Wedges, For Men?

Jun 26, 2008 @ 11:35am

FendiMensWedges.jpgSilvia Venturini Fendi dedicated the latest Fendi menswear collection to poverty, but that wasn't the only strange thing about it.

Enter wedges for men.

We're not really sure where they came from, or how they made it to the runway, but what we do know is that this is right up there with Mcqueen's one-piece bathing suit on the weirdness spectrum.

We know we might take some heat for this, but we feel like this is just another example to add to the list of this season's misappropriation of women's wear, to go with cinched waists for guys.

We guess we could see them on certain attention-loving men - They would garner some looks on the street. And we know some guys may want a little extra height, too, but we're not sure this is the way to go about it.

Who knows, maybe this could be the next big thing, but for now we're predicting that this is a trend that stays right where it should be - on the runway.

--KYLE HAYES

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 11:40AM

is this THAT big of a deal? seriously, these wedges are probably only 1 inches, at least they aren't heels.

i can obviously see you would've hated to live in louis xiv's time where men walked in heels.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 11:47AM

i find the one piece quite sexy actually. as for the wedges, if women can wear pants, why can't men wear wedges? the idea that wedges=women is so arbitrary; there is nothing innately feminine about that.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 11:50AM

back in louis xiv's time though, men wearing heels was the norm. you have to consider the time we live in now though, where only women wear heels, so yeah it kind of it a big deal for Fendi to introduce wedges for men

posted by kenya

Jun 26, 2008 12:04PM

i think most men would have hated to live in a time when men walked in heels. i feel this post is more about a trend in mens fashion where a lot of the new styles have been feminine. this is obviously a conspiracy perpetrated by the government to control us by making men and women more similar.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 12:05PM

ILK..not cute for men.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 12:05PM

no. no, no, no, no, no.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 12:09PM

Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman must be jumping for joy. And, now they can jump higher than ever!

Steven.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 12:17PM

my history teacher last year wore these platform-wedge looking shoes, but that was just because he was super short and had a napoleon complex haha

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 12:24PM

I can see Tom Cruise and Sarkozy wearing them!!! Panic!

posted by fashionursta

Jun 26, 2008 12:33PM

Gorgeous color, though. Tom Cruise will be wearing them for sure.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 1:18PM

See my issue with this is that wedges and heels, no matter how high or low, on women are a sex appeal/height thing. They push your butt up, giving even the most emaciated of models just a hint of a booty. And we all hate Bubble Butt Guy. You know what I mean. Not cute.

posted by mckeb753

Jun 26, 2008 1:19PM

ok...the cinched waist thing...why is everyone acting like it's so weird?...have you people never seen a man in a trench coat before?

but this?
no thank you. do. not. want.

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 2:02PM

they're kinda like a chicer version of Sarkozy's man heels!

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posted by disneyrollergirl

Jun 26, 2008 2:27PM

I don't love it but I've learnt to think outside the box...designers have to push the envelope to move things on otherwise fashion will always be the same, no?

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 2:35PM

what other ways are there for guys to appear taller?

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 3:31PM

not hot

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 5:25PM

Oh dear lord, deconstruction of gender binaries! Everyone: equality is on the way! Run for your lives!

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posted by guest

Jun 26, 2008 6:21PM

better than waist cinching. height, I think, will always be more appealing to men than looking like a woman with a voluptuous body.

posted by Modupe

Jun 26, 2008 6:28PM

i guess fashion really is a cycle; menswear as womenswear/ womenswear as menswear...i guess it's just another way to make people unisexual

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posted by ellachun

Jun 26, 2008 9:55PM

alternative for elevator shoes? sounds funny.

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