Shoe fashion isn’t something I think about much from a personal standpoint. I have a collapsed arch and can’t wear anything but New Balance sneakers or equivalent dressier shoes that accommodate prescription orthotics. But, not to put too fine a point on it, I’m a guy, so while I don’t care much about shoes, I do examine women, who care about shoes. Some of the fairer sex care very, very deeply about shoes, so much that there’s a store named Shoegasm.
It’s winter again and fashion still dictates that most of the ladies dress in boots. Not just any old boots but only certain kinds. If you peruse that page you will see, among others:
- There are boots that look like something last worn by Charles I and the Cavaliers (or Errol Flynn).
- There are rubber Wellingtons (gotta be hot).
- There are jackboots—styled like 19th Century riding boots—with or without stiletto heels.
- There are the pseudo-barbarian “chick from a Deathstalker movie” boots.
- Then there are the 21st Century suede moon boot, Uggs.
As I’ve not been able to get an answer that makes any sense from the women in my life—none of whom wear Uggs—I’m going to throw this open to speculation.
What the hell is it with a suede moon boot?
Black or brown jackboots I get, and they can be downright sexy on the right woman (though stiletto heels not so much IMO). The cavalier boots look silly, whatever. The “chick from Deathstalker” boots bring back, well, memories of the chick from Deathstalker.
But Uggs?
WTF?
–Mildly Piqued Bemused Academician
P.S.: I’m fully willing to believe that no answer that would make sense to me exists.
P.P.S.: The “chick from Deathstalker” was the late Lana Clarkson, who was possibly murdered by famous ’60s record producer/prize psycho Phil Spector.
P.P.P.S. As you all know, fascists are fond of jackboots.
Update: Turns out they are really comfortable, or so says a lady of my acquaintance who is a fan of Uggs.
December 28, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Yeah man, those thing are a sin against God, man, and good fashion sense. If I had my bay, I’d buy up all of them I could find and have a great big boot barbecue.
Uggs = Ugh
December 28, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Yeah man, those thing are a sin against God, man, and good fashion sense.
They better be damn comfortable is all I’m saying. 🙂
January 9, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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January 9, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Angry Wookie wrote:
Boy, do you beezos just sit around all day giving each other poop-jobs?
No, only Angry Midwesterner does that, to himself, only when he’s in Washington State and ONLY for a special occasion.
January 12, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Well, you gotta save that sort of thing for special occasions…unless you do it as a way of life, like AngryWookie…
January 13, 2009 at 5:15 pm
The best way to determine which shoes are worth the extra money is to try the shoes on for yourself, and rely on the opinions of friends and experts that you trust.
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