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Disturbingly Ugly Shoes

Seriously???!!!???




The always charmingly amusing Margaret Finnegan has posted about ugly shoes.  I would say that these qualify for that designation.

Beyond that--poster child for ending violence against women?  This is surely kin to foot binding, when broken, folded up feet that hobbled women was the ideal.  A helpless women is a sexy woman?  Really, are there still those who believe that?

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Comments

  1. Wow, proof some women will do anything for style.

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  2. I wonder if any were actually sold, or these monstrosities were solely(!) used for marketing purposes. Sure caught our attention!

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  3. Ewwww! Really atrocious!
    Peace,
    Muff

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  4. How awful those shoes look! And, yes, the women in old China did have their feet bound, which prevented them from walking normally.

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  5. Foot binding was perpetuated by the women in China, so that their daughters could attract a suitable husband. Women are still torturing themselves for the same reasons. Dumb.

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  6. The runways have nothing to do about real life. It's all fantasy. But - are there those who would be tempted to wear these contraptions?

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  7. Are the shoes in the top photo on backwards? Just wondering.

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  8. Send you kid or grand kid to podiatrist school. His future will be secure even with out those monstrosities. Five inch heels will keep him in business.

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  9. It hurts just to look at those poor women. Well said, by the way.

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  10. Seriously? I would kill myself if I tried wearing any of those and besides -- they are ugly!

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  11. Oh yes! I agree. They do most certainly fall in the category of CRAZY. Ugly is too mild.

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