What is up with these shoes?!?!

I'm all about sexy shoes, and DH constantly complains that I have too many, but I can promise you this: I will NEVER, EVER be seen in a pair of these.......

Would you?!?!?

those are AWFUL. Wow. Reminds me of being on pointe, but with much less class....at least being on pointe was fairly finite and had a purpose. These are just scary.

H***LLL NO!

Isn't that the pair of shoes Rachal Zoe put on Demi Moore in an episode of her show when she had a photo shoot with the giraffe?

Any woman who buys a pair of those shoes and actually wears them has way more money than taste.

i... don't understand the freaky curve added to the front. the blue suede one shows the outline of where the foot actually is, and it's not in an en-pointe shape. it's just in a regular high-heel shape. gah. freaky.

each one makes me think of some freaky monster that's gotten its beak stuck somewhere

Lady GaGa had a pair of these on at the VMA's....I thought she was going to fall down! Yikes!

Yes, it is the same ones....love the show, hate the shoes.

Wow, those are really obnoxiously ugly.

can you say foot deformity (meaning these shoes will cause one) eeeeewwww

ya know ... these kind of remind me of little bound feet ... fashion has come full circle, eh?

Funny, that was my first impression too. Like a cartoon monster - straight out of "Ren and Stimpy" hell...

Are they seriously for sale? Or are they some artist's "anti fashion" art pieces?

They are an Alexander McQueen design, and are apparently quite hot on the European runways this fall. I say pee-eeew!!!

My DH says they look like some freakish hooves!

Eeeeeeek and yuck! They say you suffer for the sake of fashion and man, it's true. My EYES are suffering!

Or like something from Jurassic Park? Very odd....no thanks!

LOL, MGR, please don't suffer for the sake of THIS man... I wouldn't want to see anyone in those contraptions.

I would love to see an x-ray of the foot inside these!

There so bad, I can't wrap my head around how the foot must be when they are on???

Awful!!!

if you look at the solid black and solid blue ones, you can see the line where the inner sole is. so the foot's really just in the same position as regular high-heeled shoes.

like this:


i did notice that they're called armadillo. ha! and, yes, they're ugly. it's not the height or the spindly heel, or even the en pointe looking part that gets me, it's the padding above the foot. gah!

If I looked down and one of those snakeish-looking things was on my foot, I'd think I was being eaten alive! I think I'll just stick to flats or low heels...LOL

In a word...ICK! I would love to see how the models are walking in these!

Alexander McQueen made the first pair, I believe, for Lady GaGa's Bad Romance music video.

http://www.fashion-stylist.net/blog/wp-c...bad_romance.jpg

yep i cant believe ppl are actually wearing them tho...so ugly...whats next? meat dresses? ew!

But don't I sound like my mother did way back when....I can't believe I'm saying this!

YUCK!!! They remind me of lobster claws?!

Ya know, sometimes ugly is just ugly. I don't care if the hottest celeb or the president is wearing them, there are certain things that just do some serious damage to the eyes, and these shoes are one of them!

was GaGa wearing these when she fell down in the airport?

BTW, these christian louboutin ambrosina are much more my style.

Hee hee! I wouldn't be surprised if they were.......

LMAO!!!!!

I can't stand Lady Gaga (her music is ok)....Sorry if I offend any fans

and YUMMO to those Louboutins...so pretty.

What are those???? Oh, shoes?? Is THAT what those disgusting things that border on beastiality are?? I had to look quite a few times to decipher what they were!! I'm the last gal to even say ANYTHING against fashion (or in this case lack thereof), but Holy Hell!!!! If I ever wear mile high heels again, it will be Candies or Manolo Blahnik.

No, I don't like Lady Ga Ga either. Her music MIGHT have been doable if they didn't make it annoying by playing it every hour!

Then again, you can't go by me because I like heavier music. When I do listen to dance music, it's the older dance music. Yes, I even like reggaeton and salsa too.

Here's an article on how those Lady GaGa shoes can snap your ligaments! Yikes!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/fashion.shoes.heels/index.html

ewww i saw her wearing a pair of those in her bad romance video.

i can't stand lady gaga, but i love one of her dancers so i watch all her videos to catch a glimpse of him

( omitted the shoe images that sparklee attached)

No. Those are positively ridiculous. First of all, foundry boots should be low heeled for stability. You'd either turn your ankle in no time flat, or snap a heel off, wearing those.
Second, the materials of construction are all wrong and will have zero durability in acidic (resin in the sand for molds) and abrasive (lots of sand, and metal filings) environment. These are a proper foundry boot:


Foundry boots need to fit tightly around the ankle, too, to keep out sand and molten metal. Those fancy foundry shoes are a big FAIL. >:-D

(much laughter)

omg i don't know why i did it.

i googled lady gaga's meat dress....and the pics are disgusting.

I keep wondering did it smell? Leave stains on the chairs? Drip on the floor? hahahaha

I'm not even going to look lest I start ripping into rich people for wasting perfectly edible food!! They have nothing better to do with their money or their time.

Okay, rant over and I didn't even look.

Those are the ugliest shoes I have ever seen. Animal fetish anyone? EWWWWW!

Wait until someone breaks their neck in these. They are not that great looking but if given the chance I think I'd try them on only because I find them so fascinating. They are like a train wreck, I can't stop looking at them.

Are you kidding me? Those are some of the worst 'shoes' I have ever ever seen! No, they would not find their way to my car or mailbox, let alone my closet! LOl

yep yep...what I was gonna say :0)

Holy crap. Those are AWFUL

WOWZA...!

yet somehow Demi looked great in them :0) giggle

Demi looks great in most things

They look very sci fi. And not in a good way...

I think the shoes look quite interesting from an artistic perspective. They aren't something I would ever wear or even purchase but I appreciate fashion as an art, and I like seeing people go outside the box once in a while.

I think they kind of look like an elephant trunk, honestly...

GROSSS!!!

Reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JICRtY-epH4
LOL

Also, I saw some paparazzi shots of Lady Gaga falling in an Airport in huge ridiculous shoes, and it made me think, you asked for it!
Seriously, she tries to be so outrageous and Serious all the time, seeing her falling on her face from her own fashion choices was kind of humorous lol!

I find Lady Gaga ridiculous. She tries to hard to be "different"

It's not interesting, IMO.

Never been a fan of her from the start, just don't really see all the hype over her is about.

I have to agree with trying to hard to be different like a madonna wanna be but i do love her music i think she is very talented.

Yea must admit some of her music is quite catchy! Just not a fan of her.

Oh man, I have to disagree! I love Lady Gaga, lol! I just can't help myself. I think her weirdness is refreshing. And I admire the McQueen armadillo shoes because they are inventive. I wouldn't wear them, but that's because my lifestyle doesn't call for that kind of get up, lol. I just think her music is really fun and I value the anti-bullying work she does.

One thing is for sure - she is not for everybody, and neither are these shoes. She and McQueen are pretty polarizing - love em or hate em - but for me, it's definitely love!

Well said, MrsElleMonk. ITA with you!! If I were young and had the right lifestyle, I might even wear the shoes---LOL

Oh I would be right next to you, lol, most likely teetering around and potentially breaking my rear in the process, but they are fun looking, lol.

I def don't like the shoes, and I have never really liked her either. I am always surprised when people say she has great style. Mayce I am just too old and conservative now to appreciate it.

These shoes always reminded me of Spy vs. Spy. The cartoon's head remind me of these strange shoes.

Ugh, and it also reminds me of those 'ballet boots.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_boot
Scarrrrryyyyyy!

I don't see how you could walk in these unless you were a ballet dancer! My daughter can walk in amazingly high heels because she dances on pointe.

I'm a retired professional dancer and it's a totally different mechanism. You are helped with the agility and balance aspects being a dancer, but it doesn't develop your feel for heels. It's actually frowned upon by most ballet companies as an unnecessary risk, similar to skiing and ice skating (which some contracts can prevent you from doing.)

I've never seen a female professional ballet dancer attending an event where she didn't have on incredibly high heels. I wasn't endorsing it My daughter only wears them on occasion, and then wears very supportive shoes during the week.

I was just thinking of ankle flexiblity to stand up in such high heels. My ankles aren't flexible enough to wear anything over 2.5 or maybe 3 inches.