Shoes for the Modern Cave Man
Manolo says, here you see the result of what happens when you have the designer who thinks too much.
P.S. Many thanks to the Dorothy for the link.
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June 27th, 2006 at 3:33 am
I like the idea behind it:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/27/features/rbare.php
I’ve always believed in good technique.
June 27th, 2006 at 8:32 am
Man, those things look weird. And yet I’m strangely fascinated by them, and curious about running in them. I enjoyed reading the stories about Barefoot Ted and crazy Barefoot Ken Bob, running two marathons in one day barefoot. Like the old Nike ads said, runners are different.
June 27th, 2006 at 9:07 am
Wear a pair of those with a toupee on each foot and you, too, can look like a hobbit.
June 27th, 2006 at 10:26 am
[…] By Izzy
The Manolo has kindly brought to his readers’ attention these shoes shaped like feet. […]
June 27th, 2006 at 11:19 am
What I can’t get over, because I’m a wierdo, is that whether or not these shoes are supremely silly, they don’t take into account the fact that everyone’s toes aren’t shaped the same way. I mean, I’ve got rather short toes, and the littlest one in particular isn’t shaped like that at all. I can’t help but think it doesn’t sound very comfortable.
June 27th, 2006 at 11:42 am
I, of course, want them badly. Confounding the kiddies is my constant amusement and this would work out nicely.
June 27th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
*screams* The horror! The horror!
That is freaky-deaky.
June 27th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
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June 27th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Ach du lieber Gott!
My six year old nephew would looooove these.
June 28th, 2006 at 1:35 am
I totally discovered those on accident last Saturday! I was exploring the Vibram website to see what the stuff is. My little toes would not fit- there’d be a lot of extra room. So ridiculous.
June 28th, 2006 at 10:39 am
To be fair… even the people who make them say that they’re for outdoor activities. The hiking boots and the tevas aren’t attractive either, but they’re functional shoes for particular functional applications. People just need to get it into their dense little heads that such shoes are not appropriate for resteraunts or city streets.
July 4th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
I love the copy… “gecko-like grip”. Finally, shoes that allow gecko-like behavior.
July 5th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Those things are wicked.
Evil.
Bad.
July 5th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
This reminds me of that one fake commercial on “Saturday Night Live” for JJ Casuals, which are “shoes that look like feet.” The “JJ” stands for Jack Johnson, who “endorsed” the shoes. The real Jack Johnson thought this was so funny that he put it on his website.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I am so* ordering a pair of these. Thanks for the link!
April 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
To concur with jj, these may serve a purpose in certain settings very well, but it seems that those who buy things like this have a tendency to wear them in every setting but the appropriate ones. My first exposure to these was the other night when sure enough a man I know who otherwise seems to be a good judge of things, wore them to a presentation on family relations. All eyes, on his feet. No compliments were emitted. Had we been in the forest or rock climbing maybe…. In this setting however, they just appeared even more odd looking.