The Rant: Shoes

Here's another addition to the ‘get over it already’ list, where fashion goes to die. This time, let’s take a look at shoes that not even SJP could love.

I’ve already mentioned my abhorrence of the stripper platform shoes. They were alright, bordering on trashy when the trend was a small, ¼ inch wood-finished platform a few years ago (OK, I bought two pairs of shoes like that). Now things have simply gotten out of hand. We can’t all be Real Housewives.

Maybe it’s a climate thing, but I really wish the Ugg fad would bite the dust already. How could an Australian even come up with sheep’s wool-lined boots? The temperatures here hardly warrant the fluffy foot ovens. And to make things worse, the only way anyone below the Mason-Dixon Line can wear them is with a mini skirt. Like the Croc, this is one piece of footwear that needs to be kept in its proper place – the snow-bound north.

I recently stumbled across this interesting find while shoe shopping with a friend. They are open-toed flats, but the ‘open’ part just looks like the manufacturer forgot the front of the shoe. I am probably being premature in placing these on my hate list (as I wasn’t even able to try them on myself), but they looked just bizarre on my friend. So I’ll leave this one open to a public opinion poll. Give them a try at Burlington Coat Factory and weigh in.