Individual Chic: I hate Booties

16 August 2007

I hate Booties

I hate these shoes, I REALLY hate them. This seems like one of the most pointless styles to have returned to us from the dreaded 80s. I’m not talking about the boots that happen to finish at your ankles, I’m talking about those odd crosses between a court shoe and a boot, booties.

They just make your feet and ankles look weird and are not flattering to anyone. If you wear them with skirts, they just look strange, if you wear them with pants, well why bother in the first place.

Here are some specific examples of some ugly shoes.

The Ossie by Mollini in leopard print. These are now half price not 4 months after they were released. Are you surprised?

The Missy by Report in patent grey

The Nile by Harlot in black and red


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5 chic comments:

Fabulously Broke in the City said...

I have NEVER understood the appeal of booties. If you wear them with skirts, it looks very odd, (even ankle or calf-high boots with skirts are odd in my opinion, and best left to being worn with pants).

Some girls can rock it, but I certainly cannot, and just have never understood it.. when you wear them with pants, they get caught INSIDE the booties.

BTW.. as a side note, thanks for tryng to kick my butt into gear and get my cellphone expensed. Turns out the company DOES expense it but the managers have been keeping it hush-hush to save money.. Grr.......

Icy said...

FabBroke, oh I agree! They jut don't work. I've never seen a girl rocking booties as such, but I have seen one girl pull off the ankle boots with a skirt. Pants getting caught inside the booties is a danger I hadn't considered ^_^. Glad you can claim your mobile bills back too!

Meg said...

Wow... I never noticed them before, but now I have another type of shoe to hate :)

iopine said...

You're right, those are particularly good examples of bad bootie design. They're appalling.

However, I like this, somehow: http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446162963&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574492704468&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395222441&bmUID=1187388632866&ev19=1:3

What do we think?

Icy said...

Meg, I know, but they're not as bad as crocs or uggs ^_^

Iopine, hmm they're not bad, still not to my taste, but definitely better.