Leave it up to us girls to put appearance over practicality. And I almost would have entombed my bare feet in Miuccia’s parapluie-meets-socket-head-screw booties if I hadn’t prematurely showed them to my boyfriend, who, like the practical man that all men are, saw right through them – both literally and figuratively: “Ew, that is so unhygienic. Look at her feet, they’re s-w-e-a-t-i-n-g.”
It doesn’t help that sweat and feet are actually his two most hated things in the world if ever there was. Needless to say, there would be no happy addition to our home by ways of Miu Miu Fall ’14 footwear. Talk about bursting my blister.
But I can’t help but want them even more now that I know my feet will in all likelihood stink like provolone after a few blocks in these babies. My pinky toes chafing against Prada-grade plastic just so until that ripe red blister is born. Observe: one trip down the runway and they’re already fogging up inside. I mean, they’re practically their own ecosystem.
Of course the obvious solution is to just wear them with a pair of socks, which totally bastardizes the look and makes it like, doable and accessible and, gulp, practical. As Anna dello Russo cautions: “Fashion is always uncomfortable, if you feel comfortable you never get the look.” So, what’s it gonna be? Sweaty feet or friends?
Haha, I still stand by my first reaction: disgusting.