Oooh... I love the ones on the right.

Shoe. Fetish. Sex. Is. Fun.

That's all I got.

Barbie shoes!

In 1979 it was all bareback action.

so is the sandal the butt and the foot the penis?

These shoes can still be found at Payless. And for probably less than they cost in 1979.

So....are these just Candies with an awesomer name?

Word for word, this is a brilliant Manhunt profile.

Also, the copy contains the words "wood" "leather" "bottoms" and "the smoothie".
Why, 1970's, you naughty boy!

i used to love these shoes - my elementary school teachers wore them all the time. these and cherokee wedge sandals.

Oh god. I love me some bareback action. I actually get myself "over the falls" during sex by reminding myself of how my BF isn't wearing a condom. Sandals without heels are okay, too, in my book.

But so comfortable for a ride on the old-timey riverboat!

It's so cool that feet in the 70's looked like they had old lady pantyhose on them. My feet look really pale by comparison.

I used to love Bakers. Ah, those were the days.

BTW, they are totally in N'awlins cause that is the steamboat Dixie in the background.
Now I miss home and cheap shoes from Bakers.

I love how the ad makes it looks like the "legs" are wearing pantyhose with high-heeled, "hooker" slides. Talk about a recipe for disaster!

Tip: if you Google those words you will not find any sandals.

No kidding, Dodai! You're a braver woman than I.

Oh yeah, and thanks for reminding me of the PUSSY FOOT. Blast!

Clearly this is where Eliot Spitzer's girl shops for shoes, then.

I love bareback... shoes!

barebacking is nasty. and don't get duped into searching the word "felching"! You will vomit your innards!

@rednrowdy: Did you actually read that blog? The dude just keeps talking about his wife forcing him to wear her Cherokee wedge sandals (with nylons) and how great it is. It's really weird!

Bareback? Please. They're totally wearing nude hose.

@cinemaddict: Like that episode of Scrubs where Eliot likes to pretend that she and Keith are trying to have a baby during sex?

@mcemmie: Because they did. Most places of work required them - ugh.

Best.Laugh.All.Day.

Yes, I am 12.

Those were really cute until high summer rolled around and your feet got really sweaty. Then they became a slip and slide with lots of twisted ankles.

I swear I saw same these same shoes yesterday on 125th street in Harlem.

Look at those grins! They know something we don't know....

@leMaldeTete: No fats, no femmes.

"Polished woods on layered bottoms." Nope, no subliminal sex advertising going on here. Move right along folks.

This is not that old. I wore these in high school. In 1979. Can you adjust your paradigm please? Believe it or not we knew what it was back then as well. jeeze.

@ineffable.me: @leMaldeTete: LOL

@snot: Maybe YOU'RE old? Or grumpy. Probably the latter.

@hamburgerhotdog: zing!

Is that CZJ on the left?

@Sugarless: Amen. Back in the day, I bought all my Jellies from there. Talk about painful, I used to get the worst blisters wearing Jellies, while doing Chinese jumprope during recess.

PS Was it here I was talking about L'eggs? Does ANYONE still wear hose?

I like that these shoes have a slightly thicker but still sleek-looking heel. Those of us who come from peasant stock look ridiculous in stilettos.

@Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Oh my, yes. So very true.

Sex was bareback and frequent, skirts required hose (except during baby-oil tanning season), Virginia Slims cigarettes told us we'd Come a Long Way Baby, To Get Where You've Got To Today, You've Got You Own Cigarette Now, Baby, You've Come A Long, Long Way. Amazingly, I have neither herpes, melanoma or skin cancer. So far. I can't wear heels like that any more though.

anyone remember these?

[www.chinadirectstore.com]

OH MY FREAK! I remember the ad because I had the pair on the left! I loved cheap Baker shoes, way better than payless. They were the only brand that had a large selection for size 5 heels!

GOD DAMN IT. I thought I was going to find Bisexual Barebacking Brazilians here. Sob, sob, sob.

@LAGirl: Take those little Chinese shoes, add a pair of worn-out baggy olive drab fatigue pants from the surplus store and a navy blue turtleneck, and you've got the uniform of my senior year of college. You can finish off the look with a bad sort of white-girl afro perm and a lot of weed.

@rosasparks: I got Jellies one summer. New Orleans is TOO hot in the summer for Jellies.
And they gave me blisters. But I got a lotta compliments so I suffered until my mom threw them out.

When I was 10, I had a pair of shoes like that but they were red and a little less high heeled. From Alexander's. Talk about cheap shoes.
("I buy at Alexander's, I buy at Alexander's" jingle chorus in my head)

I can't believe my mother let me get 'em.