Dolce and Gabbana Sequined Sandals
posted by: Shomore in Dolce & Gabbana Shoes, Walking Disasters on February 12th, 2009
These Dolce & Gabbana sandals ($536 at Luisaviaroma) are my pick for for walking shoe disaster of the week. There are a lot of reasons to pick on this shoe – the over-the-top sequins, the large buckle at the ankle (I have fat ankles), etc. but it’s the arch , or lack thereof, of an arch support which bugs me the most about this sandal. Towering at 4.5 inches, this shoe is already going to tough to walk in, but without the support, it will be tortuous. I can’t even rationalize the lack of arch support because of aesthetics either. Surely Dolce & Gabbana could have added a thin gold sole without impairing the design aspects of the shoe.
What are you thoughts – am I overly rough on this shoe?
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June 09, 2011 at 10:02 am, Cheri said:
It's obviously a sitting shoe. Not a walking shoe. I think it's an awesome shoe!!!
December 23, 2009 at 10:29 pm, Shoe Gal 2361 said:
Wow what an art form! I dont look at these shoes as something a normal person would walkin but you have to admit these shoes are diffrent. They have no support to them but whoever walks in them i give them a standing ovation. I love how Dolce & Gabbana dare to be diffrent. Isn’t that what fashion is about? In this time and age we have to have fresh and sometimes crazy ideas to attrack and pull people in. Not everyone likes Vangos paintings but at the end of the day hes still famous.
October 31, 2009 at 7:30 am, rei said:
They may indeed just be a (not-so) cleverly disguised torture device. Maybe they tried to economize by leaving out part of the shoe?
Of course, someone out there is trying them on thinking, "I can totally make this work!"
…I wonder how long it will take that same woman to end up in the emergency room.
June 09, 2011 at 6:31 am, Andrea said:
Haha – I could see me being that one woman – when the question "Could I make this work?" comes up in my brain it sounds like a challenge… and I usually accept… ;]
June 15, 2009 at 8:57 pm, Miss Jess said:
It looks so strange and painful like a torture device!
April 08, 2009 at 11:21 am, Trisha said:
Wow, can you say gaudy? Plus, they look like they'd break your foot in half.
March 24, 2009 at 11:04 pm, Juliebc said:
This shoe is an abomination. Makes me wonder if some designers aren't just a teensy, weensy bit misogynistic, to be honest.
February 14, 2009 at 8:16 am, galligator said:
My hubby was actually intrigued by the architecture of this. Honestly, if they had made this in a subtle material (like leather or satin) so that the construction was the only focus of attention, it would have been a much more attractive shoe.
February 13, 2009 at 12:55 am, Jamie said:
bahaha..these are one of those i'm curious just to try on..kind of like the marc jacobs reverse heel. hmmm…
February 13, 2009 at 12:29 am, Jackie said:
These are absolutely AWFUL!!! Too many sequins, too big buckle. Plus who in their right mind would wear a shoe w/o any arch support??
February 12, 2009 at 8:57 pm, mystique said:
you are def NOT being too rough. they are positively hideous. It's hard (more like sad) to imagine there's people who are actually going to buy these shoes. They have NO taste. Def walking shoe disaster material. Maybe that will teach them something!
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February 12, 2009 at 10:02 am, Ms Wura said:
I have one qustion to ask : what were they thinking? yes in a bad way, a very bad way . This gets a BIG NO vote from me
February 12, 2009 at 9:32 am, galligator said:
Oh No. My Eyes! My Eyes!
In general, I'm really not feeling the whole $300+ sequined shoe thing at all. Pretty much all of them look like they could have come from Target for $30. But, these are so far beyond awful it is amazing. As my hubby might say 'eye-bleedingly bad'.
I just looked at them again. They actually make me physically cringe. Yikes.
February 12, 2009 at 8:59 am, Allison said:
DG should know better. Seriously, this shoe is a train wreck waiting to happen.
February 12, 2009 at 6:26 am, ^.^Cat said:
Wowza, is that one tacky looking shoe! You know it would look a whole lot better sans sequins. But then again, looking at that cutout is just painful to me.