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it is harsh... but a lot less harsh than blisters everywhere
scarlett said:I run the risk of sounding b***y, but why all this talk about men's shoes in the Powder Room? And no, I would never wear those shoes that started this thread.
What's so "beautiful" about pointy elf shoes?balgal said:But we are women we suffer to be beautiful.
Fletch said:What's so "beautiful" about pointy elf shoes?
Most of the degrading things women do to their bodies are in the name of fashion, not beauty.
Fletch said:What's so "beautiful" about pointy elf shoes?
just_me said:Ah, but some of us don't feel like we have to be in pain to look good.
HadleyH said:OMG the hatred towards that shoe! lol lol lol and so many actresses during the 1930s wore them you wouldn't believe it! Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, and the list goes on.... hey ,it was just another shoe in your closet! [huh]
Katherine Hepburn
kamikat said:I LOVE pointy toed shoes with all my shoe-loving heart! Here's why, I have very wide, very short feet, size 5 WW. Long, pointy toed shoes make me look like my feet actually match my body. I won't wear shoes with rounded toes because they make my feet look even more short and wide.
Fletch said:What's so "beautiful" about pointy elf shoes?
Most of the degrading things women do to their bodies are in the name of fashion, not beauty.
Sunny said:But those shoes are not women's-style shoes. Flat-heeled shoes for women do not equal masculine style. The shoes at the beginning of the thread are completely masculine style, simply sized for women. The ones they actually wore were very different, most unmistakably feminine.
I think I see what you mean, but it's really too small and obscured to tell! I've been collecting pictures of women's oxfords and there's always something about the shape of the toe, the height and shape of the vamp, and particularly the height and shape of the heel that sets them apart from men's shoes. I would love to see a close-up. Surely there's a big high-res somewhere out there!HadleyH said:If you go to the op, and scroll down to women's Vass, the third shoe, the black one, seems to me almost exactly like the shoe Hepburn is wearing. We need a close-up of Katherine's shoe
Sunny said:I think I see what you mean, but it's really too small and obscured to tell! I've been collecting pictures of women's oxfords and there's always something about the shape of the toe, the height and shape of the vamp, and particularly the height and shape of the heel that sets them apart from men's shoes. I would love to see a close-up. Surely there's a big high-res somewhere out there!
The Shooman said:lol . When you wear heals, don't your little toes get all crushed in the ends of the shoos, especially with pointed toes?
Our feet were separated at birth. 6.5 EEE!kamikat said:I LOVE pointy toed shoes with all my shoe-loving heart! Here's why, I have very wide, very short feet, size 5 WW. Long, pointy toed shoes make me look like my feet actually match my body. I won't wear shoes with rounded toes because they make my feet look even more short and wide.
Vintage Betty said:I think you are lumping all brands and makes of shoes into one category. I own two pairs of pointy shoes and they are incredibly comfortable. One is pointy toed boots (think Wicked Witch of the West) which are absolutely cheap with no support and soft soft soft leather, flat heels.
The other pair is Stuart Weitzman dress shoes and I use them for my all-pupose shoes, including wearing standing in trade show booths for many hours at a time.
Both are comfortable, for different reasons and different price points. The beauty label comes after comfort in my shoe wardrobe.