I’m simply dumbfounded at how fast these women were able to RUN in heels. I can’t even sprint as fast in my running shoes!

Yet, I’m left wondering if a CHANCE at winning a 10K shopping voucher is worth the risk of spraining your ankle or pulling a hamstring. Perhaps it is easier to justify potential injuries with this quote from one of the runners “For me, high-heels are an obstacle in the daily life of women. This race shows that women are able to overcome any obstacle.”

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Wth?

These are Salvatore Ferragamo “Prima” leather ballet flats, selling for a handsome $390 at Neiman Marcus.

I’m here to tell you what you already know: they’re ugly. Fugly, even. No, really. I think my late grandmother used to wear something like this in the 80s. But only because she had a diabetic foot.

I’m convinced the leather and craftsmanship are top-notch, but the styling in no way befits the legacy of the man who shod the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Rita Hayworth, etc., etc. etc.

Audrey Hepburn and Salvatore Ferragamo, vintage photo from the Ferragamo Museum, courtesy Telegraph.co.uk.

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Oh my! Imagine trying to walk down the altar in this? I pity the poor bride and bridemaids that have to manage this train.

A bride in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will soon walk down the aisle wearing the country’s longest wedding dress.

Her fiancé contracted a local tailor to make the wedding gown, with the dress’ train stretching for 200.8 meters, Guangzhou Daily reported.

The bridegroom says the length echoes the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

It has set a new domestic record, grabbing the title from the previous holder at 99 meters.

The couple’s wedding is scheduled for Monday, after which the dress will be put on for charity auction.

Via CRIEnglish.com

I wonder whose bright idea this was? If it was the fiancé’s, then I say he should be left at the altar!

Surprisingly (to me at least), this did not set the world record. According to Guinness World Records, the winner of that title goes to Andreas Evstratiou of Cyprus. She set that record in February 2007 with a train 1,362 m long. Top that!

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Oh no!  No!  Not Jennifer Connelly!  She’s been eaten by the Balenciaga Paris runway show.  Eaten and spit back out, and she clearly needed some stitches to hold her back together.

In case you don’t remember the terrifying hideosity of the Balenciaga runway shoes from a few weeks ago, I’ll remind you, but with a warning to BEWARE OF EYE TRAUMA!!

Just because Jennifer didn’t wear Natalia Vodianova’s entire head-to-poor-imprisoned-toe runway outfit

doesn’t mean she’s made any improvements.  The shoes are no better than the boots, Jennifer.  Please return to your regularly scheduled look of “beautiful and interesting” ASAP.

(Thanks go out to the Fug Girls for catching this eyesore and bringing it to public attention).

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As a Public Service Announcement to our readers, I bring you a stunning example of (please note capital letters) What Not To Wear, courtesy of Haider Ackermann.

It starts with the shoes, of course, because what here doesn’t start with the shoes?

Specifically, it starts with this clumpy, mis-shapen, do not wear, do not pass go, do not collect $200 clogs. Of course, even if you did collect $200, it wouldn’t make much of a difference, because these gnarled things cost 606 Euro, which is about $860 these days. And that $860 won’t help much with the hospital bills you’ll have after falling on your face in these 150mm heels (that’s about 6 inches, for those using the English system).

But it doesn’t stop there. What are the recommended articles of clothing to be worn with these shoes? Why, of course, a pair of stretch patent leather trousers (1,056 Euro or $1,500) and a loose metallic top (598 Euro or $850).

Please note, I am not inventing the fact that these are intended to be worn together, as evidenced by the fact that the shoes show up in the picture of the pants.

Now, the top I could live with. Pair that with a black pencil skirt or a pair of great jeans, and many people would look amazing. However, there is no excuse whatsoever for stretch patent leather pants or nasty evil clodhoppers. Well, unless you’re an Olsen twin.

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