I am reposting this item from July as the media seem to have caught up and noticed on the dominance of the killer heel in fashion over the past couple of years.
And I am supposed to walk in these, how?
The male species may not be aware of the torture-wear storming the shops this past year. Following the best few seasons for ages featuring frocks that I actually desire and which would be cramming my wardrobe if it weren’t for (a) dosh (or lack thereof), (b) space (or lack thereof) and (c) my favourite outlet, Primark — bringing high fashion to the low rent — STILL failing to sort out its cheap labour sources … the deity that rules these things has snuck in footwear that hates women.
Unbearable AND unwearable! Your choice this summer is flat flip-flop-style sandals with that alarming strap that threatens to slice your big toes from all the other little piggies; medium-height wedges that allow no movement in the dark night of the sole; and vertigo-inducing hobblers, example above (Top Shop). Steve Martin didn’t call them “cruel shoes” for nothing.
What happened to good ol’ Clarks, you may ask? Well, what happened with me was a pair of lovely black leather mid-heel boots that moulded beautifully to my size sevens, apart from the stitched band across the base of the toes that failed to give and pushed my big toe joint sideways, making walking painful even now.
China got rid of its bound feet decades ago, but here we are being lured back into crippling bondage boxes for our delicate tootsies. Do you know how similar to bound foot-stumps the current trend in foot shapes is? These things may look fab when you are reclining sexily, but have you watched women walking in them? Have you TRIED walking in them? Look at the angles on those things. They push your bum out at unnatural degrees closer to our Australopithecus ancestors, and force you to waddle like a duck.
France bans the veil but puts up with our young women crippling themselves permanently. If you are going to dictate what women should or shouldn’t wear — which you should not be doing at all — I’d rather see Sarkozy banning Carla Bruni and her sisters from wearing these things in public than telling grown Muslim women they have no say in their own attire.
And, yes, I did buy a pair. Why do you ask?
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As someone who recently discovered he had a bunion, I'm on a mission to tell everybody to wear sensible shoes. It's a funny sounding ailment, but there was nothing funny about hobbling like an 80-year old to the doc's.
Stick to the Scholl's!
I will *never* understand why women put themselves through all this pain in their feet. It doesn't even look good.