August 18th, 2008
Are square toed shoes making a comeback?
Anyone remember The Witches, by Roald Dahl? In the book, the witches in question had huge, square feet with no toes, and, to the young Fashion Police Commissioner, these feet were the most frightening things ever. Seriously.
This is what we think of when we look at square toed shoes. It’s not that we hate them: in fact , sometimes we find ourselves looking at square toed shoes and really wanting to like them, but something holds us back. Maybe it’s The Witches, maybe it’s just the fact that every time we’ve tried them on they’ve made our feet look oddly short and clumsy. Or maybe it’s just that we really prefer something a little more elegant.
What do you think of square toed shoes? Is it a case of love, hate, or does it just depend on the individual shoe?
Shoes: Flats, Azzedine Alaia, heels, Balenciaga
The Balenciaga shoes frighten me. Seriously. Get in the way of those and you are in for PAIN.
The Alaia flats are more tolerable. Those evoke more of the shape of a pointe ballet shoe than that of a mallet.
Well, I have nothing against square toed shoes, but these are a little too square.
Not a fan of the square-toe, looks a little unnatural I think
Ooo, I do remember The Witches! The movie that was made only cemented my horror of that book, but I think it was the bald heads when they whipped off their wigs that did me in.
Unfortunately, my size 6 feet look nothing but stubby in square toed shoes. I do like the look of them in loafers.
I was terrified of The Witches when I was younger too!
The ballet flats are passable but the heels look really painful!
I like square-toed shoes in general – but not these ones.
The square ones actually leave more room for the toes, as opposed to shoes that get really thin in the end and kill my feet, litterally.
I thought I was the only one who found the witches’ feet scary!
I agree with Cadi, I quite like the pointe-shoe look of the flats (ex-ballet girl here) but the heels are awful.
Wrong, just wrong!
I hate both really pointy shoes and really square shoes. Square toes are witch shoes, pointy toes are b*tch shoes.
Seriously, I associate pointy shoes with my former boss, who was a real piece of work and liked to tap her pointy-toed feet at me while screaming at me for not stapling things fast enough or whatever.
While these are a little TOO square, on the whole, I prefer square-toed shoes. I do not have elf toes. Pointy shoes pinch and they make my feet look like cross-country skis. Or perhaps this is just because I am a witch.
Amanda – the bald heads! I had forgotten the bald heads! Actually, almost everything about that movie terrified me
It’s a hate for me.
they make your feet look weird and they are almost certainly a bad design . They’re unflattering and if they come back i certainly will not be wearing them.
Bleh.
I’ve said this alot of times before but I really don’t like clunky shoes like that, they’re so unflattering to your feet! Plus they look really uncomfortable.
I guess it depends on the shoe, but i’m definitely not a fan of the ones shown here!