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Someone please tell me this is a hoax!

Are these really the latest shoe fashions from Italy and Japan??? OUCH!!!

Posted by Lisa on November 08, 2006

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Not sure if they are the "latest," and I don't know about Italy . . .

But a few years ago, I saw on the news here in Asia that several Japanese women had died due to accidents wearing shoes like this.

The report was talking about not only the foot and leg problems resulting from shoes like these, but from trips and falls on stairs and into traffic. Several of the Japanese women suffered concussions and even death for their fashion decisions.

Posted by: amanda | November 7, 2006 10:37 PM

Oh dear, Amanda. I had no idea.

It makes me think of all the ridiculous things we women might do to either be fashionable or "stay young."

I appreciate you sharing this, Amanda. I use to live in Japan when I was a child around my daughters ages. I remember the shoes the traditional-minded Japanese women wore. How they would shuffle when they walked. It makes me think of how even I, as a teen, would wear shoes that were too small and the consequences that I deal with in having done that.

Aaahhh, consequences. We forget about those consequences sometimes because they don't often affect us right away.

Boils down to pride... of which God hates.

Posted by: lisa4given | November 7, 2006 10:58 PM

Those are just abusive to the poor little feet.

Posted by: Kim in ON | November 8, 2006 08:36 AM

If this is fashion, then I'm so glad I'm out of the loop. I mean, I'm already about 5'9". Why would I wanna be over 7' tall?

A few of those might be able to be worn by ballerinas or something, but my toes need some room, ya know?

My son says these look like something out of a sci-fi movie, and my husband says he wouldn't want to make any of these women mad! LOL

Seriously, it is quite abominable the lengths the fashion designers want us women to go to, and the lengths some women are willing to go to!

Posted by: joythruChrist | November 8, 2006 04:47 PM

Uh, that's the LATEST fashion? I SWEAR I saw Gene Simmons wear at least 3 pair of those boots during a KISS tour in the late 70's. Hmmm...something is strange here!

Posted by: The_Armchair_Theologian | November 8, 2006 05:22 PM

Maybe... nothing really is new under the sun.

Posted by: lisa4given | November 8, 2006 05:26 PM

I'm surprised that you're NOT wondering what an infant would have been doing at a KISS show in the first place! LOL!

Posted by: The_Armchair_Theologian | November 11, 2006 03:13 PM

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