Comments on: Frontless shoes: The worst of all worlds

By: Bene

Bene — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:07:36 +0000

The above may be deconstructions, but these are a real product from London Fashion Week in '08.

By: hexy

hexy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:34:32 +0000

You should have seen my feet when I was a dancer! Now that I just wear ridiculous shoes, they're greatly improved and far less deformed :) hexy's last blog post..Adult shop in Queensland forced to remove educational promotional material from window, along with "Phallic Towers"

By: Lauredhel

Lauredhel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:54:07 +0000

Don’t feel too bad for the models.

I felt bad for the model in this case because her toes do look completely banged up, and as if she’s started along the path to a major surgical problem.

Cheers for the source, Stephan. Yet the shoes are near-indistinguishable from other shoes marketed as actual shoes. It’s always difficult to do satire when reality is so extreme. cf US Republicans.

By: Stephan Zielinski

Stephan Zielinski — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:28:13 +0000

Er... I'm pretty sure they're deconstructions> of shoe insanity, by Annejet Kosters. http://www.annejetkosters.com/experimenten.htm

By: hexy

hexy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:25:45 +0000

If I could levitate, I'd never wear anything BUT impractical heels. hexy's last blog post..Adult shop in Queensland forced to remove educational promotional material from window, along with "Phallic Towers"

By: Chally

Chally — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:24:27 +0000

I should like to levitate. But if the price for that skill was having to wear those shoes, I wouldn’t accept.

By: TimT

TimT — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:53:27 +0000

… women don’t actually need to walk

Or possibly levitate at a steady distance from the ground.

By: Bene

Bene — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:37:09 +0000

No, see, this proves that we are at the point where a good deal of the couture industry has decided to give up any kind of subtlety and said screw it, women don’t actually need to walk, just be fashionable.

I’m not always an expert patriarchy blamer, but gawd.

By: Deus Ex Macintosh

Deus Ex Macintosh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:29:21 +0000

Why not bind women’s feet and just have done with it…

By: hexy

hexy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:18:25 +0000

Interesting. I've also seen shoes (usually of the fetish variety) aimed at foot fetishists that are made entirely from clear plastic. These, at least, wouldn't fog up. Don't feel too bad for the models. The good bit about being a model/performer/sex worker or most other occupations who are required to wear silly fetish shoes is that we usually only have to keep them on for an hour or so at a time. The model gets to take them off after the shoot, the Dominatrix gets to take them off after the session. That's probably why I still love the things... wearing them for short and sexy stints is a lot more sensible than trying to get through a day at the office in six inch heels. I feel sorry for the women who buy the myth presented by the pictures of the model and believe ridiculous shoes are or should be every day wear. hexy's last blog post..Shocking news: Accurate chemo dosage more effective than one not based on body weight!