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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: jhocking on 05 Feb 2008, 16:50
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7225828.stm
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Wait, how the hell do high heels lead to schizophrenia?
sorry joe
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Note for those who haven't clicked the link yet: That is discussed later in the article, that is not at all what the headline is about.
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And what, pray tell, should that dress survey reveal then?!
That skimpy summer dresses can cure cancer?!
*fingers crossed*
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Are Kegels really that horrible and difficult?
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I dunno, I like 'em.
Jade eggs are pretty nice, guys.
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According to the wiki, men dont need jade eggs to do kegels! This is just another plot of you ladies to get more shiny stones! (Jade counts as jewelery, right?.... right?)
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I love high heels. This is pretty funny.
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That skimpy summer dresses can cure cancer
give this man a grant
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They say fappin' can help prevent prostate cancer. I say have at it.
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According to the wiki, men dont need jade eggs to do kegels! This is just another plot of you ladies to get more shiny stones! (Jade counts as jewelery, right?.... right?)
You're right, we men don't need em! But I think this is one occasion where buying jewelry is a great idea.
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Falling over a lot does not improve my sex life.
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High heels make it difficult to run away from your pursuer, which in turn could increase your sex life?
But uh, not in a good way.
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Falling over a lot does not improve my sex life.
Practice! It might just be me, but an otherwise unremarkable looking girl wearing cute shoes is always more attractive than anyone who is wearing not cute shoes.
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We might have an incongruence in our opinions of "cute shoes"
Because I basically thought of these when reading that phrase.
(http://www.gothicbootsdirect.co.uk/images/gothic-boots/Gothic-Direct-Women-160.jpg)
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MCTAGGART WANTS YOU TO WEAR THE SPECIAL PURPLE PUMPS
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Those would make her look cheap.
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One thing I do not get is those hooker-like porno shoes (http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/pl-dnacer/TRE-601-clr-clr.jpg).
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One thing I do not get is those hooker-like porno shoes (http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/pl-dnacer/TRE-601-clr-clr.jpg).
Oh for the love of god make it go away...
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Well, I don't think many women actually wear those if they are not being filmed in a porno.
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Actually, there are ones where the women are wearing nothing but the shoes, god knows why.
Anyway I was perusing that site, found the goth section, hence these:
http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/Demonia-2-28-web/Deceit-404.jpg
Only topped in awesomeness by these:
http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/Demonia-2-28-web/SCE100-B.jpg
And if any guys who don't particularly want to survive the zombieapocalypse but want to look badass trying, check out these impractical zombies kickers:
http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/Demonia-2-28-web/Gravel-105.jpg
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I tried wearing heels once in my life. Halfway through the day I ran into a professor and he said "Are you alright? You're limping!" Only, I was simply trying to walk right. I decided heels weren't for me.
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Heels are the sort of thing that you don't jump right in at 3 inch stillettos. You need to start with a thicker heel, about an inch and a half, and slowly work your way up if you have difficulty with balance and comfort. Also, wear half size larger than your regular size since after a while, your feet might swell a little. It really depends on the style though. You might have just been wearing horrible shoes.
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I don't wear heels. :|
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I've always been ablse to walk fine in heels, not that I do it often.
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For some reason, I had the sneaking suspcision (after reading the posts, but not the article quite yet), that it would tell me that I wasn't getting laid because I wear flats and sneakers.
Good to know that's not the cause...
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We might have an incongruence in our opinions of "cute shoes"
Because I basically thought of these when reading that phrase.
(http://www.gothicbootsdirect.co.uk/images/gothic-boots/Gothic-Direct-Women-160.jpg)
That particular kind of shoe isn't my style, but that kind of heel is the only kind I'll usually wear. Chunky heels like that don't feel any different to me than flat shoes.
I can walk in stilettos but only on really even surfaces (I wore them to my cousin's wedding, and I had to walk up a grassy hill to the reception. Not fun), and it hurts my heels and toes after a while. And I honestly don't like the look of a lot of them - I only wear them on sandals, I hate the closed-toe stilettos that practically go to a point. FEET DON'T.
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I wore stilettos to a friend's outdoor wedding. I kept sinking into the grass so in the video you can see me slowly get shorter then yank each heel out of the grass and grow a couple of inches. And then slowly get shorter as I sank back in. It was a great way to amuse myself during the boring parts of the service.
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That's almost an Arrested Development-quality gag and I am surprised to have never seen it happen on TV.
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Here is a lovely picture of all my shoes that have a heel. This is actually a lie because I just remembered that I am missing one pair in this picture, but I am too lazy to retake it.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2247391406_aa2253be68.jpg?v=0)
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I love heels and I am good at walking in them but I do so much walking that they are only ever worn on very special occasions, and when I do, they are higher than 2 inches. I lose.
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What I think is interesting is how many women do not have the ankle strength to actually walk properly in heels. I have lots of opportunities to sit around in airports and bus and train stations to notice this, and it is phenomenal. Why do you ladies wear heels when you wobble with every step? Each time you wobble you are putting pressure on strange points of the shoe that do not necessarily grip the floor the right way, and thus you are in danger of having the shoe slip and snapping the heel or spraining your ankle.
I have lots of heels (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/calenlass/Zapatitos/DSCF0005.jpg), but I too only wear them on special occasions. Also since taking that photo I have acquired the cutest pair of black peep-toe pumps that can be found elsewhere in my photobucket.
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Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm not too worried.
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Whatever the excuse is to look at stylish shoes is good by me.
What I think is interesting is how many women do not have the ankle strength to actually walk properly in heels.
I have noticed this, too. They either wobble or are so scared of trying to walk naturally, they look like they are stomping. Stomping around in stilettos is probably one of the scariest things I've seen on a regular basis, except for scary drivers.
I have heels that I wear on special occasions, but those are kind of rare. I like heels, I think they are pretty, but they are not practical for me, as my campus is WAY hilly and I usually wear flats or kitten heels when I go out. Also, any heel over 2" will put me over 6' and don't need yet another reason to tower over people. Severe downside to being a tall girl - can't have as many pretty shoes. (I make up for it with having too many sneakers and not enough dressy shoes.)
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That is the only reason I like being short- I can wear whatever height of heel I want and not tower over the general public.
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I think I know all of the women in Tirana who don't wear heels. That amounts to like 5 people.
Honestly, I prefer flat shoes on the ladies. Srsly? Consider dating alone. What kind of date is it where you can't walk around? To me it seems like half the fun of going on a date or being in a relationship (this based off of my friends' experiences) is going around and seeing cool things, and seeing cool things gives you ideas for cool stuff to do.
That and there are some damn cute flats around. Simplicity is the way to go.
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Dude tell your ladies to get more comfy shoes. The only reason I don't wear mine more often is that I don't want them to get messed up from heels sinking into the ground or whatever.
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Heels are perfectly fine for walking around as long they're not ridiculously tall. I could walk around in two inch heels all day. But I do also enjoy my flats, I have quite a few pairs. My feet have very little arch to them, so I can wear pretty much any shoe for a long period of time.
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Dude tell your ladies to get more comfy shoes.
Maybe I hang around really freakin' vain people, but I sortof like having my penis perfectly intact.
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i can't stand heels at all, but i think that is more to do with my mentality where i can't stand wearing any kind of clothing that doesn't allow me mobility in some way. skirts and tight pants are the same. but i'm also fairly secure about the fact that i am only like five feet tall, so man, whatever.
another possible cause of my aversion is the fact that while growing up my mother used to wear high heels all the time (she still does, but i don't live with her anymore) and every step she took was constantly accompanied by that horrid obnoxious "clak clak clak" sound of her heels hitting the floor. it was like nails were being driven into my ears. i told myself i would never ever inflict that on another human being.
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It just came to me, but the arguments this article makes for heeled shoes is the same damn one that was once made for foot binding.
But, seriously, fucked heeled shoes. They serve no practice purpose, not even in video games.
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They serve no practice purpose, not even in video games.
The practical purpose of high heeled shoes is so that you can threaten to puncture someone's skull by stepping on them, like in Heroes.
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I don't get the whole thing about girls looking better in high heels. I prefer girls in those cute flats you always see.
Like these:
(http://shinymedia.headshift.com/shoewawa/images/photos/uncategorized/cherry_3.jpg)
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FLATS: Far superior to the filthy high heel
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Flats are cool for every day, but heels are dressier and dressy is good. By heels I mean sensible ones, like the middle ones with the bows that Misconception posted.
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So for my next shoe purchase...
(http://www.payless.com/Images/300x300/060006_1_300x300.jpg) or (http://www.payless.com/Images/300x300/056832_1_300x300.jpg) ?
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I cannot express my utter abhorrence of flats. I have never seen someone look good in them. Short girls look stumpy and childish, tall girls look like they're ashamed of their height and insecure.
I'm sorry if you're one of those girls who like them, but there are much better looking flat shoes if you want comfort and much better looking heels if you want pretty.
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From my experience flats only make you look stumpy if you wear them with the wrong outfit.
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You know what? I don't look at people's feet, so I could care less what type of shoe someone wears. I'm so bad, that my parents go out and buy shoes for me, they know my size and they know that I could care less. I've never been unsatisfied with a purchase, I suppose.
So my point is women in heels or flats? Whateva, man.
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I tend to judge the value of a woman's shoe by how practical it is for as wide a range of activities as possible. If you can't climb anything in them, I don't recommend them. Even ladders are difficult for some kinds of heels.
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Going down a flight of stairs is tough in anything taller than one inch, so in that case they are pretty impractical.
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I cannot express my utter abhorrence of flats. I have never seen someone look good in them. Short girls look stumpy and childish, tall girls look like they're ashamed of their height and insecure.
I'm sorry if you're one of those girls who like them, but there are much better looking flat shoes if you want comfort and much better looking heels if you want pretty.
I think flats are fine for pants, but definitely iffy with skirts or dresses. Then it depends on the style of the the shoes, skirt, and how good the girl's legs are. No two ways about it, heels make your legs look nicer. So good legs can pull off flats easier. And I think they're okay with casual, summery dresses/skirts. Sometimes in the summer I just wear a t-shirt, skirt and flip-flops. But flats with formal wear make me think of old ladies whose knees are too bad for heels, who own custom made shoe inserts, prescription sneakers, and moccasins.
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Going down any stairs should not be that bad if you have decent shoes.
Flats are icky looking, and I have to agree with Manda. If you want flat-soled things, there are sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes, Burks, Docs, Chacos, and even Tevas.
Also, jesus, did no one else see Kinky Boots? (http://imdb.com/title/tt0434124/?fr=c2M9MXxsbT01MDB8ZmI9dXx4PTB8dHQ9MXxteD0yMHx5PTB8aHRtbD0xfGNoPTF8Y289MXxwbj0wfGZ0PTF8a3c9MXxzaXRlPWRmfHE9a2lua3kgYm9vdHN8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=23) Heels do change how you look: they elongate the leg, accentuate the calf (and make the leg look more curvy), and cause the pelvis to tilt. I believe the line is "Look to the heel. The sex is in the heel ... Stilettos require constant balance from the upper leg causing the muscles of the backside to tense and appear pert and ready for mating".
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Honestly, all those flat soled things you listed generally just look ugly. Flats are the best option for flat soled shoes.
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Wait, so "flats" are a specific type of shoe? Not just any shoe with a flat sole? I'm so confused. Remind me never to enter a fashion related thread again, I just don't belong here.
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From my experience flats only make you look stumpy if you wear them with the wrong outfit.
Heels aren't the go-to shoe either though. Srsly? Look at the girls walking around the Bllok if you ever get the chance to come over here. I don't care how nice your bum is, skinny jeans (read: jeans) and heels really do not go together, no exceptions.
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Skinny jeans do not go with anything. Most importantly, though, skinny jeans and ballet flats is the most ridiculous silhouette I've seen recently.
Except Uggs. But that is a different story.
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Only topped in awesomeness by these:
http://www.heelsforyou.com/Images/Demonia-2-28-web/SCE100-B.jpg
My girlfriend has these exact boots. I also have like two pairs of Demonia boots, they are awesome quality and really comfortable. Ingelise has about 4 pairs of Demonias I think, all with varying heels.
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Skinny jeans and ballet flats look excellent. Don't be ridiculous.
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No, because see, not only do the flats do absolutely nothing for your feet or legs, and often are attributed knee problems and collapsed arches because most people walk with too much of their weight on their heels anyway, but the jeans themselves don't have enough cloth to hide or disguise anything and only contribute just enough fabric to obscure your lovely curves at the knees and ankles, so basically your legs look like they taper straight down.
It is my personal opinion that skinny jeans should only be for wearing under tall boots, the way they were designed.
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Skinny jeans and ballet flats look excellent. Don't be ridiculous.
She speaks the truth.
The only shoes that look ridiculous at all times are those stupid furry boots that look like you gutted a persian and slipped it's skin around your foot. Seriously ladies, why do you buy those things?
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See I had to say that because look at what I am wearing at this exact moment:
(http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/allylester/flatsandskinnies.jpg)
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Ally makes a very good point.
Lightguy; I think originally it was because they were warm and no-one would see them 'coz you'd just wear them around the house. Then I'd imagine there were a few too many cases of people not having enough time to put proper shoes on or just going to get petrol and it's not really worth putting shoes on and then someone thought that these people were doing it by choice instead of because they were just popping out for five minutes.
Katie; I'll agree that you'll never pull off classicly beautiful with flats and skinny jeans but you can certainly do the cute-indie-chick look.
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Ironically, just after I posted that, I came across an even uglier pair of shoes.
(http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08064/large565.jpg)
These almost make crocs look good.
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...WANT!
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I'd just like to point out that Ally is wearing Slim cut jeans, NOT skinny legs. Skinny leg jeans are ick.
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Honestly, all those flat soled things you listed generally just look ugly. Flats are the best option for flat soled shoes.
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/calenlass/Zapatitos/DSCF0035.jpg)
It is almost warm enough for me to wear them all the time again! Hooray!
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*headdesk*
Also I don't care what anybody says, skinny leg jeans are amazing.
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Few people pull of skinny jeans. These people are those people with awesome legs. Personally, I think everyone should just wear bootcut jeans...
I happen to like flats much more than heels. And there are ugly shoes in every category of shoe. Personally, I like boots that are from mid-calf to knee-high, but Uggs are the ugliest shoes on the face of the planet. I also think most flats look better than most heels, so it's all personal preference.
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So my point is women in heels or flats? Whateva, man.
You sir are an uncultured boor. Shoes make an enormous amount of difference.
As far as Uggs, last weekend my gf and I spent much of Saturday giggling at and counting how many women we passed who were wearing running pants and Uggs. It started when she noted that that way ugly combo was surprisingly common in Chicago.
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What are uggs? I've never heard of these.
This might just be me, but I absolutely cannot stand ballet slipper shoes and the fact that they invented the Toe Crack. There is just something really unattractive about seeing nothing on someone's foot except for the crack between the big toe and second big toe peeking out from the top of the shoe.
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You're right about that one. I won't buy any form of dress shoe unless it covers that area. It's just weird to be able to see where people's toes begin without seeing their toes.
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Agreed. I read somewhere once that that's "sexy and reminds a man of other cleavage" and I thought to myself, what the fuck?!
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Feet mostly make me think of well, feet. They're so asexual to me that it took me quite a while to pick up on the whole Tarantino foot fetish thing (which is funny because it was so blindingly obvious in retrospect). I think shoes can look good and all and they can certainly do great things for a silhouette, but the Toe Crack=Cleavage! theory makes me think someone was running out of ways to pimp their line of ballet flats.
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omg I thought I was the only one who thinks it looks weird when the shoe doesn't cover the toes completely. It looks incomplete. I actually like the look of flats a lot, but the whole toe-crack thing looks odd. Refer to lunchy's photo; not all flats do that, it is not a defining feature of that shoe type.
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So my point is women in heels or flats? Whateva, man.
You sir are an uncultured boor. Shoes make an enormous amount of difference.
And you sir are a pretentious snob. Practicality over form I say.
Though I will agree with you on Uggs, unless its 20 degrees outside you do not wear fur boots!
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oh jesus. that photograph demonstrates so well why i don't wear makeup either.
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Dude you would not even wear Uggs out in 20 ºF weather because seriously if it is that cold chances are the weather is nasty too and those boots are not weatherproof at all. They do not even have a waterproof seal under the nasty furry shit.
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Uggs are UGGH.
I don't wear boots unless I am going to be outside for more than half and hour at a time and it is below zero. Then I bust out my farmer boots and actually keep my feet warm.
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I do not have boots and that is ridiculously stupid given the conditions out right now (alternating heavy snow and heavy rain, resulting in giant mounds of slush everywhere.) My gf walks around in her cute galoshes and makes fun of me.
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Cute:
(http://www.turningsixty.com.au/tsblog/images/galoshes.gif)
Not Cute:
(http://www.laist.com/attachments/la_malingering/pink%20uggs%20with%20miniskirt.JPG)
Cute:
(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/51275557.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CEB67FFAEFF8972C26A40A659CEC4C8CB6)
Not Cute:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/82171127_ad7a4b9609.jpg)
Holy shit!
(http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/6/3c/63c5d2c205a218f450d55aa771c49186-orig)
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Oh man read this (http://www.laist.com/2007/04/26/ugg_enough.php).
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Where did those skull and crossbones galoshes come from? I'm pretty sure she would forgive every mistake I have ever made and ever will make if I got her those.
Also, none of your galoshes pictures involve a girl in a peacoat holding an umbrella while looking at the sky pensively. This is important.
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They serve no practice purpose, not even in video games.
The practical purpose of high heeled shoes is so that you can threaten to puncture someone's skull by stepping on them, like in Heroes.
Or you could just do a Rosa Klebb, get a blade inside your shoe. A combat boot would have plenty of room, and would also have the awesomeness of being a combat boot. Then again, I am biased, I have had a pair of paratrooper boots just about permanently affixed to me feet since October.
Uggs are horrible though, don't understand why anyone likes them. I have seen people wearing them around campus, but that makes some sense, since around here, the temperatures go beneath 50 degrees, unlike L.A.
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SKULL BOOTS HLY SHT
I own these. These are staring at me from my armoire.
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Guys, feet are gross. If I never had to look at feet ever again (including my own), I would be happy. Shoes cover feet, so they are good!
That being said, Ugg boots are disgusting. The ugg boot-mini skirt (rolls of fat) combo is all too common around here, so I get to see it very often! I am on the hunt for a nice pair of big stompy boots to wear everywhere because then I will be tough and stompy.
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I am on the hunt for a nice pair of big stompy boots to wear everywhere because then I will be tough and stompy.
I want to buy you boots just because you're so damn cute when you're tough and stompy.
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I have Ugg slippers for indoors. They are about as pretty as a train wreck but they are comfortable as eff and no matter how cold it is my feet are ALWAYS warm.
For everyday stuff I wear one of my two pairs of black Chucks, typically the pair that I've had more time to break in. Broken-in Chucks really are The Greatest Thing.
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Oh man I thought I was alone in my hatred for toe cleavage!
I fell in love with a pair of shoes the other day and went to try them on, and was all "Oh no, they show the toe crack bit, I don't like that." The lady was afrronted and said "Well that is the style nowadays."
Eesh.
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I just find it funny that despite all the snow on the ground here in Minnesota I have to log onto the internet to see lots of girls (I'd say women, but I think uggs-in-public is pretty much an instant disqualification from adulthood) running around in big ass boots.
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That's because people in Minnesota are generally used to the cold and don't feel the need to wear boots. And mostly we're not dumb enough to wear Uggs. I say mostly because I have seen it a few times.
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My friend Mark once paired Uggs with fishnets, but that was on Halloween. Scariest costume I've ever seen. He's not a small man. Well, actually, he's kind of short, but he could definitely stand to lose some weight... Other than that though, I've only seen a handful of people wearing uggs.
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Where are you at in Minnesota? If you don't mind me asking, that is.
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I'm from Spam Town (Austin, MN), sadly. Just north of Iowa.
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heels heels heels i love them and i can't wait to live in a place with no cobblestones so i can wear heels every day!
i also love skinny jeans.
i do not love flats but they are more practical than heels so i wear them anyways.
i was going to stop buying high heels but this thread makes me want to go buy a new pair RIGHT NOW. :(
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Oh man I thought I was alone in my hatred for toe cleavage!
I fell in love with a pair of shoes the other day and went to try them on, and was all "Oh no, they show the toe crack bit, I don't like that." The lady was afrronted and said "Well that is the style nowadays."
Eesh.
You should have responded "Leopard print pants and makeup on men was the style in the '80s, that doesn't mean it was a good idea.
The '80s, like hitler for fashion, but ungodwinable.
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I'm from Spam Town (Austin, MN), sadly. Just north of Iowa.
I've been there! My sister was playing in a softball tournament so I went along to watch. It was pretty nice I guess.
I am from Battle Lake. Bonus points if you know where it is.
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Afraid not. There's so many towns that use lakes as distinguishing characteristics in this state that they all kind of become a blur to me. :laugh:
Austin's not so bad, really, I just whine sometimes because it's rather lacking in some of the things that I like best about Minnesota. It's practically Iowa, honestly; a couple rivers but our only lakes in this county are shallow and man made while the surrounding area is really, really flat, so there's not much to look at but soybeans. Could be worse though; it's not like you have to travel all that far for decent lakeside scenery in Minnesota no matter where you're at.
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Enough about Minnesota. Back to shoes.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/andthentherewaslindsey/shoes/appleflats.jpg)
Favorite pair of flats. Though I have worn these with a skirt, I prefer to wear them with pants. Kitten heels are much more flattering with skirts.
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Yeah, and apparently dangerous too. My boss wore them a couple years ago out dancing, and she broke her ankle. She repeated the same exact thing just last summer. She usually has no issue with heels. Just kitten heels.
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Kitten heels are silly.
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I always feel so manly in discussions about shoes or other things women are supposed to know. What are kitten heels? I've gathered Uggs are the disgusting animal fur boots that every girl seems to have along with her ugly G/C purse. (What are with those dull purposes (I meant purses, but this typo makes more sense to me) that everyone has anyways?) Ugggh.
Also, I'm so glad I'm not the only one that hates the Toe Crack. I seriously thought it was just me.
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(http://www.leluxe.com/store/media/images/products/FernBLK.JPG)
Typically 1in high. I actually think they're much easier to manage than heels, as it's like a normal rise on any other shoe.
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I think they are harder to navigate than regular heels or flat soles because they generally taper pretty sharply and so you end up rocking back and forth on them a lot. I have fallen sideways (actually fallen, not just stumbled) because I went to put my foot down in such a way that a larger heel or the width of a flat sole would've caught and straightened out naturally and the tiny heels didn't.
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I dunno, kitten heels have a pretty small heel base, but if you're normally wearing ones much thicker than that, you're stuck in the 90's chunky heel stage and you need some help.
GROSS
(http://z.about.com/d/shoes/1/0/N/K/chunky_heels.jpg)
WORST OF BOTH WORLDS
(http://www.bglam.com/uploaded_images/fugly1-751654.jpg)
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Where do you find such hideous shoes?
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GIS!
Can you believe the black ones are actually Fendi?
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I think one of the black ones just stabbed me in the foot. And they were attached to a real person.
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Wow, those black shoes are amazingly bad. Damn. The white chunky heels just hit me as an idea that didn't turn out; a mundane failure. But those black shoes were doomed from the beginning.
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What the hell is the point of those shoes?! Stupidest looking shoes ever.
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This is how you do a chunky heel.
(http://serafinablog.com/petitefashion/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/bp_wedge_belize.jpg)
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AHH! (http://www.alternative-footwear.co.uk/ballet-heels.html) WHY?
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So skanky women can dress even skankier, but still feel a little classy at the same time?
(They defy reason.)
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God, I can only imagine a pair of those in my size. I'd be taller than most men. Creepy.
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Reason, and gravity!
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Guys the ballet heels things are not regular shoes. I am pretty sure the only people I have ever known to wear them out wore them to Rocky Horror. They are fetish shoes, and not for standard consumption.
Also, at first I couldn't really see the problem with the shoes Amanda posted, because the ones on top look like the $12 pair you might buy to wear to your second-cousin's wedding because you didn't already have a pair in the right colour and you will probably never wear them again anyway. The second pair looked like they were those 90s-esque shoes that people still market to preteens; but then I noticed the heel, and I actually laughed out loud at the absurdity.
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It's like a very, very fat man with a very tiny penis.
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I have a large scar on the underside of my chin from the last time I wore heels out. I completely ate it on some stairs. I was lucky I didn't bite my tongue off and I had to walk around with my chin taped up for a week.
Admittedly, I was pretty intoxicated, so the heels weren't entirely to blame.
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There's a (limited) time and a place for ballet heels. It's the same time and place as for latex and ballgags.
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I know where Battle Lake is! Yay! Battle Lake is my adopted lake and it is good for swimming and fishing. And staying in a hotel your auntie owns.
ALSO FUCK YOU GUYS I love toe cleavage. I think it looks adorable? Though maybe I am biased, since I have super long toes and I think you might actually be able to see the cleave when I wear slip on Vans or something.
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Yay for you! But you also live in Fargo, so you were pretty cool a while back.
As for toe cleavage, I have yet to experience it myself. I think I have one or two pairs of shoes that might give me a little of it, but my toes are pretty tiny so I've never really had a problem with it. I don't think it looks that bad, actually.
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(http://www.classicpumps.com/gina/toecleavage9.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/172688033_1fa1018ac2_m.jpg)
(http://www.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/03/toe%20cleavage.jpg)
shudder.
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Nooooooooohgodwhy
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That is truly a horrible thing.
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MM THAT REMINDS ME OF BREASTS, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE FURIOUSLY NOW TO THOSE PHOTOS. THANKS KATIE!
I will laugh if somebody out-of-context sigquotes that.
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MM THAT REMINDS ME OF BREASTS, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE FURIOUSLY NOW TO THOSE PHOTOS. THANKS KATIE!
I will laugh if somebody out-of-context sigquotes that.
Done, you can now laugh in peace
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It's like a very, very fat man with a very tiny penis.
Second out-of-context sigquote.
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I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE FURIOUSLY NOW TO THOSE PHOTOS. THANKS KATIE!
I was actually thinking something along these lines, but oh well.
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Happy to oblige.
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Man, the toe cleavage is hideous.
And it seems like it would be a bit of a pain to wear, with so little of your foot actually in the shoe? I've never worn shoes like that but it seems like you'd have to curl your toes or something to keep your shoes on.
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3 sig-quotes in 2 hours? Not bad.
on topic: When I see a girl I look at her shoes almost instantly. Shoes are very important for me to determine whether or not I find someone attractive. Yes, I am that shallow.
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I couldn't give less of a shit, as long as it's not tennis shoes all the time, every time.
I don't even mind toe cleavage, you guys.
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I never notice shoes. Or clothes. I usually just see if a guy or girl has nice hair and I'm done with it. Well, that's not entirely true. If it's some notorious sweatshop brand or made entirely out of the fur of bunnies and whatnot, I will notice them and secretly grrr at their choice of where to support with their money. That's one thing I rather like about the ballet slipper shoes- no leather.
I think I'm one of those girls that only wears tennis shoes all the time. Well, they're not tennis shoes though, they're all-star knock offs from korea. Sometimes I wear my pirate boots, though.
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I meant more like . . . trainers, or something. Like, shoes you would wear if you were a hardcore basketball player or five.
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Good trainers are ridiculously comfortable though. I have some rather expensive dress and "casual" shoes and there really isn't a comparison between them and well-chosen crosstrainer, tennis or basketball shoe (read: not just buying the big brand du jour).
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I think I'm one of those girls that only wears tennis shoes all the time.
I'm one of those. If I don't own more tennis shoes than nice shoes, I'll be shocked. I don't wear trainers, just shoes that are comfy and cover my whole foot.
Speaking of the ballet flats, though, nothing annoys me more than seeing girls wear these things when there are a good few inches on the ground when they aren't wearing socks. It's about as good as wearing sandals in snow.
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Girls do that on campus here and it's freezing out! I just saw a comic in the paper making fun of how all winter fashion for girls right now more or less makes sure you'll end up with a serious bronchial infection.
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I was actually thinking something along [those] lines, but oh well.
Well yeah, but the one I used was equally odd out of context. Plus, I didn't want to copy everyone else.
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I cannot express my utter abhorrence of flats. I have never seen someone look good in them.
Right! While high heels, on the other hand, make any woman look sexier.
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This is also untrue; see what I said before about people who don't know how to walk in them, or don't have strong enough ankles for them.
Also, I wear running shoes (http://www.newbalance.com/running/training/WR1011/) pretty much every day when it's cold outside, and for labs when feet need to be covered.
Edit: Also, wasn't this thread originally about dresses? Good, because I have a question about bubble skirts: what.
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There are four categories of shoes to me:
1. Fancy
2. Cute
3. Plain
4. Nasty
*
I probably don't care unless your shoes are nasty, but plain shoes can be a bit disappointing sometimes.
*This space reserved for Crocs if I decide to upgrade the list to 5 categories.
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I'm with Katie on this shit
(http://urbansocialite.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/bubble-skirt.png?w=264&h=591)
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(http://images.google.com/url?q=http://wkdesigner.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/armani.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEqCf0V5YTpWtWytrJ1AkTWAjuIAA)
HLAUGHALUGHABUHALUGHB
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Ok it probably does not help that her dress is made of chain mail and leftover astronaut suit fabric
EDIT: NOT TO MENTION SHE IS WEARING FLATS
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But Manda! It is Armani! This is sexy!
Edit: You know, the one you posted isn't so bad. It makes me wish it were longer, because I imagine if it were it would be a really cool Victorian/Edwardian style with lots of tucks and pleats and flounces and stuff.
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What.
Also skullcaps are like anti-sexy.
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Pair it with those Fendi shoes-from-hell and you've got an outfit;)
I hate the one I posted because I think it's a horrible way to use menswear fabrics. It looks like some fashion school arty twit's final project, and completely impossible to sit down in without wrecking the pleats.
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Guys I made a special effort to look at ladies shoes today and all I saw when I looked at women wearing heels was that their feet looked stressed. They all had red marks on their feet or they just generally looked like they were straining. I'm sure if feet could pant, they would've been.
NOT SEXY.
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Oh yes, definitely true. I don't like it the way it is, but it automatically transforms itself in my mind to something edwardian and in my head it looks pretty cool.
Menswear fabrics have a place, and that is not one of them.
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Guys I made a special effort to look at ladies shoes today and all I saw when I looked at women wearing heels was that their feet looked stressed. They all had red marks on their feet or they just generally looked like they were straining. I'm sure if feet could pant, they would've been.
NOT SEXY.
They were all wearing the wrong shoes. Or they just started wearing heels, because that can happen when you aren't used to them.
Also, on the topic of skirts, this is a good bubble skirt:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/Phantasmagorically/bcbg_bubble_skirt.jpg?t=1202743560)
Bad bubble skirt:
(http://www.shopisabelladee.com/images/shineolivebln.jpg)
It's all in the length and fullness.
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I think that white one is the only decent bubble skirts I've seen. But would I wear it? No.
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I would wear it if it looked good on me, but I think I'm a little too short and not quite skinny enough to pull it off. Which makes me sad.
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The key with the white one is that it looks like a regular skirt, not a bubble skirt. You know how to achieve that look more consistently? Wear regular skirts, not bubble skirts.
I must say though, poo to Manda and her hatin on flats.
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I've never heard of Bubble skirts, but those pictures make it look like they're wearing a colored trash bag.
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That pretty much sums up why people shouldn't wear them! There are soooooo many skirts that do not look bad, so I would rather wear those.
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i don't know about bubble skirts but i think bubble dresses can be super cute.
(http://le-fashionista.com/shop/images/products/prospect44_satinbubble_1.jpg)
(http://www2.victoriassecret.com/images/prodlgvw/V271159_CROP1.jpg)
they are pretty silly-looking but i really like them, and i have seen people look really good in them.
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You can really only look good in them if you have really thin legs. If you have any fat at all, it's going to make you look like a weird marshmallow.
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See, this is where the whole LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION comes into play!
I mean, just look at the stereotypes (hey, they got to be true for someone!), what do you think if you think stereotypical italian lady (http://static.zooomr.com/images/849614_2d896086c6_o.jpg) versus stereotypical amurkan lady (http://www.usasurvival.org/images/hillary.jpg)?
Who would you prefer to see in a bubble dress (or any hot hot dress at all)?
(dont tell me you want to see me in one.... plz...)
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Man that is not at all my stereotype of American women.
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Mine either.
i don't know about bubble skirts but i think bubble dresses can be super cute.
img 1
img 2
they are pretty silly-looking but i really like them, and i have seen people look really good in them.
Image 1 is cute, but would only look good on a rather thin girl who probably has no curves. Like it looks good on that girl (although she needs an effing bra or something), but she is very thin and if she was more voluptuous, it would make her look like a poofy marshmallow.
Image two, while the fabric is kind of cool, is ugly. It's like a babydoll, but makes the wearer look shapeless. (I like baby doll tops for comfort, but the dresses are really hard to pull off on any body type.)
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You know, from a construction standpoint, bubble skirts are so silly. It is like a cheater hem, but it takes extra fabric to do. You may as well save yourself the money on the extra material and make a normal hem!
Oh hey guys, back to shoes for a bit, because I learned today that my sister doesn't "do" shoes, like I do, because she has super-long toes and she hates the way they always show above the tops of her shoes. She would be more into shoes ("I guess those are ok but I could never wear them") if she didn't hate her own toe cleavage so much. Anyone else have this problem? How do you get around it?
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This thread really needs more pictures of ladies demonstrating their points. Things started going in the right direction on page 2, but then it all unraveled.
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No more fucking puns, Joe, or I won't post anymore pictures.
Edit: Except this one!
(http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/images/2007/10/05/chalayanbubble.jpg)
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I didn't mean it! It was an accident.
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(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2092/bonesecksmh1.jpg)
First thing I thought of.
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But let's be honest, you're ALWAYS thinking that.
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Well played sir.
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Oh hey guys, back to shoes for a bit, because I learned today that my sister doesn't "do" shoes, like I do, because she has super-long toes and she hates the way they always show above the tops of her shoes. She would be more into shoes ("I guess those are ok but I could never wear them") if she didn't hate her own toe cleavage so much. Anyone else have this problem? How do you get around it?
Opaque stockings! All the time!
Solves the problem with sexy
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Oh shit Dovey that is actually a really good call.
Fuck yeah.
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Oh man, if I have any opinion at all let it be on this. Those dresses pictured above are NOT awesome. They are the opposite of awesome. Formless dresses are horrible and deny the human form its beauty. And I like the beauty, I really do, I mean I may not care about the feet as much but they are like, 3% of the human body. C'mon, its like being born a peasant in the middle ages where you're forced to wear a shapeless burlap bag, why would anyone want that?
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Formless dresses are great for people who do not really have much form to show off.
Also, opaque stockings is a brilliant idea.
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Doesn't matter if there's not much to show off, there's still more than can be found within a dress that destroys any shape that is there! Not much is better than nothing.
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Though maybe I am biased, since I have super long toes and I think you might actually be able to see the cleave when I wear slip on Vans or something.
I just rock mine. It's like choosing not to smile because you don't like the gap in your teeth. The cleave doesn't show as much when there's a round toe instead of pointy toe though. Or, she could buy up a half-size with a heel grip, but that doesn't really look good either since then you have a weird gap between the heel and back of the shoe.
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There's something interesting there, too. I -despise- pointy toed shoes on ANYBODY. No exceptions. Absolutely none.
'Cept maybe the Swiss Guard 'cause they're so goofy-looking that they're just plain BADASS.
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Also people dressing up as historically-accurate fools at renaissance faires. You have to give them credit because they went and wasted all that money on their costume, AND their toes have bells on!
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I gotta agree that pointy toes are just plain bad. It makes you look snarky and arrogant. This is never a good look.
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I have a pair of pointy-toed dress boots. They are for very very special occasions (basically when I cannot get away with combat boots or docs; weddings etc...) only and it is damn near impossible to climb stairs in them. It's ridiculous! I don't like my shoe ending 2 inches after my foot does, it's like wearing a fucking pair of flippers.
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I like pointy-toed shoes. I have a ton of pairs that are pointed; I think they're sexy.
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I like pointy toed shoes for girls and only when the point is within an inch of your toes. Guy point-toed shoes get kind of ridiculous with the length of point. You can have classy shoes (http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/83/34/23113483.jpg) without that point nonsense, boys.
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Oh man, if I have any opinion at all let it be on this. Those dresses pictured above are NOT awesome. They are the opposite of awesome. Formless dresses are horrible and deny the human form its beauty. And I like the beauty, I really do, I mean I may not care about the feet as much but they are like, 3% of the human body. C'mon, its like being born a peasant in the middle ages where you're forced to wear a shapeless burlap bag, why would anyone want that?
i have nice boobs and i have nice legs, but everything in between is kind of "eh". so dresses that are tight on top and lose their shape at the bottom look pretty okay on me!
(then again, i can look good in almost anything. because i am sexy.)
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:lol:
:laugh:
:-D
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Mooface,
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Her name ain't got the word "moo" for nothing.
*rimshot*
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I don't get it, you're saying her face is made of beef?
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I am talking about the dress.
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Sexiest Outfits involve theatrical pirate-ness:
(http://www.piratemerch.com/images/jackrackam_skirt.jpg)
Everything else seems so boring in comparison.
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Let's see your pictures of MaiAda now, Mr. Smartass Tommy.
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(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/jhocking/puirate.png)
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Already the picture 10x better!
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Pirate legs, eh?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/redglasscurls/kickyerass.jpg)
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Pirate legs, eh?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/redglasscurls/kickyerass.jpg)=WIN
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Approved, and applauded.
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While I feel compelled to point out that quoting the post above you isn't necessary, and picture quoting is also something you should avoid, I'm also admittedly not sure it was entirely uncalled for in this very specific instance...
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I have to concur with bob on that.
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fuck you tommy!!!
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I kind of did pirate leg things for Mardi Gras. Sort of (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/calenlass/DSCF0004-7.jpg).
(I do not usually wear the tights and the socks together. In my defense, it was hella cold.)
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That's hot.
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Katie, you should goth up more.
(as in both more goth and more often).
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Uh, Katie... Actually, just
Katie,
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Bob, I totally agree with you, and I almost never quote posts, but I think I was justified that time.
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Heh. It is really quite horrible, actually, because I have lost so much weight recently that my corset is too big for me now even when it is completely laced.
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Oh man, if I have any opinion at all let it be on this. Those dresses pictured above are NOT awesome. They are the opposite of awesome. Formless dresses are horrible and deny the human form its beauty. And I like the beauty, I really do, I mean I may not care about the feet as much but they are like, 3% of the human body. C'mon, its like being born a peasant in the middle ages where you're forced to wear a shapeless burlap bag, why would anyone want that?
Yay first post here.
Well, I don't like completely formless dresses, but empire waist dresses do wonder on me even though I am a curvy girl. Especially when the fabric occasionally shows off my hips. Its very flattering on me. Things that go in at the waist and then flair out work very well for me too. It just depends on the person.
Bubble skirts are horrible for most however.
As for shoes, well I can wear some heels all day and others I can barely tolerate. It depends on what angle my foot is at and how well made the shoe is. I'm very pick about flats, I agree with some of the other posters on how they dont work for some girls and some outfits. I usually wear mine with jeans. With skirts I find it much more flattering to wear a moderate heel for my legs. I'm not very tall so it helps my height too.
Toe cleavage, lol. My pair of flats has just the slightest hint of it. Nothing like the pictures shown in the thread, its more of just a peek of my big toe/second toe. Its barely noticable but it makes me twitch a little. I couldnt tolerate anything like the pictures.
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The only "moderate heels" I own are ones that matched prom dresses.
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My sister has a personal enjoyment of 4" heels and she's already 5'10. She will only date guys who are taller than 6'3 because of it.
Basically what I am trying to say is that my sister's doing it wrong.
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So... what is the big deal with the girls having to be shorter than the guys? I never understood that.
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I dated a guy who was 5'7" (I'm 5'10", and I admire KJS's sister's guts). The only thing that bothered me about him was that he was a bit of a jerk and that had nothing to do with his height. Though I like height, it's not the end of the world if I like a guy who's shorter than me and since I don't wear heels this often, it doesn't matter much anyways.
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I'm pretty sure it's just the natural result of short guys being selected against, basically-- it's awfully hard to get big, tall and strong while you're starving to death (heights increased drastically all over the place after the agricultural revolution), so if nothing else height used to be a prime indicator that you could take care of yourself and were well fed. Height's been considered a virtue since at least the classical period and modern researchers have looked at the "What I'm looking for" preferences found on dating websites and noted that women are way more likely to put in a minimum height preference than explicitly mention that men be in good shape or work at a job that pays more than McDonald's. Of course, people tend to be more flexible than that in reality (especially men), since attraction rarely matches up completely with what people think they want, but the general sentiment seems pretty ingrained at this point.
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One of the sexiest women I've ever known was like 6'1 when I knew her. Haven't talked to her since sophomore year, so that would've put me at like 5'8.
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it's awfully hard to get big, tall and strong while you're starving to death (heights increased drastically all over the place after the agricultural revolution), so if nothing else height used to be a prime indicator that you could take care of yourself and were well fed.
That's true. My medieval history professor told us that the reason people were so short in the dark ages was because their diet was so crappy. Not enough protein, I think, was what caused it. And since people have been getting what they needed in their diets for the past few hundred years, people got taller. Yay history!
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It is somewhat unfortunate for those of us who are healthy and still rather short though. I'm only 5'8", but as I once jokingly told my 6'8" Russian friend, for being an Irish-Mexican mutt I am huge. :roll:
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Actually, you arent the only irish-mexican mutt I've ever met. My two best friends when I live din Lubbock were the guys John and Steven, and while Steven was relatively tall(I finally outgrew him in height, he's prolly 5'8 to 5'10) his brother John was born with a couple birth defects that hindered his height by quite a bit. Problems with his ankles and wrists that took years of surgery to get right and working. That plus the coolest ingrown toe ever(no, not toenail, toe) that grew over another one of his toes. He had stacked toes. I was always a bit envious of it, but I wonder now if it ever hurt him. I may be remembering this entirely wrong, but I think he got leg lengthening surgery recently, which help adds to my Dad's theory that he had a very mild form of some kind of dwarfism. He's still taller than his dad ever was though, and his mom was taller than his dad. I've confused myself with this conversation.
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Oh hey, you guys! I made breakthrough research!
My boyfriend likes toe cleavage.
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I'm so sorry for you, but you're going to have to leave him.
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It is somewhat unfortunate for those of us who are healthy and still rather short though. I'm only 5'8", but as I once jokingly told my 6'8" Russian friend, for being an Irish-Mexican mutt I am huge. :roll:
Did he tell you to cry some more?
I didn't know Irish people were short. Scottish people seem to be frikkin huge, so I suppose that balances out for me. I am 6' and growing some, probably hit 6'1" or 6'2".
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One of the sexiest women I've ever known was like 6'1 when I knew her. Haven't talked to her since sophomore year, so that would've put me at like 5'8.
How tall are you now then?
Also, for the record, I am a proud short person measuring in at 5'3". I get it from my mom.
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It is somewhat unfortunate for those of us who are healthy and still rather short though. I'm only 5'8", but as I once jokingly told my 6'8" Russian friend, for being an Irish-Mexican mutt I am huge. :roll:
Did he tell you to cry some more?
I didn't know Irish people were short. Scottish people seem to be frikkin huge, so I suppose that balances out for me. I am 6' and growing some, probably hit 6'1" or 6'2".
Of course not, that would have been rude, especially considering he's the one who brought up height in that coversation to begin with. I rather like being my height; he bitches about being tall more than I've ever bitched about being short (besides I'm not even really -that- short; nobody makes a big deal about being 5'8" unless you're a football or basketball player, in my experience). I wear a medium or a large and he gets stuck either paying a fortune or wearing t-shirts that say goofy crap like "Big Dog" on the front. 5'8" is roughly the median height between American women and American men once you average them out; I live in this wonderful world where I can reach virtually everything yet have plenty of legroom on air planes, whereas he lives in a world where sitting in the back of a sports car requires coaching from a contortionist. On the other hand, modeling typically requires you to be around 6 foot or so at least (not that it'd be an option for me even if I was tall, but just sayin'), because height is considered part of the beauty ideal in the United States, so there's pros and cons however you look at it.
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That was a TF2 reference, there is a giant russian in the game, and I couldn't help imagining your friend as him. One of his battle cries is "Cry some more!"
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So... what is the big deal with the girls having to be shorter than the guys? I never understood that.
Me either! I have never had a problem with it.
Lunchy I am really sorry to hear about your boyfriend. Don't worry too much about it, though, because there are lots of fish in the sea. Just let us know if you need a shoulder to cry on in the interim.
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Ah, never really played TF2 much; FPS games have never really been my "thing."
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Hello, dipshits, we have a whole other board for games and stuff! This is not even the right thread for this! Get with the program!
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I live in this wonderful world where I can reach virtually everything yet have plenty of legroom on air planes, whereas he lives in a world where sitting in the back of a sports car requires coaching from a contortionist.
This is true for me, too, and there's a 10" difference between me and your friend! The only time I'm really really happy with my height is at concerts, because I always have a good view. (Only once was I behind someone taller than me, but I was pinned into him by the jerk behind me, and shortly after that I moved to a place where I could see and wasn't being squished. But I am nice about height at concerts - I make room for my friends so they can see, as I can see over their heads and I don't do that thing where I shove myself in front of others, because that's rude.) But yes, getting into the back of vehicles when there is no door right next to the seat, such as sports cars or vans, one must be flexible.
But back to shoes! I was looking at shoes the other day and I tried on several pairs, ranging from cute to hilarious, but I tried on a pair of wedge platform things for the hell of it and I realized that they made my feet look really small, as the jeans I was wearing were a little long. I already think my feet are small compared to the rest of me, but it kind of scared me, so I took them off. But the good thing was I discovered I could still walk in tall shoes and not fall over. But this did not involve stairs or a slope of any kind, so who knows how I'd survive outside of the store.
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Wedges are fantastic. They are so comfortable and for short people like me they make you feel better because you're taller.
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Hello, dipshits, we have a whole other board for games and stuff! This is not even the right thread for this! Get with the program!
Please accept my most sincere apologies for attempting to make a joke related to a video game in a non video game forum.
Yeah... I hate sports cars with the 2+2 seating for the back seats. And also because I always feel like I am about to shove my head through the ceiling, maybe I don't lean the chairs back far enough.
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Oh hey, you guys! I made breakthrough research!
My boyfriend likes toe cleavage.
You definitely need to break up with that freaky pervert now.
Afterwards, you should move somewhere new. The change of scenery will take your mind off your troubles. Somewhere really far away, like, oh I don't know, Chicago maybe.
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Guys, espadrilles yes or no?
I like them well enough, but most of them don't have tall enough heels for my taste, and the ones that do I can never buy because they are like $90 or something crazy like that.
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I'm mixed on espadrilles. From the safe distance of my computer, I think they are exceptionally goofy looking shoes unless very carefully paired with the right outfit. In person, the damned silhouette exagerrating properties of high heels reduce my brain to so much silly putty. Stupid biological imperatives.
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Espadrilles only if you already have really cute feet. And you're only allowed to wear them during the day (though they are passable for sundowners) in summer and spring.
Espadrilles only work in the sun.
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The only place I could ever imagine wearing a pair of espadrilles is the beach. And that would only be if it was the kind with the solid, low canvas upper, not the crazy rope-winding-halfway-up-your-leg kind.
But the first place I heard about espadrilles was in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel Tender is the Night, which is one of my favorite books, and I might conceivably consider buying a pair just so I could be more like Rosemary Hoyt.
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I'm roughly 5'11 though I might be 6' now that all my clothes seem to be too short? My girlfriend wears giant stompy boots with 4 inch platforms. Without shoes she is about 5'10.
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How tall are you now then?
About 6'0. I ain't stoppin' there, either, my dad didn't stop growing until he was like 22.
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Man my dad was like 5'10" from high school until his sophomore year in college. When he came back from summer vacation to start his junior year, he had grown 6 inches.
(Since I am female, this translated to me not being finished growing until I was a senior in high school.)
I like this (http://www.foxnews.com/foxfan/images/espadrille.jpg) kind of espadrille (http://www.stylecynics.com/shoeimages/Christian_Gingham.jpg), and this kind (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n188/fishingpuddycat/Bamboo%20espadrilles/silas-01a.jpg), except not in denim. I used to dance, so I would probably end up tying ridiculous ribbons off like pointe shoe ribbons (http://www.avalondance.ca/graphics/vaganova2.jpg), not halfway up my leg like greek sandals.
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As long as there are no clouds, it is warm and you are wearing a light summery dress and are getting icecream cones with your friends. You do live on the coast right?
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I have a pair of espadrilles. I got them for two dollars and was very happy. Last summer I wore them to a wedding and it was very nice.
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Espadrilles look ridiculous on me, mostly because of my gigantic feet. It's sad because I find them to be adorable with certain things, and I love wearing adorable shoes.
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Eh. They can be cute. Idunno I'm still not convinced heels are all that great.
To be fair I've been walking in the City of the Heels all day today so I am probably just desensitized. That said, Albanian women scare the shit out of me.
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Espadrilles are cute in warm weather with summer dresses. I used to have a pair when I was younger and loved them to bits. But they are like all shoes: some are cute, some are fugly.
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Idunno I'm still not convinced heels are all that great.
I Will Convince You.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2268222437_b50e8b6a23.jpg?v=0)
shapeless bubble dress that is way too short yay! i have weird knees :\
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2269014224_1b9fe4559b.jpg?v=0)
i love these shoes so much they are my favorite things ever and i only wish my camera didn't suck because they are a much darker, prettier purple in real life.
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Guilty by association doesn't apply to being absurdly cute, MaiAda. Sorry.
That dress is all kinds of adorable though.
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Everyone has wierd knees.
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Oh man I am so wanting to commit an Achewood foul. Instead, I will just point out the obvious with a "HOLY SHIT THOSE FIRST SHOES ARE AWESOME AND I WANT TO STEAL THEM/You look fantastic in everything and so I hate you".
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Guys I disagree. My knees are fucking awesome.
Shit I was going to post a picture, but I don't have anything really good in my secret dump uploaded right now.
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I have rad knees. Too bad you can't see them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/leadhindenburg/IMG_2478.jpg)
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Is that carpet or floor tiles? Either way it is pretty awesome.
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Floor tiles would be better and so fucking excellent.
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It is a tile floor with a rug on top! It is the best of both worlds!
I wish I had a timer function on that fucker so I could do visible photowhoring.
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my favorite shoes ever - found at a thrift store, and since passed on to a new life:
(http://photos-097.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v16/171/36/12110097/n12110097_30254732_7323.jpg)
Oh how I miss them. I haven't been able to find that comfy of shoes since.
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I want those tiles in my house. Please take them up and mail them to me in a timely manner.
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Liz, get your own fucking tiles.
As for those Chucks, well, you could, like, go buy a new pair and break them in by hiking in them every weekend for half a year. That's what I've done with the pair I am wearing right now. They are gorgeous and when the hour is more reasonable I will take and post pixxx.
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I'm sure you could spare a few. For me? You know you love me.
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I am kindof using them right now!
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Not for long, muahahahaha...
Also, to get back on topic, wedges!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2277738833_9111cf330a.jpg)
Bad picture quality brought to you by resizing in Paint!
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Liz, get your own fucking tiles.
As for those Chucks, well, you could, like, go buy a new pair and break them in by hiking in them every weekend for half a year. That's what I've done with the pair I am wearing right now. They are gorgeous and when the hour is more reasonable I will take and post pixxx.
I'm a consumer that refuses to purchase shoes made in places I don't agree with entirely. As a result, I must await when a pair of something I will wear, in my size, shows up at a secondary source (such a thrift store) so that I do not have to place my buck where my morals do not agree. So, I sit, and wait. (I know, call me a hippy or whatever, but deciding where I place my buck is one of the few powers you can have)
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I applaud your patience for that, then. Chucks are typically those shoes that get worn until they die and then get thrown away. I just got a new pair to replace my old ones that are basically falling apart on the inside. It's kind of sad, because the old ones were from before Converse was bought out and they lasted for a really long time and actually fit properly. :(
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You do realize that you're still supporting the product that you don't agree with by wearing them, even second-hand. People see chucks, they want to buy chucks. Where do they buy some chucks? Why, converse, of course.
What I'm trying to say is that you should make yourself a pair of fucking rad faux-leather mocasins+ 1righteousness
(http://images.netshops.com/mgen/master:RMW042.jpg)
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I swear those are some of the most hideous shoe/slipper/moccasin/atrocity things I have ever seen
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They really are. Here are not so ugly versions of moccasins (and some mukluks, which are pretty awesome and very comfy):
(http://shop.mukluks.com/images/apbnd200.gif)
(http://www.earthhouse.com/images/clothing/mukluks.jpg)
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I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I actually really like Minnetonka boots
(http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=m&tid=196175)
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I'm a consumer that refuses to purchase shoes made in places I don't agree with entirely. As a result, I must await when a pair of something I will wear, in my size, shows up at a secondary source (such a thrift store) so that I do not have to place my buck where my morals do not agree. So, I sit, and wait. (I know, call me a hippy or whatever, but deciding where I place my buck is one of the few powers you can have)
While I don't agree with sweatshop labor, it's a hell of a lot better than those people not ever having any money at all.
Oohhhh, hippie paradox.
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He does have a point there. You have to admit that.
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it's not about how much money they are paid, it's about the conditions they work in (at least for me). you can make excuses for why sweatshop workers are paid so little, but there is no good excuse for the abuses they suffer.
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I swear those are some of the most hideous shoe/slipper/moccasin/atrocity things I have ever seen
Yeah, but that's why they're awesome.
They say, "Look how fucking ugly my faux-leather moccasins are. I made them myself because that's just how I fucking roll, Bitch. Cunt. Fucker."
Also: Oh god, those mukluks.
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Man I do not think I would be running around calling people cuntfuckers if I were wearing those shoes. They'd fall right off when I had to run away!
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Do not make fun of those mukluks. You have an avatar with a pony with a dick for a horn, said a word I loathe, and posted ugly shoes. You are already on thin ice. Do not make fun of mukluks. THEY ARE AWESOME, K?
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You have an avatar with a pony with a dick for a horn,
I'm seriously bewildered as to why you grouped that as a bad thing.
I had a friend last year who wore home-made moccasins all the time. He was into native pride or whatever, though. He's in jail now.
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Gosh, fuck if I know.
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You have an avatar with a pony with a dick for a horn,
I'm seriously bewildered as to why you grouped that as a bad thing.
I had a friend last year who wore home-made moccasins all the time. He was into native pride or whatever, though. He's in jail now.
Wearing home-made moccasins is a crime?
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you can make excuses for why sweatshop workers are paid so little, but there is no good excuse for the abuses they suffer.
While I agree entirely, there's a reason people invented labor unions. You can't just fire everybody.
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Can I request we discuss those nike's that are ridiculous colours like aquamarine and lime green and such?
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The ugly ones?
That's most of Nike's output, silly!
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:-D
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A friend of mine is obsessed with ugly sneakers. She thinks they're adorable and even has leopard print purple sneakers. I would never be seen in such things.
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What Nikes are these? I am not familiar with these shoes.
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Are these considered ugly then?
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2088822843_35c927de02.jpg?v=0)
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No, those are cute.
Ugly:
(http://www.panuu.com/wp-content/uploads/nike11.jpg)
Slightly weird:
(http://www.uptempoairblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/nike-dunkesto-mix-match-1.jpg)
Way too much color:
(http://www.uptempoairblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/nike-sb-free-rod.jpg)
I have nothing against brightly colored shoes, but when it looks like your box of crayons threw up on your feet, you have a problem. (I think Sam may have a pair of shoes like this, but he is an exception, because Sam is a classy dude.)
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See, I like the colors on the last one. It's just the shape and style of the shoe that's ugly to me.
Also I see that you have sig-quoted me and that makes me ridiculously happy! This is the first time it's happened.
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While I don't agree with sweatshop labor, it's a hell of a lot better than those people not ever having any money at all.
Oohhhh, hippie paradox.
While I'm not going to get into the issue here, I would just like to point out that this is a very complex issue, one that is fascinating to look into (not to mention, essential if you do wish to go around talking about it.) And from the information that I know so far, it is far better for me to not support sweatshops with my few dollars.
To whoever said I was supporting them by simply wearing them- that's a completely different issue. I own shoes, shirts, and pants that are originally from places that I'd never give money too. But they fit and they were at my local thrift store, and so I wear them. If other people look at these clothes and decide they wish to buy them as a result, I simply hope they are informed. My intention is not to change other people, but to make conscious decisions myself. I can't escape from wearing anything associated with a brand of some sort that I do not make myself, so it is inevitable. I hope that makes sense.
Also, I LOVE brightly colored shoes. I had a crush on a guy because he had bright green shoes once.
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See, I like the colors on the last one. It's just the shape and style of the shoe that's ugly to me.
The colors themselves don't bother me (except on the first pair), it's just how the colors are used and the shape of the shoes are just not very pleasing. I like bright colors, but usually they look best in small doses (meaning one or two bright colors is better than 5+).
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I remember in elementary school the thing was to have super bright neon colored winter coats. I loved mine and have missed it ever since.
I'm still waiting for those coats to come back.
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Ok. I remembered you had bright shoes, but I didn't remember how bright.
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My problem with sneakers is that they do nothing to show off your feet. They hide them instead.
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On the "Chucks/sweatshops" issue, well, you could always just sidestep the whole damn dillema and get yourself some No Sweat Sneakers (http://nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NSS). Sweatshop-free, Made in union workshops, and most importantly actually much better made and don't fucking fall apart after six months wear.
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Sneakers may hide the feet, but damn are they comfier*how the hell do you spell this word* looking than some of the shoes women force themselves to put up with.
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Not for long, muahahahaha...
Also, to get back on topic, wedges!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2277738833_9111cf330a.jpg)
Bad picture quality brought to you by resizing in Paint!
Those are cute!
These is my favorite boots for this season.
(http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/images/Tara%20Boot%20at%20Payless.gif)
The two isnt too pointed, it only goes out maybe a inch and a half past my toe. I love these boots!
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(snip) most importantly actually much better made and don't fucking fall apart after six months wear.
Idunno, I've had mine since mid-July and they've gone through some pretty hardcore abuse (hiking through mountains, getting played with by dogs, having music equipment dropped on them [fucking ow]) and they're still perfectly intact.
I have a friend who still wears his dad's Chucks from the '70s. They are pretty badass-looking.
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On the "Chucks/sweatshops" issue, well, you could always just sidestep the whole damn dillema and get yourself some No Sweat Sneakers (http://nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NSS). Sweatshop-free, Made in union workshops, and most importantly actually much better made and don't fucking fall apart after six months wear.
Yeah, this has not been my experience - the No Sweat ones started coming apart after six months, while the Nike ones stayed together for nearly a year. Then again, I probably played with the holes on the No Sweat ones a bit more, so... To be honest, if I have the choice, I'd pay the extra money for two pairs of No Sweats that last six months each rather than one pair of Nikes that last a year - No Sweats are actually slightly cheaper in my neck of the woods. And they come in pink size tens.
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These is my favorite boots for this season.
*snip*
The two isnt too pointed, it only goes out maybe a inch and a half past my toe. I love these boots!
Hey, I have those boots!
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I have a pair of Converse from before they were sold to Nike and now two pairs from after. The first pair held up with only tiny holes near my small toe and have stayed this way for the past 5 years. The older pair from post-Nike are the same, but in slightly better shape as they are only 4 years old and I wore the other pair a lot more originally. (The last pair is brand new, so who knows what'll happen to them.) But then again, one of my friends got a pair of post-Nike Chucks around the time I got my second pair and hers lasted less than a year, when the whole inside of one shoe decided to separate from the sole. She got another pair later on and they didn't do that, but did get sizable holes where the cloth met the sole. But she has wider feet than I do and chucks are pretty narrow shoes.
(Photobucket is being a jerk, or I'd post the new ones.)
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Hey, I have those boots!
They are from Payless! I work there and almost bought a pair for myself but ended up going for some cheaper ones. Because I am broke.
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I think I got them on sale for like $16 or something ridiculous like that. I was so excited. I spent $50 that day and got 4 pairs of boots.
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I got a pair for $8 because I got to use my employee discount. That was a great day.
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On the "Chucks/sweatshops" issue, well, you could always just sidestep the whole damn dillema and get yourself some No Sweat Sneakers (http://nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NSS). Sweatshop-free, Made in union workshops, and most importantly actually much better made and don't fucking fall apart after six months wear.
I wish! Those things are like 40-some bucks. I remember getting so excited about finding a completely vegan-American made shoe site only to realize it was upwards of 50+ dollars.
Thrift store: 1-5 dollars. I'm a grad student. I'm surprised I'm not wearing paper bags right now.
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(http://urbansocialite.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/bubble-skirt.png?w=264&h=591)
Ok I realise it's been a while but I finally stumbled across what that skirt reminded me of way back on page 3.
(http://www.antiquedress.com/gibsonnavynubwoolsetlosdl.jpg)(http://www.antiquedress.com/gibsonnavynubwoolsetlol.jpg)
(It's an actual antique from 1904. I realise it's not actually bustled, like this (http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/images/events_and_bookings_images/springfield_dress_200w/files/21195/Springfield_dress_w200.jpg), or bubbled or whatever, but it's close enough.)
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Ok I realise it's been a while but I finally stumbled across what that skirt reminded me of way back on page 3.
(http://www.antiquedress.com/gibsonnavynubwoolsetlosdl.jpg)(http://www.antiquedress.com/gibsonnavynubwoolsetlol.jpg)
(It's an actual antique from 1904. I realise it's not actually bustled, like this or bubbled or whatever, but it's close enough.)
Wow, that's a very slim line for a victorian dress. You dont see many of those. I think I prefer the bustled look actually.
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No need to quote the post right above yours.
Also it isn't Victorian, it's Edwardian. The Victorian era really ended about 10 years before Queen Victoria's reign in 1901; silhouettes changed pretty dramatically after that.
Mid-Victorian (http://www.fashion-era.com/images/Victorians/prin400x20.jpg)
Late-Victorian (http://www.digitalchangeling.com/blog/uploaded_images/small-SAndB-Winter1885to1886-colorPlate-708257.jpg)
In between (http://www.fashion-era.com/images/Victorians/1895tailmarb.jpg), the Princess of Wales was the head of fashion or whatever because Queen Victoria was still in mourning and people were sick of it.
Edwardian (http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/view19001.jpeg) started the crazy S-bend corset thing (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=91466&rendTypeId=4).
Everyone started chilling out around 1907 (http://www.sallyqueenassociates.com/missouri.jpg) or so. Silhouettes were slimming down toward the 20s (http://www.americanartarchives.com/lagatta_fashion26_22.jpg) by 1913 (http://www.decodog.com/inven/graphic4/1914fash.jpg), too.
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Yeah sorry about that, people tend to post so fast I've become paranoid about not quoting.
Ahh I see, thank you.
How do you feel about this recent 40's trend in fashion? I'm very excited about it personally, my looks fit in very well with that style.
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Well, this past fall was supposed to be a resurgence of 60s mod, but I didn't see that much except in the colours (there was this horrible teal), and it didn't last through to spring. It would be nice if this lasted longer, but I doubt it.
Besides, there are those of us that tend to favour that era outside of when it presents itself in Vogue, so whatever.
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Heh, I'm just glad that there is more of it avalible. I rarely dress fashionably, I just appreciate it when fashion coexists with what I naturally enjoy. I do classic looks so much better than anything else.
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It seems every freaking season someone decides there's going to be a resurgence of Mod, all models slinking down the catwalks in London, all coloured stockings and op-art mini dresses, but I'll be damned if I've seen a single person in the street rockin anything like it.
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Booooooooooooooooots!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/Lapuz/stompy1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/Lapuz/stompy3.jpg)
GRAWR!
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Edwardian (http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/view19001.jpeg) started the crazy S-bend corset thing (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=91466&rendTypeId=4).
Wow. That's actually..kinda gross. They look like some terrible combination of an anorexic and a worm.
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Yeah, it is. Long story short: it started as a "health corset" thing that let women breathe better because it didn't compress the floating ribs as much. Unfortunately, no one ever guessed what a number it would do on your spine and pelvis.
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Man they should've just -looked- at the damn thing. That looks to be even more uncomfortable than a regular old corset.