Feet are not pointy.
Discuss
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― lindseykai (lindseykai), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej (deej), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
I am opposed to pointy shoes on orthopedic and ideological grounds. Dansko clogs 4EVA.
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk ), Friday, 16 February 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
But, deep inside, you WANT the pointy shoe.
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Pointy shoes for dudes just sounds like a bad idea.
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link
You say that like it's a bad thing.
― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.fluevog.com/code/images/colour/0000001583/composite.jpg
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
So as far as men go, I think that recent chunky / blocky phase might contribute to guys being slightly more comfortable with the thin / light / elegant points. This seems like a fashiony moment anyway, and long pointy non-footshaped shoes are pretty high on the list of things that are fun in a fashiony moment but will seem rather ridiculous when people are being more practical.
As for making women seem bitchy, umm, I'll kinda second Laurel's take on this, plus maybe suggest that it goes the other way around: anything that's fashionable for common fashiony going-out wear among women (whether it's ponchos or whatever, and the tight skinny jeans + pointy heels has been a long-running staple here) winds up getting described as making women seem bitchy. I mean, this is stuff women wear to go out to bars: they are not exactly aiming to look meek or virginal!
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 17 February 2007 01:42 (seventeen years ago) link
The name TK Maxx was adopted instead of parent, US company T.J. Maxx, to avoid confusion with the existing but separate discount chain T.J. Hughes.
― the pony-poop paradox (the pony-poop paradox), Saturday, 17 February 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.vixensandangels.com/images/Shoes/UNDspookybp.jpg
And then you couldnt get gothy witchy winklepickers anywhere for love or money, and then I got right into really round-toed girly maryjanes and now you cant find THOSE anywhere and everything is icky points :(
I can't win.
― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 17 February 2007 03:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Many Faces of Gordon Jump (Leon), Saturday, 17 February 2007 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 17 February 2007 09:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 17 February 2007 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Saturday, 17 February 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.costumesinc.com/Costumes/images/medium/7362.jpg
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 17 February 2007 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 17 February 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 17 February 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Saturday, 17 February 2007 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/shoes160207.jpg
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:52 (seventeen years ago) link
The point is not too extreme, as they still look a bit rounded at the front, I would let them pass.
― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Sunday, 18 February 2007 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link
(they're not actually made of wood, Jel)
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 18 February 2007 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 11:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 18 February 2007 12:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Haven't been to Walk, but Office and Zara are reliable sources of pointiness.
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Sunday, 18 February 2007 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 18 February 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Okay, these shoes are utterly non-pointy, but I'd like opinions. I tried them on the same time as the ones above, but they were too big. Do you think they might look nice? (NB the top bit isn't actually wider, it's because they were unzipped)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/rejectedshoes.jpg
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 18 February 2007 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― lexpretend (lexpretend), Sunday, 18 February 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Speaking of which, can someone please bring back jackets that actually FIT? Then I could stop seeing all the waifish wrists sticking out like chicken legs.
― Laurel (Laurel), Sunday, 18 February 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― collardio gelatinous (collardio), Sunday, 18 February 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah the thing is it usually, like 99% of the time, is totally art-studented out, combined with really carefully messy hair, bad facial hair and so on - round here you see far too many boys like this.
also skinny jeans are just so unflattering on boys, i fail to see how making your legs look like twigs is a good thing.
― lexpretend (lexpretend), Sunday, 18 February 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Sunday, 18 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Kimstitch (kimstitch), Sunday, 18 February 2007 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I certainly wouldn't buy a pair for £20, possibly because I assume breaking them in would be an excruciating experience.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 18 February 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Kim, hmm. Yes, I see where you're coming from, and I'm not altogether sure it's a bad thing :) I kind of want cowboy boots; those ones were in my mind a kind of compromise. I still like how they look - I might go try on a pair of 42s unless anyone thinks they're really bad.
― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Sunday, 18 February 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― ^@^ (map), Sunday, 18 February 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link
Are you sure? As I said, the pointy bit is actually just an appendage on the end of the shoe, really. You don't have to fit your toes into it. They are longer than they would be otherwise. Or if they're not, just get a bigger size than normal.
I don't like those second boots, Mark. They look like a bit Blake's 7.
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link
FNAAAR.
― emsk ( emsk ), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (jhoshea), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr3w Dan1el (Drew Daniel), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I have two. They hurt like a mother. Thank you, pointy shoes!
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Let's go off-topic a little, and tell me about your favourite office shoes. I need to buy more work shoes. You know the deal. Smart etc etc. However each time I go to buy sensible work shoes they seem dull and expensive so I walk out with aforementioned houndstooth+bows combination. Once I accidentally bought shoes with donkeys on them, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SENSIBLE OPTION. Guh.
― Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― collardio gelatinous (collardio), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― collardio gelatinous (collardio), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 04:24 (seventeen years ago) link
so they do squish your toes up? fuck that, i need my feet for the rest of my life.
― emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 11:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 11:45 (seventeen years ago) link
The worst form of pointy shoe is the "diamond point" which sorta taper into toward the ankle
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link
SRSLY though I wore cowboy boots many years ago. Then I realised everyone hated them. I moved on to square-toed motorcycle-esque boots. No-one liked them either. Finally tried some chelsea boots and I think we were all much happier with that decision.
― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Wonder Woman boots! Merrell Spire Peaks. I bought them for my husband's birthday party, and wore them with a black chenille tunic/dress thing slit up the sides to my hipbones, and cool tights. I got the dress at the thrift shop for $3. For his 50th I decided to dress like a slutbag superhero.
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Pretty standard, but pointier than my previous pair (and a steal at $85 on sale)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link