Uh, Oh.

[Sannum]

I have been looking at the Saks website now that I am gainfully employed and have some Christmas cash. Tell me to stay away....Please!!! But they are so PRETTY and I would look good in them!! But they are suede and they would be destroyed the moment I step outside!! I want 'em!!!

Why must I be poor, and yet have exceptional taste in footwear!!?? I blame Bush!! If Clinton were still president, I would be able to afford them:cry:

Yes, I am nuts:P

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Those are some pretty kick ass shoes! But ask yourself this,

"Do I need them? Are they practical? What else could I buy with the same amount of money, that would be more useful?"

[Ilsa]

2. Lovely as they are, they are not intended for human feet.

Orthopedic surgeons love those shoes because they get rich off women wearing them.

Let me spoil it for you: The buckle on them reminds me of Bush's Texas-style silver belt buckle.

[jellybelly]

3. the buckle is ugly

[CelticWinter]

4. All I can say is they look

painful and that buckle leaves much to be desired.

[hangemhigh]

5. From a shoe whores shoe whore....

No. Not these.

[Wickerman]

6. Put your money in an IRA instead

sorry to be a kill joy, but its gettign towards tax time.

[Sannum]

11. Party Poopers

:P. I know, I know. The economy is going to be in the crapper for at least the next four years, so I just need to put aside my love of shoes and be practical. Dammit! The buckle comment did make me cringe though...I never thought of that. :P. BTW, I have the rare ability to be able to wear heels for hours at a time without feeling any pain. I think I have done it for so long that those nerves have just given in. I walked about 10 blocks in boots with 3 inch heels today. As I get older, I am sure that a podiatrist will be able to install a swimming pool thanks to me. I could pay rent, buy groceries, and do a load of other things and be practical. Why, oh why must I be practical!?:7

[MissBrooks]

7. They would probably hurt your feet anyway...

===Trying to make you feel better =====

[liberalhistorian]

10. Yes, they definitely would!

And just looking at them is painful!

[fluffernutter]

8. Prada shoes are so nice! i never have been a fan of

the major league pointy toe though. probably because they are just not cute on my foot, and i always feel like i'm going to trip with it sticking out there like that (such a lady, i am ;))

shoes are such a nice luxury, maybe you can find a good knock-off somewhere ... good luck!

[Longgrain]

16. Us poor country hicks

can hardly afford a pair of socks...ya know?

[fluffernutter]

18. but the socks i do have are mighty nice :)

[Ivan Sputnik]

9. Arrrgh

The whole "I'm a pirate matey" big-buckle shoe thing is so 2003.

[FuzzySlippers]

12. If you think the shoes are expensive,

just wait until you see the podiatry bills. They look damned uncomfortable.

[bettyellen]

13. you'll find something on sale at nordstom's and not suede either....

lotsa d'orsay pumps out there.... you will find a nice pair on sale in january and earmark the difference for somehting else- even a second pair of shoes!

[Skittles]

14. lord, I think they are f***ing HIDEOUS

look like something a transvestite pirate might wear. Do you have triangles for feet?

[FuzzySlippers]

17. How well do you think you could do ass-kicking

with those shoes?

[Skittles]

19. HUH

I'd literally get my foot stuck in their......you can take it from here. :o

[n2mark]

15. If that is what makes you happy

GO FOR IT!

[politicat]

20. Not to be mean, but my mom gave a pair like that to Goodwill in 1983.

They're tritely retro, a poorly executed copy of what was designed in the late sixties and early seventies for nice young things to wear to mixers. They're not even an original design, since the kitten shoe has been around since the 20s and keeps making ever more hideous appearances.

Not that there are many original shoe designs (and I say this as the Doc Marten Wearing, shoe averted daughter of the Shoe Empress of the Western Arm of the Spiral Galaxy; I've seen every shoe on the planet twice :eyes: ) but these are a poor example of recontextualization.

When will this retro passion end and we go on to the next leap forward??

Pcat