What Not To Wear PSA
posted by: jitterbugbaby in High heels, Platforms, Walking Disasters on October 12th, 2007
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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October 12, 2007 at 7:46 am, graymnnce said:
Well, I've always said I'm a fan of high-heeled clogs, but I always meant ones that had been carefully designed. These look like they were originally made to go down to the lowest layer of platform (with a fiercely turned-up toe), but the makers discovered that toes aren't easy to turn up that far. Then they just filled in the valley with some kind of goop and covered it with leather. Or maybe they took a fetish stiletto and added a clog on top?
October 12, 2007 at 7:43 am, james said:
Evil Clodhoppers, lol thats right. They do look a little evil. I have seen simmilar styles with a more lady like flair. The actual shoe is nutty enough but $860 is insane.