2nd Amendment Chic
Manolo Ayyyyyy! The Evil One is now armed!
Karl’s got a gun. Several dozen, in fact, and he showed them off at Thursday night’s carnival of a cruise collection, shown quite literally in the pool of South Beach’s famed Raleigh Hotel.
As the Manolo’ s internet friends at Fashionologie (from whom the Manolo found this story) have pointed out, these are not merely for the runway, but will actually be manufactured and sold by Chanel.
Normally, the Manolo would be tempted to read some greater societal message into the appearance of such overtly gangsta bling shoes on the runway, but it is clear from everything the Manolo has read that they are here only because his Malignant Karlness thought they were cool.
In other words, sometimes the fake gun is just the fake gun.
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Jennie 15 years ago
As fun as these might be (yes, I want a pair to wear on my more dangerous days) I wonder if there will be any repercussions if a kid starts using one as a toy after mum snaps the heel from the sole?
oakling 15 years ago
well, see, now i want to read something freudian into them!
daisyj. 15 years ago
I doubt it; I’ve seen more convincing fake guns on novelty keychains. And for what those things are bound to cost, those had better not be breaking off, anyway.
I have to admit to having a secret hankering for these, if only because I know the perfect event to wear them to.
danilo 15 years ago
Oh, but no! It isn’t simply that sometimes the fake gun is just the fake gun. One absolutely must assess whether the idea is clever, or whether the result is at least beautiful. This fails on both counts.
Nariya 15 years ago
How are guns ever cool? :(
Kori Ellis 15 years ago
Wow, they think of everything these days. I don’t see the appeal to them, but they are definitely … different.
class-factotum 15 years ago
If they were real guns, this would be a very handy shoe to wear as you walked down a deserted street in the middle of the city at midnight.
Phyllis 15 years ago
I wonder if you need to go through a background check and a waiting period before you can take them home.
Dani 15 years ago
Well, I wouldn’t mind having a little more Spring(field) in my step. Or would it be a Glock in my walk?
dangster 15 years ago
You probably don’t want to go through airport security wearing these . . .
Charlie 15 years ago
This is silly and inappropriate. It is also derivative: Kaiser Karl stole the idea from Philippe Starck who used wannabe-guns in lamps in his imaginatively named ‘Guns’ collection as early as 2005. So boring, boring, boring.
VeddyVeddyBadAng 15 years ago
My question is: is that really Karl in the photo above? Or Rob Lowe dressed up as Karl? His face looks unusually smooth and unlined.
Olivia 15 years ago
I want. But only because I am attending a Cops and Robbers party this weekend.
class-factotum 15 years ago
“I wonder if you need to go through a background check and a waiting period before you can take them home.”
Only if you are a law-abiding citizen. Crooks get shoes/guns without going through the usual channels.
If we make shoes criminal, only criminals will have shoes.
TheShoe Girl 15 years ago
Do you think they’ll let us on an airplane with these shoes on?
shoein 15 years ago
This is obviously influenced by the GET SMART film coming out…shoe phone, now the gun phone. Karl is not really innovating here…
Sarah 15 years ago
The heels looks like they’ll snap off at any moment–they aren’t far enough back on the foot.
In addition, some genius is going to think “Hey, that’s a good idea” and either paste real guns to shoes as either fake (yet real) imitations, or because people will believe those guns are really fake and end up getting shot in some sort of violent crime either on purpose or on accident…Or accidentally shoot off their own foot.
Besides, they’re kinda ugly.