Not Open To It

Jun 22, 2007 @ 9:17am

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Usually when we see the “what were they thinking� fashion disaster sections in celeb magazines like US Weekly and People, we secretly like and would happily wear most of the outfits. When Michelle Williams wore that really cool Chloé prairie dress recently with her new Mia Farrow pixie cut, she got blasted by the tabloids, but we thought she never looked better.

But when we saw this People story about the “questionable� trend of open-toed booties, we had to agree whole-heartedly.

In this picture, Lindsay’s shoes are kind of OK, mostly because they don’t really look like boots, but some kind of weird stilettos that are borderline acceptable. But SJP and Victoria Beckham?

Have you ever seen worse shoes?

--ALISON COOL

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posted by J

Jun 22, 2007 9:51AM

i actually think that lindsay's are the weirdest. and although i wouldn't wear them with that outfit, i reallly like SJP's! the olsens have them too and wear them well (in my opinion)

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posted by kenbot

Jun 22, 2007 10:04AM

Michelle Williams looked wonderful in that dress.

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posted by Phoebe

Jun 22, 2007 10:20AM

Lindsay's look like she's wearing socks with heels. I think SJP's are just peculiar b/c of the chunky heel. They're like open toed clogs. However, Victoria's are pseudo-normal looking. And I say that with a lot of hesitance.

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posted by guest

Jun 22, 2007 10:27AM

While these are terrible in theory, Victoria can do no wrong.

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posted by Sara

Jun 22, 2007 10:31AM

Victoria Beckham is looking more and more like a space alien.

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posted by guest

Jun 22, 2007 10:49AM

I agree, these shoes are SO hideous.

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posted by Betty

Jun 22, 2007 11:07AM

I liked these last fall, although I wouldn't wear them now that it's summer.

Emmanuelle Alt actually wore the same shoes as SJP (Fendi, I think) in this Sartorialist photo, and she looks amazing.

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2006/10/emmanuelle-alt-at-louvre.html

I think it's more about choosing the right outfit (and season) than the shoes themselves.

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posted by sll

Jun 22, 2007 11:08AM

these ladies have the luxury of wearing a passing trend a couple times and moving on - in the case of the stinky toeboots one hopes they all move along rather quickly

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posted by The Fashion Informer

Jun 22, 2007 11:17AM

I actually love the version SJP has on, though not with that outfit.

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posted by andrea

Jun 22, 2007 1:37PM

I think these are by Fendi. I like them but they remind me of the shoes that my grandmother used to wear. At one point we wore the same size and I wore hers with my modern clothes, boy was I a fashion innovator! In little italy or nolita in ny you can still see some little old ladies wearing them, closed toe in the winter, the open toe ones in the summer.

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posted by jigsaw

Jun 22, 2007 2:49PM

I have to agree with Betty, the shoes totally work for Emmanuelle (totally in love with the whole look), but on SJP they seem silly with the short jeans and too-casual outfit.

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posted by Aitch Bee

Jun 22, 2007 5:04PM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ive noticed a fair few open toed boots in next seasons shows. Why on earth anyone would wear them in the middle of winter is beyond me. Blue frost bitten toes anyone?

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