Jezebel
Know how all sorts of fashion types are screaming from the rooftops about the death of the It Bag? Did you believe them? Cause if you did, well, then keep dreaming: Rising from the ashes of the It Bag is the It Shoe! (Even Miuccia Prada says so, and whatever she says goes.) "The obsession with handbags has finished a little now. It feels over. It's about shoes now," says Prada. Adds Michael Lewis, head of design for Kurt Geiger: "For women, shoes are still about fantasy and dressing up — shoes can make you feel something special in a way a bag really can't. Shoes can give you a different persona." Shoes, of course, also give you bloody heels, hammertoes, bunions and collapsed arches — which leaves us wondering what it all really means.
Says handbag designer Orla Keily: "Looking forward, I think the whole idea of it-anything will be questioned, Whether it's a bag or a shoe, do you really have to have this thing at all? And what about making a personal choice, rather than one that's been dictated to you?" Well fashion is never about need; it's about want. And there will always be a new objet being shilled by the fashion industry, something designed to stir desire in consumers worldwide and simply sell more expensive shit. Expensive shit that everyone else already has.
But if it shoes are the new it bags, we may as well check 'em out: Do you love or loathe the Spring 2008 Prada shoes? After all, if you can't beat 'em...
Make Way For The It Shoe [Independent]
Earlier: Fashion Blogger Announces That "It" Bags Are (Finally) Dead
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA
The shoe on the main page gave me nausea in addition to bloody heels, etc. Nasty!
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
those are not shoes, they are trippy colored death traps.
Do not understand the boot sandals.
Love approximately half. Without the socks. I have embraced some savage fashion trends in my time, but delicate heels with argyle socks is not one of them.
@blackbirdfly: also, is anyone else getting a Dr. Seuss vibe or just me?
Um, no.
Also, Prada shoes are fucking uncomfortable.
Oh my. The only pair that looks halfway decent is the one on the bottom right, and only if it were less busy.
@jesuisici:
Clarification: the half with T-straps. I cannot overstate my love of T-straps.
You can be a business woman, or a jester!
Those toes look so unexpected and...gross. And I don't even have foot phobia!
It's always about shoes.
From the Munchkinland Fall 2008 line.
I like them. All the ones that don't have leggings attached, anyway. I also like the fact that I live in a city where, if I were to buy a pair of these, they could be worn for years to come, since 80% of the population thinks "Prada" is some sort of giant cat.
I am such a shoe whore. I like the first four pairs--the rest can suck it.
Oh, but imagine the thong sandal boots with the AA gold lame dress! Okay, now that you've imagined it, go wash out your brain.
Muiccia and I have some sort of connection. I've been saying this [that shoes are the new bags or whatever] for MONTHS.
that's it. fashion designers just hate women. end of story.
I hate the Prada collection that these photos are from.
Fug.
And thanks to the upcoming recession, the only "It" products I'll be hoping to pay for will be my "It" electric bill and and my "It" water bill.
@blackbirdfly: So quiet. *chirp*
I went into Miu Miu and really liked a pair of high heels (they looked a little harlequin clown in a Fellinni movie but I like them and so did my husband). Anyway they were $700 they only had 1 pair in each size and... you couldn't even try them on before you bought them! I mean I'm no stranger to a grossly decadent shoe but this blew me away a little bit.
Seriously? These are most ridiculously fugly things I've ever seen. Shoes for midget hooker clowns. Hideous.
I love those purple and orange t-straps on the top row. Also the boot thing to the right.
I heart color!
The shoe dreams of Day-to-Night Barbie.
Oh no. Those are all awful! I'll keep to wearing my flat sandals.
Not only are they ugly, but they don't seem to fit. The toes are hanging out all snaggly, trying to crawl away. Do. Not. Want.
They're very whimsical.. The one in the top right corner might even be wearable in a public sphere.
@hortense: Hahahaha. Being able to take a shower and stay warm is really in right now.
@Jeremy: Whaaat do you mean?
@LadyNo: Just another perk of being a model: walking in shoes that don't fit you properly cause they only have certain sizes.
I can't wait until It brains come into vogue.
I actually like the last pair, too.
I'm not actually going to wear these things (though I might take the purple ones if I could afford them), so I might as well appreciate them without actually imagining trying to put them with an outfit, or, like, walk.
@mbprice: I hear paying rent is the hot new thing for Spring.
Sorry, didn't we already have It Shoes? What happened to all the Manolo fetishizing of the SATC era? Me, I'm waiting for It Bustles.
@ineffable.me: Lord, I've seen some models with some fucked up feet. You know a lot of those women have pretty large feet because they're so tall. That must suck.
@blackbirdfly: I would not wear them in a boat. I would not wear them with a goat.
@bifteck-frites: I really want the Monocle to come back in style.
They look like the shoes the Blue Meanies wore in "Yellow Submarine". That's not a good thing.
@J.D.Regent:
Really? i was hoping this would be the year bound feet become all the rage.
I just keep picturing these shoes with the outfits Chris from "Project Runway" designs. I also wish that "In Living Color" was still on, because I could sooo see a "Men on Shoes" revolving around this collection...an around the world and back snap!
@TruculentandUnreliable: yeah, then they fall and people make fun of them. oh well. its tough dude. and all the shoes are great and im glad i have you to share in the shoe love.
They're what all the drag queens will be wearing for Pride.
@amandahugnkiss: I meant Chris's old drag queen designs, not his current designs, fyi.
I could actually see myself wearing the lavender suede ones to the office, but can't imagine wearing any of the others *anywhere*. Especially the open-toed... boots? WTF?
This is hilarious. Can you imagine getting these as a gift? Those sandal/boots look like something out of "Spamalot!"
@Scoregasm: I would not wear them out to eat, I would not put them on my feet.
I mean, like they say, change your shoes, change your life.
Those shoes are silly. But 10 points to the person who wears them and pulls it off.
@Jeremy: Something's not right, apparently. Because I haven't been quiet.
Peep-toe boots are the fug of all shoes... Peep-toe Uggs (yes, they exist) are the worst of these.
I will not be jumping on the fugly "It-shoe" bandwagon, thank you very much. And I love shoes. Oh my god, shoes. Let's get some shoes. (sorry)
Um. Am I the only one having issues with the socks/leggings/tights/whatever paired with peep/open-toed shoes? I can't even figure out which is the shoe and which is the ugly stocking crap in some of those photos.
Count me out.
@katieo: "change your shoes, change your life."
Who says that except Cinderella?
i like the purple ones on top right. nothing else.