Filed under: Dumb Clowns, Fashion
Behold the latest shoes to take Hollywood by storm. Yes, for the low, low price of $3500, you, too, can stylishly hobble around like stars such as Gwyenth Paltrow, Posh and Uma Thurman, who are snatching up these 5 1/2-inch creations by Briton Antonio Berardi.
Berardi said he was inspired by Latin American music and 1980s post-modernism, adding: “When you walk, it is almost on tiptoe. You look really dainty.”
I dunno, they look a little too comfortable for my taste. Think I’ll stick to my five-foot peg stilts. I’m sure Tom Cruise will do the same.
Posted by Candy ♦ February 28, 2008
At 12:56 pm Because I Said So said:
Must be hard on the hips to walk around like that?
February 28, 2008
At 1:32 pm jeanne said:
Let’s make HIM walk around in them, and see how fabulous he thinks “tiptoe” and “daintiness” are then. Chronic back pain, shortened hamstrings and mangled feet are too high a price to pay in order to be “fashionable”. I’ll stick to flats, thanks.
February 28, 2008
At 1:43 pm kathleen said:
i would walk like lindsay lohan leaving a bar if i wore these!
February 28, 2008
At 1:45 pm Bee Hind said:
If high heels were so wonderful,
men would be wearing them.
February 28, 2008
At 1:47 pm Jane said:
Such a stupid look, it doesn’t surprise me that
Posh was one of the first in line to get them. Freak.
February 28, 2008
At 1:57 pm 14 said:
I hope Katie Holmes picks up a pair to wear out on the town with Tommy. What a fabulous photo op!
February 28, 2008
At 2:14 pm Dr. L said:
Are those for real? Really? Really!
February 28, 2008
At 2:19 pm Faylinn said:
Conceptually, I love them, but I’d never wear them. Just imagine how idiotic the person walking in them will look.
It’s just one of those ideas better left on the runway.
February 28, 2008
At 3:08 pm Erick said:
“Let’s make HIM walk around in these”? At $3500 send me a pair and I’ll do it. I agree that conceptually they’re cool, but DAMN… any girl who can stagger around in these all night without look like a linebacker definitely deserves some kind of props.
February 28, 2008
At 3:19 pm kittypoodinky said:
Someone could put a pineapple up your ass then shove you…the walk probably looks the same.
February 28, 2008
At 3:35 pm Adam Smith said:
Big fucking fashion twit Beraradi claims to be inspired by 1980’s Post-Modernism does he?
Does that mean that we’re witnessing a Post-Post-modern phenomena here?
Post-modernism,fucking being weird for the sake of being weird.
(Something I know nothing about)
Post-modernism a mutant form of Architectural Criticism,that somehow escaped the confines of that particular subset of Academia,clawing it’s way into the minds of people who really should know better.
Now you’ve got conceptual shoes.
Really it would be better if they remained a concept,with people just wearing them in their head.
February 28, 2008
At 4:14 pm martini lover said:
can’t wait until binding your feet comes back in fashion.
February 28, 2008
At 4:23 pm CPTWilly said:
I saw those shoes at a 25% off sale. Guess which 25% they took off. . .
February 28, 2008
At 4:27 pm CPTWilly said:
You know, this whole trend started with crotchless panties. Ever since then, designers have been looking for parts to take out of their clothing lines.
February 28, 2008
At 4:51 pm bluehawaii said:
Two words:
bodily harm.
February 28, 2008
At 5:13 pm librarian kathleen said:
These shoes are all over Vogue and similar publications.
The only weirder shoes are the ones that have heels, but the heels are horizontal under the ball of the foot. Go figure.
I thought this version of footbinding disappeared in the 1970s… but, NOOOOOOOOOOO.
It’s one thing to wear extreme stilletos when one is engaged in private sexual activity. It’s something else when women actually believe this is fashionable.
Hope you don’t have to RUN anywhere, girl.
February 28, 2008
At 5:15 pm Eize said:
CPTWILLY - I think that’s how sleeveless tops came to be.
February 28, 2008
At 5:53 pm Eize said:
I posted the pictures and the Daily Mail link in wtf_inc. An interesting observation by two people:
robocoon: Horse furries have been doing this for years :V
lobsterbox: Pony play in the hizouse! (not me, but yeah, I feel like I’ve seen that kind of thing coupled with a nice bridle)
What do you think, Ms. 14?
February 28, 2008
At 6:36 pm Demon Kitty said:
This is the man who is responsible for that heinous shit on Jennifer Connelly. I can’t find the fucking picture. It looked like someone threw up tacky flowery wall paper on snakeskin covered cardboard, pleated it, and sprayed the fuck out of it with starch. The wacky shoes were reminiscent of sandals you saw on Roman Legions in your children’s picture bible, but these were black and white snake skin. It was awful. This is supposed to be haute coiture or whatever the fuck it’s called? Hell No!!!
February 28, 2008
At 6:51 pm Candy said:
I believe this is what you’re referring to, Demon Kitty:
http://circushour.com/2007/10/19/jennifer-connelly-may-want-to-make-appointment-with-her-eye-doctor/
February 28, 2008
At 6:58 pm Demon Kitty said:
It certainly is Candy. Can you believe that shit?
February 28, 2008
At 8:28 pm michal she said:
I thought the same thing, Martini Lover. Bound feet are definitely HOT.
February 28, 2008
At 9:05 pm Dr. L said:
Candy, U. R. brilliant. for that shit. (Acid all the way.)
February 28, 2008
At 9:42 pm Jenn F. said:
Notice that the shoes are actually about two sizes too big for the model’s feet? Look at where her toes end, and where her ankle stops. It appears that’s the only way she could actually balance in them. How completely ridiculous. Anyone who wears them would look like a complete moron.
February 28, 2008
At 7:20 am The Joker said:
There are times when I think high fashion consists of two fashion nerds in a room, and a conversation that goes something like this:
First fashion nerd: I bet I can get them to wear *this*! (shows ridiculous item of apparel).
Second fashion nerd: Bet you can’t!
First nerd: Bet I can!!
Second nerd: Bet you can’t!!!
First nerd: How much?
(Six months later)
Second nerd: You win. They actually bought it. I didn’t think anyone was *that* stupid.
First nerd: That’s why we’re rich, because they’re crazy. They’ll wear anything if one of those fashion zombies (models) wears one. And we laugh all the way to the bank.
Both nerds: Hahahahahahaha (Sound of nerds counting a very large pile of cash)
(With apologies to real nerds everywhere…)
It would explain a lot about fashion, wouldn’t it?
February 29, 2008
At 9:25 am Jenn F. said:
Holy shit, Joker… watch your back, because there might be two nerds looking to take you out now that you revealed the secret. I think you really tapped into something there.
February 29, 2008
At 10:44 am D Slaver said:
“DAINTY”??? Whatever happened to good old-fashioed foot-binding? FUCK, I think I just gave the shoe hustlers their next big idea.
February 29, 2008