I wonder what the wardrobe fellow would say about the women wearing **those** shoes???

I was thinking the same thing, Bill! Lots of Daddy Issues...

While some are very artistically pleasing, they ALL look uncomfortable on the foot!

...and while trying to maintain guidelines set in rule number one... they all tend to the remind me of "FM" shoes... ahem.

Happy Sabbath to the Avrech home!

PJ

Those shoes say "I have my chiropractor on speed dial". Ouch!

Your Friday Footwear admirers would thoroughly enjoy this Toronto museum: http://www.batashoemuseum.ca.

You appreciate fine footwear but I'm sure many men share the same refrain: "If you've seen one pair of shoes, you've seen them all!"

I say these ladies think they're too short. That or they regret never learning how to prance around en point.

Have a great Shabbos!

Ow.

I think the designers don't like women very much.

Or else they have relatives that are doctors treating broken ankles.

Bill:

A wardrobe designer is only concerned if the wardrobe properly reflects the essence of the character.

Joe:

What are FM shoes?

Rachel:

As one female shoe lover said to me: “If they are comfortable, the shoes are probably ugly.”

Alter:

Next stop for women: fashionable stilts.

Dr. Carol:

I thought for sure you'd get all excited about this collection:-)

Johnny:

All the shoes are designed by homosexual men who claim to adore women.

Hmmmm.

The costume designer story is wonderful, I absolutely love it!
I do some costuming in a very minor way- local community theater- and once built a costume on a pair of size 13 mulberry suede heels.

I'd smile at your showing off, but a woman who missed the whole climax of "Diabolique" because she was mentally working out the combination of French hand-sewing on that nightgown the wife was wearing as she was drawn on to her doom, has no room to talk.

From what the costume designers say, I get the feeling that they don't look too kindly on women who simply want to wear comfortable shoes. Spike heels of any kind are an invitation to disaster on Jerusalem stone, particularly wet Jerusalem stone (we just had our first big rain yesterday). Why should the desire for comfort -- and the perfectly reasonable wish to avoid health problems later on -- be linked to "issues" of whatever kind?

I was at my women's tefilla group this morning, celebrating a bat mitzvah, and didn't see a single high heel in the bunch. In fact, two of the women wore sneakers, and I wore my Teva Naot clogs with the pretty metal buckles. Super-comfy. I'm sure that the costume designers wouldn't like them at all, but I think they're great!

Shavu'a tov! I just took a second look at the shoes. A few of them remind me a bit of the steampunk aesthetic (look it up on Wikipedia and you'll find links to an amazing reworking of a Mac mini, with keyboard and monitor!), and the shape and texture of the royal blue shoes remind me of the work of H. R. Giger, the set designer from the the original "Aliens." So there's definitely something countercultural and maybe dark going on. But I still say these women feel short.

the diors

I would walk barefoot From New York to California before I would wear any of those horrors. Shavuah Tov.

Dear Rahel: You didn't get a big rain on Rash HaShanah?

High heels wear out fast. I quit wearing them, except on special occasions, when I began to feel like the margin of profit for the Cat's Paw company.

Miranda, I think that the rain then was more localized, and brief. Now we have rain forecast for several days.

Rash HaShanah, it rained in Bene Braq, where I was visiting friends. I understand there was also a big rainfall over the Kinneret, baruch HaShem. This past Friday and Shabbat, there was rain in Ramat Gan, baruch HaShem.

I wear heels on state occasions, otherwise it's nothing but comfort for me. Right now I am wearing my beloved Merril hiking shoes.

The Alexander McQueen shoes remind me of Chinese footbinding -- which was basically the torture of little girls for beauty.

These shoes are HORRIBLE!!

I'm sad. I usually LOVE your FF posts!!

Rivka A:

I agree with you. I should have made it clear that Seraphic Secret does not like or admire these shoes either. I'm just, y'know, taking note of the latest fashion trends.

"Joe: What are FM shoes?"

The F stands for the F-word and the M stands for "me".... I'm told the concept originated from the adult entertainment industry which uses stiletto heels for their "actresses"...

Sorry, I don't mean to cross the line of good taste, but you asked.