"Killer" Shoes - INCREDIBLE! (Warning: gross images!)

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Think your shoes are uncomfortable?
The latest rage in Japan ....















Feel Better?
... now look at the kind of 'shoes' that were worn back in the day of the Geisha... I can't imagine...

fitz0

The last few pics are of bound feet. think its a Chinese things more than Japanese.
The third pic reminds me of the way Dexter's ma walks in Dexter's Lab

Rabies

Not Humour.
Moved to Fashion and Apperance.

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Pythia

OMG, I feel sick seeing that.

Kintarō Hattori

OP you really should have a disclaimer or warning in your post. As someone mentioned the last few images are of bound feet which is a chinese custom and the images are quite disgusting, you really should make people aware of what they are going to see.

Nightwish

That email has gone around quite a few times

dirtydress

The ballet style shoes arn't new, they've been around a while. Rhianna wears them in the video for Umbrella but they were out a long while before then.

The bound feet thing is just so sad, there are so many older women in China who are suffering today because of it.

simu

Or check out Gareth Pugh!





<3ing flat shoes personally, though.

I'll put a "gross" warning on the thread for those of a delicate disposition btw.

JaneyMc

Holy crap, that woman's feet. I feel sick... I understand wearing them because you are a Geisha and of the traditions that come with it, but why would someone put them on their feet for fashion. I do not understand some women at all.

Kintarō Hattori

JaneyMc wrote: »

Holy crap, that woman's feet. I feel sick... I understand wearing them because you are a Geisha and of the traditions that come with it, but why would someone put them on their feet for fashion. I do not understand some women at all.

Just like the majority of men then.

Clare Bear

Sick!

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I knew i shouldnt have looked while eating my dinner

FX Meister

so japan=china then?

taram

JaneyMc wrote: »

Holy crap, that woman's feet. I feel sick... I understand wearing them because you are a Geisha and of the traditions that come with it, but why would someone put them on their feet for fashion. I do not understand some women at all.

Geisha have normal feet, the only tradition with their feet is to wear different types of sandals. Maiko (apprentices) wear okobo, fully trained geisha wear zori or geta. Nothing to do with Chinese foot binding.

TBH in the OP's photos I kinda like the red leather boots No freaky foot bending, just really good balancing act needed.

kmart6

Disgusting!!!

Dinxminx

The first few pics of the ballet-type shoes with heels are actually bondage-type Fetish Shoes.

People wouldn't normally wear them outside of the bedroom/dungeon...

WindSock

I live the horse hoof ones

When the communist government started to take hold in China, they ordered the foot binding to be ceased and all the currently bound feet to be unbinded. This was actually worse and more painful for the women to do this.

Corruptedmorals

These are the shoes (apprentice) geisha wear http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Okobo.JPG/200px-Okobo.JPG

Older geisha wear flatter ones.

Niimo

More on the practice and history of Foot Binding

It's an interesting topic for sociology. Reminds me of the starvation fad that was so prevalent in the US during the 80's.

A model by the name of "Twiggy" started the extreme thin trend, but she was naturally long and thin.

It's pretty much the concept that if someone who is well known likes something, it must be a good thing... right?

Kind of like baggy, prison styled clothing for the "gangsta' types"

Fashion as a whole is self degredation.

JæKæ

FX Meister wrote: »

so japan=china then?

Sure they're all the one

BeansMeansHynes

I so shouldn't have looked at that. Especially that last few with the feet. Eugh! Those last few pics will be stuck in my head for a while!

Gauge

Dinxminx wrote: »

The first few pics of the ballet-type shoes with heels are actually bondage-type Fetish Shoes.

People wouldn't normally wear them outside of the bedroom/dungeon...

Exactly, they've been around for years, how on earth are they new? And how do they relate to foot-binding...?

MagicMarker

That's revolting.... have they never heard of ''Scholls Cracked heel cream''????

Typical!

Niimo

In a way, it was a type of slavery, not allowing women to run. They were captives pretty much.