Just yesterday, we had a look at an impractical pair of high-fashion boots - see Something drastic in plastic. Now, the designers at Milan’s fashion week have given us a pair of shoes that make those boots look positively utilitarian.
Take a look at these puppies. Elaborate simulations in our test lab found that it takes about 42 minutes to put them on and lace them up, so if you want to wear them down to breakfast, I hope you like your Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sandwiches cold. I guess you could just put one of them on and hop to breakfast, but mixing your Tang standing on one leg isn’t easy. And let’s say you have a bad case of athlete’s foot, and you really itch. Do you want miles of laces between you and some relief?
These shoes feature two kinds of laces, assorted eyelets and grommets, four sailor’s knots, and a thick instruction manual which this fashion model is carrying in a matching leatherette case. Wouldn’t you rather just buy a pair of Crocs?
A model wears a creation as part of Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 24, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
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Nah. I’ll just tie/untie from the heel side. Did you even look at the photo? WITH your bifocals? Bad editor. Bad.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI’m just happy the designer isn’t side-lining in chastity belts.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksBlue and Gold. My ex-Navy heart swells with pride.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksTell the truth, Mr. Basler. You’re a bit of a leg man, aren’t you?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI foolishly tried to play footsie with her. The surgeons aren’t sure whether the middle toe can be saved.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksThank God for diagonal cutting pliers.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksMan…can you imagine all the cool stuff McGuyver could make out of those shoes?
- Posted by KA foot fetishist’s version of a
chastity belt. (Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 24, 2007.)xoxoShoelover
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