if one more magazine this spring tells me that i have to buy a pair of butt ugly gladiator sandals, i’m going to puke. while some may mistake stylish with trendy, that is just NOT the case, man. trendy has negative connotations if you ask me… sometimes i feel like designers are playing a joke on us to see if we’ll buy literally the ugliest shit out there and they can secretly laugh behind our backs and say “oy! they fell for it!”
haute couture my ass. and this is obviously something only those of the caucasian persuasion like - or anyone not asian - since this just isn’t practical for asians since we take our shoes off when we get into a house (which is just like, common sense! how freakin’ grody to wear your dirty ass shoes in the house!) i bet it takes 10 minutes each to put one of these ugly ass things on your feet, and probably causes back pain to boot. that sex and the city episode where carrie got mad cuz she had to take off her blahniks at some party pissed me off - and then someone stole her shoes. like that ever happens! i must have taken my shoes off millions of times and people don’t steal shoes - i would think - course mine are generally under $100 and i have small feet :-/ magazines also like to tell you that “cheap shoes hurt your feet” - um hello anything above 3″ hurts your feet regardless if it’s from payless or pay-mucho-grande-bigbucks! … anyways i digress…
this is like the stupid poncho craze from a few years back. PONCHOS WERE EVERYWHERE. even my sister bought one and i said NOOO HOW COULD YOU??? sorry for those of you that unfortunately bought a poncho, but bet you feel stupid now since no one wears ‘em anymore. every time i went to the mall i’d feel like i was surrounded by hundreds of mrs. ropers. don’t even get me started on crocs… whoever came up with those should be banned from designing anything ever again (i’d say shot - but that’s a little harsh, no?). thank goodness even booboo realizes that these are the ugliest shoes ever - and said they look like cheese (because of the holes - so true). and if another fashion editor tells me i “have to belt it” - i’m going to tell her this only works on those that have tiny waists! otherwise you’re accentuating the negative, duhhh hickey!
don’t get me wrong, i’ve fallen victim to trends before too (just not the hideous ones i listed above), but i’ve always regretted it - and now i know better. i like to think of myself as “trend-conscious” ~ ergo i’m aware of the trends out there but i can also consciously choose NOT to get involved in the ones that don’t work…
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by skim
Filed under: fashion
You tell em booboo! We will not be victims of stupid trends! Down with the fashion fascists!
Thank god someone said something about these godforsaken shoes. Does it LOOK like i’m starring in 300 and in need of trojan-war fighting boots???
Wow!!! I have clothes that back to high school days I still wear (that’s over 15 years old). I also have shoes that date back to 1993 that I still wear… I wish I had some fashion sense… My mom used to dress me… =)