I do not like the pointy toe
I wish this style would simply go
Its point is like a witch’s shoe
For the big footed; flatters few
It narrows where I widen most
And though I do not like to boast
My feet look best in rounded end
A simple shape I must defend
Only worse is the toe that’s square
I will not buy a single pair

**applause for Phalene**

I think pointy-toed shoes are pretty, but I can’t wear them without such pain that I cannot even walk properly. My feet need round-toed shoes, whether or not they are in style.

Boo on the pointy toe. If you want your feet to look predatory, you have problems.

This year will be all about buttons on shoes. That’s my prediction, anyway,

I hate the pointy toe. I have pointy toe boots and they are literally killer (I can’t walk two steps without falling flat on my face).

Even when I’m sitting down, they make my feet look hideously huge. They suck.

I like pointy toes well enough, but the coming trend that has me shaking my head is the peep-toe ankle boot. I mean, WTF? When I first saw a pair in a catalogue, I thought it was just a kooky folly, but now it seems like they’re turning up all over the place.

The proud owner of several pairs of strangely comfortable Donald J. Pliner pointy toed shoes, I say “rock on the Manolo.” I’d buy those shoes in a heartbeat, if I could only get over the noise slingbacks make when you walk.

For one thing, physically this is torture. Do you wish to spend many hours in a podiatrists’ office when you are in your 40’s and beyond? Coupled with the very heinous pointy toe, this style should be sent to the slaughterhouse where it belongs!! I would not wear this anywhere. It had to have been designed by a person who never wears such shoes. I have incredibly narrow feet, could actually carry it off just fine. But have seen what shoes like this can do do a person’s feet. . hammertoe, anyone?

I own many, many pairs of high heels in different styles and I like this shoe. If you know how to wear and walk in heels, then these shoes should be no problem. I wear a 10 but buys an 11 because I don’t want my feet yo hurt. And I still look good, big feet and all.:-)

I don’t love pointy toes either — my feet are fairly large for my height and most pointy-toed shoes I try on make them look absolutely gigantic. But when I was in Florence with my very stylish college roommate, she bought a gorgeous pair of pointy-toed pumps that made her size ten feet look dainty, and did not add five inches to the length of her foot or smash all of her toes together. So I know the pointy toe can work if it’s well-designed.

Hmph.

Well as a child, my feet grew long
(the height maxed as the legs grew strong)
and had to wear the longest boot –
my shoes were never, never cute

I wept until my mother said
“Don’t look down, dear, just look ahead
Come see the films, for you there’s news —
the Glamour Girls wear pointy shoes!”

For those of us with skinny feet
who don’t in rounded toe look sweet
ward off boys timid, them reproach —
only Brave Boys will dare approach!

So for those who walk a shorter mile
It’s fine that you don’t like our style
You keep toes rounded, square and twee —
Save all the pointy shoes for me!

All hail the return of the pointy toe! … Finally, sexy is back!