What's the deal with the new REALLY pointy toed heels?

i've seen those shoes and they are hideous....i really dont get why certain things become trendy and stylish when they r really not.

 

Pain!!! Can shoes get more uncomfy looking? I wouldn't wear them. They look unbalanced with a thin toe and then a thin heel. My friends who wear them to school whinge anout their feet hurting and I'm like "SO DON'T WEAR THEM". And their comeback? "But they look good". Nah. I'm not convinced. Don't like 'em. Just what I think. Give me woolly socks and a carpeted floor anyday..

Ahhhh...the mystery is solved. I saw a small tip about the pointy toed shoe in First Magazine. They pointed out (no pun intended) that when worn with the super flared pants and jeans it gives the leg a slimmer, elongated appearance.

Now I used to LOVE the pointy toed shoes and actually wore them when I graduated from high school under my gown. What WAS I thinking? And yes, I have a nice little bunion to show for it. They do look good in the right setting BUT they hurt like hell if not fit properly.

I personally love the open toed shoes. Cameron Diaz wore a pair of open toed shoes that had a clear strap and heal and was fairly high. It really made her legs look amazing.

Great topic. Brings backs lots of memories.

Karen

the point of a really point toe shoe is if somebody really piss you off it would be a good shoe to kick them with
ok bad monica!

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Those stayed in style for many many years. Have you ever seen women over 45 with those bunyons on there feet and the squished up toes. The toes are all crossed over each other...yuck!!
They always say it is from wearing those pointed toed pumps for years.
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I am over 45 and I do not have bunions or deformed feet, and yes I did wear those shoes. The trick is to get them at least a half size larger than you ordinarily wear so that your toes don't get scrunched up in the pointy part of the shoe. Bad news for those of us with huge feet. They can look like boats.

I think that the right person can pull those shoes off. I, however, know that I am not that person. I will choose comfort over style anyday and those just don't look comfotable.

I see those shoes everywhere as well. I have taken to calling them witch shoes beacuse I think they look like the kind of shoes a fairytale witch would wear.
-Maura

Caramia! Your location! That's hilarious!

I have size 10 feet, too. So any shoes that can make feet look small are a big bonus. I do have 1 or 2 pairs... one is a Doc Marten imitation that I always get compliments on. Some people even say "Gee you have small feet!" and I laugh. It's because the shoes have a really wide toe that kind of bubbles up for wiggle room.

Ahem... anyway I digress. I have never tried on super-pointy shoes like that, but I almost wonder if they'd be a little more comfy. Because I think the point doesn't start forming until past where the toes have ended. So there isn't so much squeezing together.
That's why this kind of high heel usually shows more toe cleavage than old-school pumps.

I always want to ask ladies I see wearing them how comfy they are... but then they usually have a bad-ass "don't talk to me" persona about them. Or maybe I'm just wimpy.

Oh and you're right! It's so gross when old ladies have mashed-together toes. My Birkenstock wearing self is determined to not be that way when I'm 90.

Ouch!!

They are suppose to lengthen the leg. But I would rather keep my short legs.

Those stayed in style for many many years. Have you ever seen women over 45 with those bunyons on there feet and the squished up toes. The toes are all crossed over each other...yuck!!
They always say it is from wearing those pointed toed pumps for years.

Ouch!!!

OUCH! those look painful!