Socks+sandals: Alexander McQueen pairs the unthinkable
Filed under: Accessories, Style in the News, Shoes
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Our world is officially rocked. If men are pulling off pantyhose (or mantyhose) these days, then it's hard to really fault someone for pairing sock with sandals (if you can call them sandals) -- especially when it actually looks good. Not wear it out in public good, mind you, but good in that 'wow that doesn't even really look offensive' kind of way. Actually, we think they look like some sort of couture bowling shoes.
McQueen is the master of committing fashion heresy to get his shows in the news. Somehow, it seems like he's is always throwing weird combinations at us that we can't quite categorize. Just like his necktie-speedo, this footwear begs for a new type of classification. Is it an incomplete shoe? Or an over-engineered sandal?
Maybe it's time for a the hybrid shoe-sandal (shoedal?) to have a proper place in the world of footwear. Still, the hard part is deciding whether it's really OK to wear socks. Because of the intense stigma attached, we've never tried the socks+sandals combo. Does feel as wrong as it looks?
[via ManoloMen]
Gustavion 7-29-2008 @ 10:46PM
Wow. Those would make me doubly concerned about choosing the right pair of socks.
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jzc1022 7-30-2008 @ 8:42PM
Five years ago when I was in Alaska it was the norm to see folks in their Birkenstocks with socks on. And it was summer time. McQueen is sorely behind times.
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dina 7-30-2008 @ 8:50PM
just because it's a norm doesn't make it right!!!! Why do men think it's alright to wear socks with sandals? Ditch the socks or just ditch the sandals altogether!....and please do not, I repeat DO NOT wear socks with flip flops....
gem 7-30-2008 @ 9:56PM
jzc1022, you are right, this is not groundbreaking. Here on Long Island socks and birks are very much in style, and have been for some time.
ghesju 7-30-2008 @ 8:48PM
NOBODY CARES.
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Sock It To Me 7-30-2008 @ 9:03PM
Sandals work for me because they keep my feet cool in the summer. Socks work for me because they prevent chafing against the sandal straps and keep my feet from perspiring as well as clean. You don't like the combination, Mr. or Ms Fashion Policeperson?" Then don't look at my feet, and I won't look at yours. Alternatively, you can go to hell.
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karen 7-30-2008 @ 9:05PM
OMG !!!!!!!!!---U-G-L-Y !!!!!!!!! THESE SHOES ARE SO REPULSIVE....GOD, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME UP WITH SUCH A GAUDY SHOE....WHO ARE THESE SHOES MADE FOR ?? MAYBE FOR A GAY DISCO DANCER .....
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Shannon 7-30-2008 @ 9:23PM
One word - UGLY
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Shtevnin8 7-30-2008 @ 9:31PM
It's just ugly. And to the person who said you don't have to look, well how about you don't leave the house.
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Jessica 7-30-2008 @ 9:37PM
Ewww! I am a shoe queen. I love great shoes and great fashion and somtimes things that are slightly funny looking like MBT trainers are quirky cute..but socks with sandals are hideous. I love shopping at shoes.com as they run great sales. I shop through an online shopping mall that tells you the secret promo codes and then give you between 5 -50% back in cash at about 300 stores including Macy's sephora, shoes.com, Old Navy, Target (so fabulous) and diapers.com amongst others. The site is http://www.fatcrumbs.com
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watdafuk 7-30-2008 @ 9:54PM
What the hell is mantyhose? Must be big in california,that is just plain wrong.
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aoife 7-30-2008 @ 9:59PM
It would be really awesome if people would proof-read before they post articles. *shudders*
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watdafuk 7-30-2008 @ 10:03PM
what the hell are mantyhose? the latest thing in california? that is just wrong.
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KULPE 7-30-2008 @ 10:20PM
No way, UGLY
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Zach 7-30-2008 @ 11:28PM
Sheesh, you people sure do get fired up about things. Personally, I don't want to see people's feet when I'm out, but I don't mind open-toe shoes. It even seems to me that the reasoning behind socks with sandals is completely sound. Cooler for the feet but no chafing or perspiration. Then again, I've never cared for fashion rules, but I could never understand someone that would judge you so harshly over something so seemingly mundane.
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Tony 7-30-2008 @ 11:31PM
Those shoes pictured strike me as incomplete bowling shoes not sandals. They need socks. Oh what people will call fashion.
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Frances 7-30-2008 @ 11:41PM
Bad taste in wearing sox with sandals? How about the way people are taking to trashy, low-class ways of speaking -- such as saying, "Pleased to meet you" ? An expression always used by the trashier, low class people one would never have personally been introduced to. People who pronounced it as "Pleased ta meetcha". Every time I hear "pleased to meet you", I cringe.
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Tree 7-30-2008 @ 11:47PM
Crocs are still the worst!
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Emily 7-31-2008 @ 12:00AM
The shoe/sandal is just ghastly. It's like saddle-shoes for porn stars or something. Peep-toe pumps are one thing, but peep-instep saddle-shoes? Just no.
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