<![CDATA[Jezebel: Footwear]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Footwear]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/footwear http://jezebel.com/tag/footwear <![CDATA[Using Jesus, Defiant High Heel-Wearing Woman Defeats Arthritis]]> Women wear heels for many reasons — to look long-legged, to stand at eye level with taller men, because they have Barbie feet. I, for one, wear heels so that if I'm attacked while walking to or from the train, my footwear can double as a weapon, plus, "My goodness gracious, how do you not break your neck?" is a great conversation starter with strangers concerned about the well being of my skeleton. One blogger, however sees things a little differently. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5846193&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How The Hell Do You Protect Your Feet From The Snowpocalypse?]]> When rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, snow and more snow are in the forecast, the question you most often ask yourself is, "What shoes are best in this mess?" Rarely will you win this game. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5749040&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Foot Fungus Is Scientific Proof That Uggs Are Bad]]> According to podiatrist Olivier Zong, foot fungus, "breeds in dark, wet environments — conditions that are usually seen inside trendy sheepskin boots." Another doctor says that's true of "any sock and shoe," but at least other footwear is less hideous. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5726804&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Vivienne Westwood: "I Like Artificial Things." O, Rly?]]> The only question that needs to be asked about this video: Which is more awesome, Vivienne Westwood, or her fantastical shoe-collection, currently on display? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5622962&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Crocs Designers Are Dying To Know What You Think]]> Whaddaya know, but the Crocs designers seem to be fresh out of ideas to extend the shelf life of their hideous footwear, which has been rapidly fading from the national fad-consciousness since early 2008. They want your help. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Expensive Shoes Get Ugly • Learn Proper Umbrella Etiquette]]> • Boot porn: who knew that shoes could be this ugly and expensive? (The gems on the left cost $1,350. Yee haw!) • More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5116064&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Where Is The Shoe That Could Unite American Women?]]> Yesterday Mitt Romney, political mastermind that he is, visited the headquarters — I was going to write "factory"; joke's on me! — of the New Hampshire-based boot company Timberland, and he left without picking up a pair. He had no time! And yes, he is losing, McCain is winning and Bill Clinton is hastening the ascent of Obama and all of this is a lot of pointless babble because Mitt couldn't pay most people to vote for him, but this paragraph in the Washington Post story has to make you wonder:
Not many products in our society speak so neatly, so metaphorically, to bridging divides and appealing to everyone. Tims are worn by the rich and the poor, by kids in the inner city and outdoorsmen in the Rockies. Ladies wear Tims. Timberland is the independent voter.
Where is the shoe that unites us? And yeah, I realize that "ladies wear Tims" and ladies is pimps, too etc. etc. etc. — but with all the media fetishization of female shoe fetishization why is there no shoe that unites WOMEN?? Oh sure, I have a few friends who also exclusively wear black Chuck Taylors, but there is something somehow unpresidential about that. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=342453&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Manolo Slingbacks For Men? Dudes Just Say "No"]]> Most of us can agree: The Sex and the City-ization of our society has gone too far. But neither the proliferation of the pink cocktail nor the flock of wannabe Carrie Bradshaws springing up in college papers [And downtown New York City. -Ed.] seem quite as vulgar as the idea of Manolo Blahnik shoes for men. Apparently, the shoe line popularized by a certain HBO series is being brought to the menfolk come February, and if we may say so ourselves, the shit is god-awful. But don't take our word for it. In the interest of "fairness", we decided to conduct an informal survey of male responses to the fancy footwear and asked four men — Thomas, 28, a hetero web designer; Nick, 30, a hetero litigator; Gabe, 27, a hetero writer; and Bennett, 25, a WASPy, gay MBA candidate) for their thoughts. (Gabe, on the shoe shown above: "I'll wear a prissy shoe faster than the average straight man... but a slingback paired with a broad man's toe is like putting a spoiler on the back of a station wagon.") The dudes (well, mostly Thomas) continue to weigh in after the jump. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331293&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Marc Jacobs Shoes: A Step In The Wrong Direction]]> In Marc Jacobs' collection for spring 2008, the designer showed clothes with shoes that were a wee bit unusual. Yesterday, Erin Kelly described them in the Daily Mail: "A chunky, four-inch heel nestles horizontally just under the ball of the foot. Where you'd expect a heel, there is nothing but fresh air." The shoes, which are expected to cost between $500 and $700, are actually the center of a controversy at quirky fashionista blog Bryanboy, where Bryan points out that designer Junko Shimada showed similar shoes in her fall 2007 show. No matter who makes the clodhoppers, Lisa Surridge, a lecturer in foot health, declares, "These shoes would impair the normal function of the foot." More »
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