Long legs crossed high at the thigh, a black mule swinging off the toes of the top foot, and a pink velvet sofa holding the rest. That is the composition, and Loretta holds it for six and a half minutes with the patience of someone who has crossed her legs in public a thousand times.
She sits on the same pink Chesterfield she uses in every video, this time in a black cocktail dress with a gold chain belt and a cutout at the waist. Her 5’9″ (174 cm) frame takes up the full width of the sofa. Her size 7.5 (EU 40) feet sit in a pair of black mule sandals with a single thin strap and a tall stiletto heel. The legs cross. The top shoe starts to swing.
The dangle at crossed height. Crossed legs add distance between the dangling shoe and the floor. On a 5’9″ frame the shoe hangs high enough that the camera can sit at knee level and still look up at the sole of the mule and the arch inside it. The swing is slow, controlled by nothing more than gravity and the small flex of her toes. When she uncrosses and re-crosses, the shoe settles into a new rhythm on the other foot.
The mule as a frame for the arch. Open-toe mules show more foot than closed pumps. The thin strap crosses just below the toe line and leaves the entire top of the foot and the arch exposed on both sides. Every time the heel lifts out of the mule you see the full length of the sole from toe to heel before it drops back. Red toenail tips flash at the front of the strap with each forward swing.
The straight hair difference. In this video Loretta wears her hair straightened and long instead of curled. It changes the silhouette against the tufted velvet behind her and gives the frame a sleeker line from shoulder to ankle. The cocktail dress and gold belt add a formal register that her other videos, shot in tops and skirts, do not carry.
The studio at the edge. A metal industrial staircase is visible through a glass door to the right. Photography equipment on wheels sits behind the sofa. The pink Chesterfield looks like it was placed in the middle of a warehouse and asked to be elegant. It succeeds because Loretta’s legs do most of the work.
Six minutes of crossed legs and one mule that keeps coming back to the same slow arc.