No heels, no longer means flat. The trend of taking away the heel of a high heeled shoe is one that I just cannot support. Fashion
innovation is an incredibly important aspect of design, but shoes are made to walk in. Heels can be bad enough sometimes, and now they want to take away the tiny bit of support we get? Just looking at this piece Manolo Blahnik's spring/summer 2006 collection makes me cringe. And to be honest, it doesn't really look that good, wearing the shoe would look like someone in a ballet flat walking on tip toe.
Unfortunately even as the design improves, the idea does not.
Antonio Berardi, whose recent pair picture here, looks great in terms of the design of the shoe, but I still vote for practicality here. The only way I would purchase this sandal is if it had a heel.
Many people have compared this type of fashion to that of the foot binding practices that were popular in China for an entire millenia. All I can say is this better not last a millenia.
Dear (Insert - probably male - designer), No woman wants to walk in that! Unless of course you are Victoria Beckham, in which case, why not?
