The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

8 September 2007

Such a tease

Christian Louboutin heels worn by Sarah Michelle GellarI have never quite made up my mind about toe cleavage: like its upstairs cousin, it hints at further delights, but I always wonder if maybe she's wearing the wrong size, or wrong style, shoe. This particular shoe is a design by Christian Louboutin, who usually doesn't push the envelope too much, but geez, Chris, if you'd cut this vamp any lower you'd have a sandal, fercryingoutloud. I suppose it would be fairer to see this shoe in context — Shoebunny, from whom I pilfered this thumbnail (!), has more pictures — and I figure that maybe the overall intent is to make legs look longer, not that Sarah Michelle Gellar, who's wearing the shoes in the picture, needs any help in that regard. Ultimately, I suppose, this is more ammunition for the folks who think toe cleavage is some sort of freak show, and I suspect you'll never get Miriam into a pair of these.

Posted at 12:42 PM to Stemware


I don't care what context it's in, it's gross. Makes me think of amputations.

Posted by: sya at 2:03 PM on 8 September 2007

How in the world would you even keep those on?

Posted by: Terry at 2:13 PM on 8 September 2007

Bolts, I'm thinking.

Posted by: McGehee at 5:54 PM on 8 September 2007

The feets, they don't look happy. (in my best manolo voice) Look at the blister on the pinky...

Posted by: Tatyana at 6:05 PM on 8 September 2007

Those look absolutely hideous. They make her toes look deformed.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at 10:31 PM on 8 September 2007

But how does she walk in those? Brrr....

Posted by: SnoopyTheGoon at 9:23 AM on 9 September 2007

Yeah, those shoes just look really uncomfortable to me. I know, I know, looking good is not the same as feeling good (and it seems when you're female, the more pain you inflict on yourself, the "better" you look). But my first question was the same as Terry's - how on earth do you keep those on?

Or do you have adoring hunks-o-men who just pick you up and CARRY you wherever you need to go? (In my case, the adoring hunks-o-men would have to be the size of Andre the Giant, unfortunately.)

And if "toe cleavage" is titillating, then I must be a full-on exhibitionist when I wear my open-front Birkenstock Milanos.

Posted by: fillyjonk at 2:50 PM on 9 September 2007

A vote *for* toe cleavage, because I've never heard of it before. Might change my mind when the novelty wears off.

Posted by: Scott at 3:14 PM on 9 September 2007

So are my sandals the same as going topless?

Posted by: Andrea Harris at 4:24 PM on 9 September 2007

A woman who knew what she was doing told me about Toe Cleavage. But that picture is beyond cleavage, that is Toe Exposure. Which is not sexy (unless it's a sandal exposing the Entire Toe). That quarter-inch makes all the difference. [Insert Bionic Penis joke here.]

Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 5:49 PM on 9 September 2007

Because I care: SMG in less-polarizing shoes.

Posted by: CGHill at 8:35 PM on 9 September 2007

Actually, those are worse. See how there is a gap between the back of the shoe and back if the ankle? And at the same time her toes are extended over the outline of the front? Impossible to walk in these, your feet will slide down all teh time.

Posted by: Tatyana at 9:13 PM on 9 September 2007

Probably why she bought them one size too small.

Posted by: CGHill at 9:45 PM on 9 September 2007

If that was the case, there would be no gap at the back.

Posted by: Tatyana at 6:36 AM on 10 September 2007

I yield to your expertise in these matters, but it looks to me like she's almost hanging out the front.

Posted by: CGHill at 7:04 AM on 10 September 2007