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area, said there will be a total of 100 female-oriented features in the church, among which 71 have been finished. They include chairs for ‘lovers,’ maple leaves, biscuits and cakes - all ideal for romantic photographs.Since construction of the stunning high-heeled church began, many tourists have been flocking to the area to take pictures.Although the reports say this is a church catered towards female worshippers, it is unclear what type of church it is. Praise the heel: It is not clear what type of church this is in Taiwan but it is specially tailored for womenIn Taiwan, there is a church. It is 55 feet tall, 36 feet wide, made of 320 pieces of glass, and looks like a giant high-heeled shoe. Cinderella’s glass slipper, say, but blue.
Now I know what you are thinking. If you are a woman, you are thinking: I must go to this church! (If you are a man, you already already have a church.) And yes, you must go to this church if you are a woman, because fashion. Because, no matter painful and literally harmful beauty norms, the church is pretty and reminds you of shoes. And all is as it should be, because this church was indeed designed for women. Things we know about this church: Things we know about women (and only women): Things we don’t know about this church:Because it is for women.Welcome friends and thanks for stopping by! This has been a busy DIY week for me. I’ve been working on these new high heel planters along with painting my parents’ guest bedroom (reveal is coming soon so stay tuned!). Before I get started on today’s totally fun tutorial, I have a quick and fabulous announcement. I’ve opened my first Etsy shop! And what will I be selling, you ask? You guessed it: fun and fabulous, sexy and saucy high heel planters!
This is so fun for me! I’ve named the shop Sophisticated Broad. It describes the high heel planters perfectly: fun, bold, and brassy, yet elegant and sophisticated. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have with six inches! (Ahem, the heel…it’s a six inch heel. Get your minds out of the gutter people!) These saucy, sexy six inch stilettos make the perfect gift for the girls at the office, for housewarming gifts, as hostess gifts, thank you gifts or simply “thinking of you” gifts. And as a fun, cheeky decorative accessory, they fit anywhere in the home. Now, onto the main event: the tutorial, for those of you who prefer to do it yourself… Do you remember the first high heel planter tutorial that I posted last week? I found the shoes for that project at a local thrift store for $3. A pretty good deal I’d say. For version two, I went to four different thrift stores and couldn’t find anything. So I got online and found some platform shoes on ebay.
Apparently, they’re listed under “stripper shoes” and they are significantly more expensive than what I paid the first time around, especially when you add in shipping costs. In the past, I have made purchases on ebay, but never by bidding. The shoes I bought for the planters were all by bid and I lost several auctions before getting a pair. Only when I bid right at the end of the auction, i.e. last 60 seconds or so, was I able to grab a pair. Plus, it helps to not bid up the price too high early on. This is probably all common knowledge, but for a first timer like me it was all new. There is a big difference between the version one high heel planters and version two. If you check out the version one tutorial, you’ll see that the platform and the heel are separate pieces attached with a rubber/plastic sole. There’s also a flat piece of metal in there to keep the sole stiff. With version two, i.e. my stripper shoes, the entire sole, heel, and platform is one piece.
I didn’t realize this prior to purchasing, but I found that I like the look better than the version one kind. Here’s the first pair I received… They’re a size 5. I can’t even get my big toe into a size 5! I don’t have huge, fat feet or anything. So all I can figure is that the prior owner was either three feet tall or had had her feet wrapped like a geisha. Anyway, I removed the soft upper from the sole by first using my dremel to cut a hole in the platform area, then using a pair of pliers I ripped and ripped and ripped the upper off. Those babies were glued on really well. I mean REALLY well. There was a lot of crud and adhesive left after removing the upper. I tried using Goo Gone to get it off, but that didn’t even work…and Goo Gone works on everything. So the only way I could remove the cruddy stuff was to grind it off with the rotary dremel. I grinded off the raised numbers too and then hand sanded the sole first with 80 grit sand paper, then 150 grit, and finally 220 grit.
Next, I used a Multi-Max Dremel to cut through the plastic to hollow out the platform. (Have I ever told you how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my multimax!!! On the version one shoes, the platform interior was rubber, so it wasn’t terribly difficult to cut out. These are a really hard plastic. So while cutting with the dremel, the plastic heated up pretty well and the place started to stink of burning plastic fumes. I ended up having to go outside for better ventilation to cut the remaining shoes. Then, after the platform was hollowed out, I drilled a few drainage holes in the bottom. Next, I moved on to the work on the heels. There’s a big old honking hole in the heel of each shoe… I wasn’t sure what to do with that at first. I tried filling it with joint compound, because that’s what I had on hand. When the joint compound dried, it shrank and still left a bit of a hole. I tried two more times and couldn’t quite get it to not to have a dip or crack. So I went out and bought some no-shrink spackle.
It literally says “no shrink” on the container and that did the trick. Once the spakle dried I sanded to a smooth finish. For the next few shoes I worked on, I purchased some clear silicone to fill the hole. I filled the hole just to about 1/16 of an inch to the top of the hole, let it dry, and then covered that with spakle — since you can’t really sand silicone. Once the heels were filled, dried and sanded, I painted over the top: white on white, black on black, and then I used silver on the clear lucite high heel planters. I was originally planning not to paint the lucite shoes, but the sanding made the tops of the soles look scratched. But painting the sole silver worked perfectly. The silver is a perfect complement to the clear high heel planters. The final step was to plant some pretty succulents in each shoe. Gorgeous, fun, sexy, sassy high heel stiletto planters! I loved my first set of high heel planters, but I am ten times more head over heels (get it? …heels.