ACK!! This really creeped me out! So of course, I share :)

[roxy]

world's scariest shoes?



Here's a link to a vid and the article that explains the what and the why of these really frightening shoes.

Comments

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

WHAT. THE. EVERLOVING. FUCK?!

ETA: Ah. Still. O.O

[tasabian.livejournal.com]

wow, freaky. They're like fairy tale punishment shoes!

[nicnac918.livejournal.com]

These shoes surly make a statement about the lengths that women will go to while trying to capture the height of beauty along with the pain they’re willing to endure to achieve this!

Aside from the fact I'm not sure why the shoes would be "surly," I'm not sure they really make a statement about anything, since they're so far down the slippery slope fallacy it's ridiculous. It's to the point that they completely undermine what high-heeled shoes are supposed to do, forcing her to squat like that. Though I will grant you, they're pretty scary.

[tabaqui]

Arrgh. Yis. Creepy as hell.

[chemm80]

Frightening is right. My first thought was some ballet-related thing, since her feet are almost entirely extended in an en pointe sort of position. At least the article does explain it. Sort of. On the other hand, my instinctive reaction is to say, "Some people have too much time on their hands." Because really, how does this add anything to the world?

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

I saw this a small while back! it IS creepeh. I didn't check the article, but I'm guessing it's an artsy-metaphor message, showing how *ridiculous* most fashion-show-shoes are (what, with all the stick-thin barely-able-to-stand!models trying to walk without breaking every bone in their legs and feet).

But a quick p.s.; think you could give the link instead of embedding? I hate to be a pain, but the vid starts automatically, no on button needed, and it took me a minute to figure out where the music was coming from!! AND it loads slow on my comp. Vimeo always does. So it's all halted and weird!

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Holy heck! Those are disturbing.

I think that it says more about what designers will foist off on the public than what women will endure. That's just what I was thinking. I've often had that feeling when I see what some top models parade down the runway with.