Victoria Beckham and Uma Thurman buy Antonio Berardi's heelless shoes, Fashion Police decide not to bother
Victoria Beckham and Uma Thurman are apparently among the first to place orders for a pair of these Antonio Berardi heelless shoes (because shoes with no heels are all the rage right now, didn't you know?) Will the rest of the world follow suit, though, we wonder?
Well, we'd have to walk a mile in 'em to know for sure how comfortable they are, and there does look to be some degree of arch support, to be sure, but when even the designer himself admits that " “When you walk, it is almost on tiptoe," we're going to assume that there probably won't be a mad rush on these, because most women we know just won't like the idea of essentially walking around on their tiptoes all day. Because that's gotta hurt.
Like them?
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they do look cool, but they'd be entirely too hard to walk on to actually want a pair.
Posted by: Megan | Feb 29, 2008 1:44:59 PM
I'd fall immediately.
Posted by: Danielle | Feb 29, 2008 8:47:25 PM
Awesome to look at, but completely mad to wear.
There's a reason that the people that ordered them did so...they can afford to pay someone to be their supporting arm.
Posted by: Cadi | Feb 29, 2008 9:32:08 PM
I agree! Pretty cool for fashion photography maybe, but for actually SUPPORTING YOUR WEIGHT? Um, I think not.
Posted by: Robin Claire | Mar 1, 2008 7:28:34 AM
These shoes are somewhat scary, yet I'm oddly attracted to them. I must try them on to see if there really is some arch support in them.
Posted by: Shanequa | Mar 2, 2008 3:46:12 AM
I think they're totally cool! Anyone who's ever tottered around in 5-inch stilettos knows that the heel provides only the bare minimum support anyway. You can see that the base of this shoe supports much farther back on the arch than a regular heel, so it probably wouldn't be all that much less stable. It isn't as though anyone's gonna go hiking in them. I'd love to try a pair.
Posted by: Devin Kay | Mar 9, 2008 2:22:43 PM
the model's feet R all red from wearing them
Posted by: Renee | Apr 3, 2008 5:27:39 AM
They look slightly more comfortable than my fluevog grand nationals, minus the hoof print...http://www.fluevog.com/gifs/dec-04-news-image-04.jpg
Posted by: britbikegirl | Jul 17, 2008 8:28:26 AM
This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen! Don't do it, Ladies! Just DON'T!
Posted by: Margaret | Jul 25, 2008 11:59:32 PM
Omg! how do you walk in those? :0 horrible.
Posted by: Olivia | Oct 2, 2008 6:23:48 PM
I've seen several pairs of these and I think they are about the ugliest piece of footwear ever created - and completely impractical. The only place these things could possibly be acceptable is on the foot of a drag-queen.
Posted by: heather | Oct 8, 2008 11:38:05 PM
Its simply just.... ugly! Soooo ugly!
Posted by: Gesztenye | Jan 9, 2009 10:07:23 PM