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nolabear

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15. I like 'em.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 11:31 PM

Oct 2012

Not as shoes, of course. But that's the point. They're impossible as shoes, impossible as a human standard of beauty, force a new way of doing a basic human thing, and give us something to think about. Should they be anything other than art or costume? Nope. But they sure are interesting.

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In These Shoes ?? [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 OP

Tose aren't shoes, they're stilts. mysuzuki2 Oct 2012 #1

To me: proof that fashion is an expression of oppression of women. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2

What I don't understand though... pipi_k Oct 2012 #9

In THOSE shoes??? MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #3

arthropod feet! frogmarch Oct 2012 #4

I stepped up on the platform, the man gave me the news, he said, you must be joking son... bluesbassman Oct 2012 #5

No way in...maybe in hell since you are supposed to be punished there Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2012 #6

No way.. No How... AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #7

Didn't the Spanish Inquisition use those to get women to confess to fraudulent charges? HopeHoops Oct 2012 #8

Those look uncomfortable! Quantess Oct 2012 #10

Looks Like Something Lady Gag Me Will Snap Up Redlo Nosrep Oct 2012 #11

Lady Gaga has in fact expressed interest. KamaAina Oct 2012 #13

Could anything be more stupid than the so-called shoes? lumpy Oct 2012 #12

How does a woman walk in those?! sakabatou Oct 2012 #14

I like 'em. nolabear Oct 2012 #15