September 30th, 2009 by barefoottess

Oprah’s shoe size?

10.5!

And Kate Winslet’s?

11!

 Lisa Leslie’s shoe size?

13!

And Tila Tequila’s?

TINY!!!!

September 29th, 2009 by barefoottess

What. The hell…

Is this???

Apparently, the models on the runway at the Prada show in Milan last week were outfitted (as seen above) with werewolf-like toenail extensions.

Which could possibly account for all the runway spillage we’ve been seeing this season. With all that front-end overhang it seems inevitable that there’d be at least a few incidents like this.

So until we all get the hang of it, freakish nail-extensions or no, let’s all make sure to have a pair of nice flats around, just in case, like these ‘Waffle’ flats, from FS/NY…

September 28th, 2009 by barefoottess

A fairly zealous rabbi over in Lithuania has decided to ban–that’s right, ban!–Crocs–that’s right, Crocs!–from his synogogue during the Yom Kippur holiday,  which ends at dusk tonight.

You see, on Yom Kippur, you’re not supposed to wear leather shoes. So these babies…

…have become du rigueur.

But then some genius Rabbi in Vilnus decided to put a stop to all the madness! And you know what? We’re behind him 100%.

So if, for any reason at all, you’re out there searching for a pair of cow-free kicks, look no further–we’ve got what you’re looking for…

And if you still don’t see anything you like, well then you can always go barefoot…

September 25th, 2009 by barefoottess

To be honest, we haven’t been this excited for a cultural event…

Since, well, since maybe ever.

And while we’ve determined that it’s impossible (or at the very least, certainly inadvisable) to actually become a wild thing…

That doesn’t mean you can’t, from time to time, pretend.  After all, aren’t fur (or faux) vests already an it item this fall?

You pair one of those babies with a pair of these babies…

And you’re good to go. And growl, if you want to.

September 24th, 2009 by barefoottess

You know what’s in this fall? Let me make it easy for you.

Red.

Red.

Red.

Red.

Red.

September 22nd, 2009 by barefoottess

There’s just nothing…

quite like…

a pretty girl…

on a bike.

That is all.

September 21st, 2009 by barefoottess

So Nobel-Prize winning economist Paul Grugman let us all know this weekend, at a conference in Helsinki, that, “The end of the world appears to have been postponed.”

Well okay! Now we’re cooking with gas! And you know what else? Krugman also went on to say that, “The world economy does not appear to be falling into an abyss.”

Hip! hip! Hooray!

And even though he later stated that our recovery will no doubt be “slow and painful,” we still think that means that everybody should start shopping immediately!

Because from Syracuse…

To San Jose…

Things are looking up!

September 18th, 2009 by barefoottess

You know who said that? John Keats said that. No. Wrong. Sorry–he wrote it.  In 1818.  Here’s the stanza you can find it in, from the poem, Endymion:

 A thing of beauty is a joy forever:

It’s loveliness increases; it will never

Pass into nothingness; but still will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing

And do you how old John Keats was when he wrote this?

He was 22 years old! He’d be dead by 25.

And do you know what those lines are about?

That’s right! You guessed it! They’re about shoes! Beautiful, beautiful shoes!

No. Just kidding. Sorry. They’re not about shoes.

But they could be! Right? After all, what’s more beautiful than a perfect pair of shoes? And while they can’t quite last forever, who doesn’t have a blissfully beautiful pair of shoes emblazoned in their memory for all time–I mean, who doesn’t think back, from time to time,  wistfully, on the best pair of shoes they’ve ever owned? I know I do.

And I bet you anything that Keats did as well. (Though of course, it’s unverifiable.) So whenever anybody gives you a hard time about your insatiable need for beauty on your feet, just give ‘em some Keats, a man so Romantic they capitalized the word for him…

September 17th, 2009 by barefoottess

In the category of things that might interest only a small segment of our shoe-loving public, the greatest television show of all time, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” returns to the ariwaves on September 20th.

 And in even better news, reports have it that the seventh season will feature an on-screen reunion of the entire cast of Seinfeld, for the first time since, well, since Seinfeld.

And do you what that means?  It means we get to see Julia Louis Dreyfuss again, without having to watch “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” and without having to watch old re-runs of this…

Not that we mind, of course.

So in honor of the return of Elaine, tiny sprite though she may be, we’ll throw it over to you folks out there in the cyber-peanut gallery.

If Elaine Benes were real, and walking around today, and if  by some chance she happened to wear a size 11.5–then what BFT shoes would she be sporting?

In other words, what shoes look good with an ankle-length floral-print dress, a pair of white doily socks, and a big wall of hair?

Anyone? Anyone?

September 16th, 2009 by barefoottess

Like the Victorians of yore (yore: just before “the days of old”, and just after “back in the day”) we find nothing sexier than a little flash of sub-knee skin. The only difference is, while the old-school dandies got all fired up at the sight of a (nearly) unadorned ankle…

We find that the modern man’s hackles are raised by an even lower vantage point…

That’s right babies! Booties! And not just Booties, babies–peep toe booties!

Because sometimes the toe is all you have to show…