Footballer's WAGs Conquer German Hamlet
About halfway between Stuttgart (on the German side) and Strasbourg (in France), the wee town of Baden-Baden has gotten lots of attention as the home base for England's soccer team. Eclipsing even the footballers in both press column inches and local fascination are the WAGs -- the "wives and girlfriends." The Telegraph details how the town is daily assaulted by this Allied commando strike team:
They are uniformly tiny, their hips as slimline as their vodka tonics. They teeter along the cobbled streets in spiky heels and skin-tight jeans, their eyes masked by saucer-sized sunglasses.Victoria Beckham, wife of King David, is the queen of the WAGs of course, shown above at right with Cheryl Tweedy, girlfriend of Ashley Cole. The ladies have won the approval of their temporary town by dropping wads of cash on the shops, spas, and other froufferies of Baden-Baden.
Shortcut Europe claims disinterest in the World Cup itself, while confessing to loving the WAG-watching:
And though I find the whole spectacle of the WAGs to be nauseating, I do admire the fact that they are making no attempt whatsoever to hide their shallowness. I doubt we'll see any Angelina Jolie-esque publicity stunts from them. ... In this age of media manipulation, it's refreshing to watch the WAGs broadcast to the world - without an ounce of shame - that they are nothing more than image-obsessed, self-centered shopaholics. Go England!We must agree, as broadcasting shallowness is something of a specialty around here as well.
Mad for the Soccer Wives [Shortcut]
While England's footballers have struggled on the pitch, their wives and girlfriends (WAGs) have shown their rivals a clean pair of Prada heels off it. [Telegraph]
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