9 November 2007What's the new Mary Jane?
As to said "unhealthy interest," I attribute it to growing up (1) short and (2) depressed: if you keep your head down all the time, sooner or later you're going to notice such things. It falls short of a fetish, however, for the simple reason that it has no role in my sex life. (Come to think of it, I have no role in my sex life.) Posted at 12:20 PM to Rag TradeIt's not necessarily an indication of obsession, sexual or otherwise, for a man to take an interest in women's shoes. I find them fascinating myself, because they've been made so fanciful. No other garment worn by either sex appears in so many wildly different shapes and colors. The mystery deepens when you reflect that the shoe, of all garments, is the one that must endure the severest mechanical stresses -- yet look at those steep insteps! Look at those spindly heels! Look at the open backs, sides, and toes! Women wear these physics-and-anatomy-defying devices by choice. Indeed, they can't get enough of them. That might be the strangest aspect of the thing. But I would never dream of impugning the good sense of such as Fetiche, who says high heels make her feel strong, confident, and sexy. (She also claims they don't hurt. Make of that what you will.) All the most prestigious designers of women's shoes are men. Their creations challenge the gait, balance, and endurance of the wearer more dramatically than ever before, and far more dramatically than those of their lesser competitors. Yet women go nuts over those shoes, and seem willing to pay any amount for them. They queue up at high-profile stores for the merest chance that there's a pair left in black in size 8. There's a lesson in that, somewhere. Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at 2:21 PM on 9 November 2007This one is more to my liking, C (unlike the previous Oxford/stripper hybrid). Very attractive woman's shoe.Understated and classy. Posted by: fits at 8:52 PM on 9 November 2007Post a comment
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