WHY

Sometimes I think designers just put wacky trends out there, hoping people will bite. This is especially true of shoes. Like, a Nordstrom's shoe department shopper will say to herself-"My! Look at this vast array of ankle-height, pointy-toed cowboy shoes! There’s so many of them, it must mean I too must have a pair."

There is what I like to call the Frankenshoe. Take ____ shoe and cross it with ____ shoe. Remember those Timberland boots made into high heels? peep-toe boots, anyone?. The theory seems to involve taking the useful part of the shoe and somehow making it the "fashionable" part. With widely unsuccessful results.

And YOU, Marc Jacobs, AND YOU. How COULD you??



Normally, I believe that Marc Jacobs could put his label on a trash bag and I would find it covetable, but here's where I draw the line. Who needs separate socks when I can just glue them to my shoes?

But wait, he's not done yet:

Exhibit A


Exhibit B

More horror and snickering can be found at the Ugly Shoes blog.