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Anonymous
Who can outrun you in your stupid heels and kick your ass in my keens. |
Anonymous
Ohhhhhh. Huh. I have yet to see one person look good in those. Fashionable, yes. Cool, yes (Rihanna anyone?). But never flattering. |
Anonymous
| I saw someone in so-called shooties today and burst out laughing as I recalled someone here saying it sounded dirty. I'm sure this poor woman wondered why her shoes had me rolling on the ground laughing. |
Anonymous
They look comfortable! Thanks for the link! |
Anonymous
I don't wear heels unless I'm going somewhere really special, and I certainly wouldn't ever fight someone or talk like that! And I'm sorry "Frump city" wasn't more diplomatic, really. But those shoes, like Danskos and Keens, scream (to me) "I want to be comfortable at the expense of style and any current trends." There's nothing wrong with that... sometimes I wear yoga pants or Converse for the same reason. (And don't jump on "trends" like I am advocating trendy things that will be out in five minutes.) There is, of course, a middle ground between comfortable shoes that look like what my mom and mother-in-law need to wear for the sake of their bad feet, and sky-high crazy expensive heels: cute sneakers, ballet flats, driving moccasins, any manner of boot. Of all the ugly shoes we're talking about, I actually like Danskos the best. They are so plain as to be completely unobstrusive, I think. You won't win any style points with them but I think if you're wearing them with a casual outfit and long pants or jeans, they don't ruin anything. |
Anonymous
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I believe that you can wear comfortable shoes and also be stylish. It's sad that I'm hearing so many women say that they prefer comfort over establishing their own style. You can have both.
No matter how much you spend, clunky and heavy shoes will never make you look good. On the other hand, a sleek shoe with some kind of heel always makes the legs look longer and more shapely. |
Anonymous
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Look, I have multiple pairs of Ferragamo, Cole Haans heels, flats and sandals, other snazzy shoes etc at home and at my office. But I commute and run errands in my Dankos--I really have better things to worry about if someone else is critical of what I am wearing while I schlep to CVS and work. I would like to be able to walk when I am 60-80 and not have the malformed feet I see on woman in the subway during the summer.
I really could care less if another woman is wearing "frump city" shoes. I feel like there are some people on this forum who need a hobby. |
Anonymous
Amen, sister. I stand here in my frumpy shoes and I pity the shallow women on this thread. Did you not graduate from high school? |
Anonymous
| Anti-frump PP here. I promise that I don't stare at all my friends' and neighbors' shoes and decide whether they are stylish enough or not, or extrapolate from their shoe choices a judgment on whether I like them or not... but in the context of a discussion forum about fashion, talking about shoes and what's cute or frumpy is appropriate, right? Just because we might weigh in on this site against some things doesn't mean we're walking around in Manohlos judging people in real life. We're just talking about style and preferences. That's the point of the forum, I think. I think it's jumping the gun to assume that everyone who dislikes some shoes is a bitch in real life. I think some of the expensive shoe touting is ridiculous too, but there's a middle ground. You can find a pair of shoes frumpy and still be a perfectly nice, mature, non-shallow, non-judgmental person. I am sure some people on here wouldn't like some of my clothes or accessories, but instead of deciding that they're mean, I'd just think we have very different taste. |
Anonymous
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I agree that all tastes should be respected. This is a discussion on shoes so if this offends some, then please don't read. I don't think we are trying to create world peace here - this is a way to have some fun.
But I will say that it is ridiculous to equate those who like stylish shoes with being shallow. Come on, this is not high school but these comments could easily come from there. It's sad that some have to feel that they have to look frumpy in order to appear "smarter" than the rest. I don't remember a rule book that states that stylish women are lacking in substantive qualities. |
Anonymous
| To the previous two posters (12:48 and 14:10), I appreciate that you are trying to be peacemakers here. If people want to get on here and talk fashion, fine. I think we all understand that everyone has different ideas of what is stylish and would love to see different tastes respected. However, that is not what is happening here (or in other threads on this forum). Repeatedly posters who consider themselves to be the "stylish ones" are downright insulting to those of us who wear what they consider to be "frumpy" clothes or shoes. I am sick of women getting on here an cutting down other women who wear comfortable clothing and shoes and insulting them, insinuating they can know everything about us and our personalities from our clothes. So I fire back: How does it feel to have someone say that women obsessed with fashion and their appearance are shallow and annoying. Not to mention immature and insecure. They set women back 100 years. |
Anonymous
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Yeah, I think it's all relative and it's really just about your personal comfort level. I think some of the comfortable shoes in this thread are frump city. Then again, I wear jeans every day, with either flats in the summer or boots in the winter. The "I wear fancy heels" posters probably think I'm frumpy, too. The "frumpy" posters might think I look silly and too dressed up because even though I wear jeans, I wear makeup and "statement" jewelry everyday. That is okay with me.
It's just about what's YOUR style. I am not going to win any Vogue fashionista awards, but neither could I ever qualify for What Not to Wear. I know that no matter what I am wearing, I look like me. I wear things that are ME. That's all you can do! If Danskos are you, wear 'em with pride and accept that other people wouldn't and that's okay. Same goes for Louboutins. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| I agree that many of us could temper our comments about each other. This is a forum for sharing but it is also a forum for learning. It is assumed that some come here to get advice about their own level of fashion. I think it's perfectly fine for some to explain why a certain shoe may not cut it and why others work better. The words we use though, make all the difference. |
Anonymous
To me (someone with no fashion sense), the 2nd and 4th links are the "cutest/most fashionable." Some I can't judge, because platform wedges are totally out of my realm of experience. I like the last one and would totally wear those, but given that, I'm not sure if they'd qualify as fashionable. |