Cruel Shoes

[flummoxicated]

Shoes with seven inch heels. SEVEN! These look like the most painful shoes ever created. If I wore these I would be 6'3"! I doubt I could even stand up in them though. I love that the name of the shoe company is "Pleaser". Certainly can't imagine that wearing them would be at all pleasing.

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[mistressarafina.livejournal.com]

Looking at how they're designed, I'd say they are clearly targeted towards a certain subset of folks. These boots were definitely -not- made for walking...

[paillettes.livejournal.com]

exactly -- those are fetish boots. it takes some training to even stand in them, let alone walk, because you are basically on pointe like a ballet dancer. i'm kind of shocked to see them on a normal shoe site like piperlime.

[apollonia.livejournal.com]

Those are definitely the non-upright kind of shoes...

[sabotabby]

Ghastly. I can't see them being worn by anyone who isn't turned on by medieval torture devices.

[orlacarey.livejournal.com]

I so have a thing for ballet boots - have for years. But then I'm a fan of women on pointe.

I've never even tried on a pair though as I don't think I could manage it. I did ask Bridgette Harrington about them once and her response was "I can put them on, walk 10 feet fall over and have sex". So there you go - very specific market for those things.

In spite of having gone to several conventions where they would be appropriate I've never sctually seen a pair being worn.

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

The company also makes boots that are acceptable for Elizabethan personas. They are cheaper than the same boots from other sources with different labels.

[tedeisenstein.livejournal.com]

Yet another example of the triumph of fashion over common sense.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

What orlacarey said. The customer these are made for aren't going to be walking very far, very long :P

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling that was the case. I personally wouldn't feel sexy tripping and wobbling my way to bed, but I guess others can get away with it!

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

Absolutely fetish wear. I've always wanted to own a pair...preferably thigh highs...but not for walking in, by any means.


D.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

hee - I figured they were mainly for very special occasions. I would have to put them on and stay where I was, that's for sure!

[noxcat.livejournal.com]

I have small feet. I'm not sure you could put me in 7" heels and still have the front of my foot on the ground.

I couldn't figure out how to embed, so,...

[chiere.livejournal.com]

Play #7, "The Cruel Shoes"

http://www.rhapsody.com/steve-martin/comedy-is-not-pretty

[fiadnata.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! The "Kinky Boots" company! It's amusing browsing through their catalog, and they do have some boots that are able to pass for medieval/Renaissance garb. The Pillaged Village just started carrying them. (I work for PV.)

As for why we call it the "Kinky Boots" company, take a look at this movie. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434124/) (It's made by the same people who made The Full Monty. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119164/))

[vistillia.livejournal.com]

I own 3 different Pleaser shoes. I am very fond of them, but they are not practical. I think my favorite were the ones with little slots for patrons of a dance establishment of an exotic variety to slip bills into, but I have no use for those.

[horsearcher.livejournal.com]

My knees just winced looking at that. Total WTF.