It seemed like you all enjoyed my round up of hideous frocks and, going back a while, really ugly shoes. Since then, many more pairs of awful shoes have thrust themselves to my attention. Now I've stopped wailing "My eyes!", I've decided to share them with you all. I'm nice like that.
This, my friends, is the Irregular Choice edition.
Now, I should mention that I love Irregular Choice. You only have to look back through the blog to realise that. I'm wearing a pair of their boots right now, in fact! They have some of the most interesting, cute and beautiful designs around. But all that loveliness comes with an ugly flipside. A lot of their designs are frankly hideous. It's as if they find a nice style, feed it lots of sugar and then let it roll round in the embellishments department.
Case in point.
And if they're not overly embellished, they're often just a bit odd. I'm really not a fan of this heel shape anyway, but the cage bit is WEIRD. Where do your feet go?
I can actually see some people rocking these, but it's all just a bit too much for me.
No, no, no. Ugly heel, ugly peep toe, ugly fabric, ugly bow.
The Dan Sullivan collection is always good for a laugh too. Insanely expensive and usually insanely horrible.
It's not the heel shape I hate - I have a pair with a similar heel and they're surprisingly normal and nice to wear. It's the fact they're a) pink and b) look like a fecking lampshade.
Dolls FREAK ME OUT. Especially when they're trapped in plastic ON YOUR ANKLES. It's like an episode of Dr Who.
Oh god. Where do you even start listing what's wrong with these?
A quick whirl through eBay will also find you some terrible, terrible examples. Char and I quite often email other going "Whaaaat?? EWWWWW! Why would you do that to a poor, innocent shoe?"
Yeti boots anyone?
Hands up if you like these. Really? You big weirdo*
The shoe equivalent of a chavvy Burberry hat.
Argh, argh, ARGH. I hate trotter toes!!
A perfectly nice blue heel ruined by half a ton of fabric. I just don't get it. They can make such beautiful shoes when they try!
Alas I've been unable to find photographic proof of the most awful pair I've ever seen, which were creepers with a massive, vomit coloured rubber sole and a big slab of fake fur on the top. It's probably best that they aren't shared with the world though. We might all go blind with the horror of it.
* If you do like any of these, more power to you. I know I've benefitted on eBay from liking some of the whackier styles that no-one else does. Just don't wear the Blythe/doll ones anywhere near me, m'kay?
This, my friends, is the Irregular Choice edition.
Now, I should mention that I love Irregular Choice. You only have to look back through the blog to realise that. I'm wearing a pair of their boots right now, in fact! They have some of the most interesting, cute and beautiful designs around. But all that loveliness comes with an ugly flipside. A lot of their designs are frankly hideous. It's as if they find a nice style, feed it lots of sugar and then let it roll round in the embellishments department.
The Dan Sullivan collection is always good for a laugh too. Insanely expensive and usually insanely horrible.
A quick whirl through eBay will also find you some terrible, terrible examples. Char and I quite often email other going "Whaaaat?? EWWWWW! Why would you do that to a poor, innocent shoe?"
Hands up if you like these. Really? You big weirdo*
The shoe equivalent of a chavvy Burberry hat.
Argh, argh, ARGH. I hate trotter toes!!
A perfectly nice blue heel ruined by half a ton of fabric. I just don't get it. They can make such beautiful shoes when they try!
Alas I've been unable to find photographic proof of the most awful pair I've ever seen, which were creepers with a massive, vomit coloured rubber sole and a big slab of fake fur on the top. It's probably best that they aren't shared with the world though. We might all go blind with the horror of it.
* If you do like any of these, more power to you. I know I've benefitted on eBay from liking some of the whackier styles that no-one else does. Just don't wear the Blythe/doll ones anywhere near me, m'kay?
