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Top 5 Bad Shoes on Etsy

Color scheme? You mean this was planned?

MR. BONE JANGLES

A weekend at the Rio, an hour with a glue gun.

Maybe you should sling these back in the dumpster you found them in.

This looks like a dishrag covered with pasta. Perfect for those intimate evenings at the Olive Garden!

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163 comments on Top 5 Bad Shoes on Etsy

  1. spankyb
    July 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    I kinda think the vertebrae ones are pretty cool. At first glance I thought they were bows. Just sayin’…

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    • tokudama
      July 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm

      I thought the same thing, but I’ve decided it’s because they are so normal-looking compared to the rest of them.

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    • Fraeulein
      July 1, 2011 at 2:19 pm

      I liked them as well. And they are price appropriately. But I think you could improve them by maybe using micky mouse’s spine for the strap.

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    • GreySkye
      July 1, 2011 at 2:37 pm

      If those were in a size that fitted my hooves I’d buy them in a second, I think they are AWESOME.

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    • unseeliepixie
      July 1, 2011 at 2:46 pm

      Those were the only shoes with any redeeming quality…

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    • TheSheep
      July 1, 2011 at 2:49 pm

      Somebody else thought so too…they sold!

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 3:07 pm

      I thought it was chewed gum so was relieved that they are bones. Guess I should have paid more attention in Biology class.

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    • DarkSock
      July 1, 2011 at 3:32 pm

      The vertebrae look like Newt Gingrich’s face; that’s a deal-breaker for me on footwear. Now, knotted hemp dildos that look like Newt Gingrich…weh-hell, let’s just say I’m keepin’ a C-note handy.
      .
      .
      .
      I’m sorry…what was the question?

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    • jordan
      July 1, 2011 at 4:53 pm

      I think they’re Coyote Ugly.

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    • Cheal
      July 1, 2011 at 5:46 pm

      …I would totally wear those. >_<

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    • MsBitchhands
      July 1, 2011 at 7:13 pm

      OK, I totally wanted those, but they wouldn’t have fit me. :(

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    • Rad Bromance
      July 1, 2011 at 7:18 pm

      I kinda thought the same.

      Though I’d be afraid of kicking anything with those.
      But then I don’t wear heels so that’s not really a problem.

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  2. TheWomanMonster
    July 1, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    The coyote vertebrae shoes are actually kinda awesome.
    But I’m a sick puppy….

    I’m more grossed out by the feet wearing in them in the photo than I am of wearing pieces of an animal. LOL.

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  3. waningestrogen
    July 1, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    Red thumb me now.
    Go ahead, get that agression out.
    I was born without the shoe fascination gene.

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    • butterwort
      July 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

      It’s ok, I hate shopping for shoes too. I’ve taken to ordering shoes online so I can avoid actually ever stepping into a shoe store.

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    • Dawn
      July 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

      No worries, you are not alone. Revel in your estrogen deficiency, and know that you will never be that crazy lady who needs an extra room for all her shoes.

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    • Molly Earl
      July 1, 2011 at 5:40 pm

      No aggression here. It’s hard to get excited about shoes when you have wide, flat feet that sob in pain when clad in anything other than Birkenstocks.

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      • Badger
        July 1, 2011 at 7:16 pm

        Or arthritis in your XXX-wide feet, which makes attempting to wear any heel higher than a pair of Keds a guaranteed trip to the ER with a broken ankle. I can’t even wear flat dress shoes. I spend the spring and summer wearing flip flops and the entire winter wading through the 2′ deep Iowa snow in tennis shoes.

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    • Snargasm
      July 2, 2011 at 2:37 am

      My soulmate!

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  4. Kitten Tears
    July 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    Man if I had a foot fetish I’d be set right now.

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  5. porcha83
    July 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    you would think, if you spent all that time sticking gems on a shoe.. you would actually take a clear photo!!

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  6. Pink_Kahuna
    July 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    the vertebrae ones are friggin awesome! they would go so well with my taxidermy collection!

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    • rhapsody98
      July 1, 2011 at 3:11 pm

      I might buy them just so I can wear them when I go to volunteer at our local fossil museum.

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  7. notcrafty
    July 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    I didn’t think they were bad either, spanky, until one thing came to my mind — Gremlin skulls.

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  8. IdleCheshire
    July 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    I doubt a foot fetish has anything to do with these color blind creations.

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    • woweewow
      July 1, 2011 at 4:31 pm

      I agree. Now if you pour some baked beans inside the vertebrae heels and then put them on, you might have something fetish-worthy. I’ve always wondered if I could make money creating harmless but weird fetish-y videos like that, lol. I should try it — I could always call it “performance art”, haha ;)

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  9. KnightMair
    July 1, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    I think whoever made the ones at the top could make a lot of money if they could cover shoes in particular prints/patterns like this:
    http://www.regretsy.com/2010/01/13/dingleberry-plaid/

    but I’m guessing the removed the item since the link was broken.

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    • NanaB
      July 1, 2011 at 2:46 pm

      I’m guessing they removed the item from Regretsyphobia and therefore the link became broken…

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      • handmadejob
        July 2, 2011 at 9:57 am

        Maybe it’s because the etsy account is owned by Alexander McQueen’s ghost and he doesn’t want to be found out… yet.

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    • Alicewithwings
      July 1, 2011 at 6:54 pm

      too bad, too. I actually really liked them.

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      • Alicewithwings
        July 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm

        Well, to be fair, I didn’t like them $170 worth, so I suppose the point is moot.

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  10. Fraeulein
    July 1, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    On a mobile – that last pair looks like it has someones broken dentures glued onto the heels.

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 3:09 pm

      I was wondering why a person would take leather shoes and cover them with a used dish towel.

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  11. jer560
    July 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Lady Gaga called. she wants her shoes back.

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    • inmediasres
      July 1, 2011 at 2:23 pm

      I’m not sure if even Lady Gaga would wear some of these. And that is saying a lot.

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      • Cindy-Lou Hoohoo
        July 1, 2011 at 4:12 pm

        I don’t think there’s anything so tasteless that Lady Gaga won’t wear it.

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        • montanabama
          July 1, 2011 at 4:43 pm

          Agreed. I mean come on, she wore a meat dress!

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  12. godzilla complex
    July 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    that last shoe is like a codeine nitemare.

    one where you wrap your foot in an old, moth-eaten sweater and step in a pile of sharks teeth that have been through a rock tumbler.

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  13. tanaise
    July 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    $580? REALLY? I mean, I understand that there are people in this world who pay insane amounts of money for shoes. But they’re at least not shoes that look like they’re covered in shoe cozies knit by someone’s grandmother.

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  14. sparklything
    July 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    The wedge shoes are perfect with a matching balaclava!

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  15. Woolfondler
    July 1, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    my daughter asked for these several months ago. Apparently someone saw them and thought they could do better. http://www.karmaloop.com/products.aspx?ProductID=168278&VendorCode=HOP&siteID=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-pybFvVy8Ysxf9F5BOFd_vA

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    • stephsparkle
      July 1, 2011 at 2:21 pm

      I will hope you said no to her.

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    • mnmsljr
      July 1, 2011 at 2:36 pm

      Barf is barf. There is no better or worse. It’s just barf.

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    • angelbuttons77
      July 1, 2011 at 2:42 pm

      See, THAT is why I am so glad I have 2 boys and NO girls. I’d lose my mind if a daughter had crappy taste…

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    • Whizzingalong
      July 1, 2011 at 3:04 pm

      I’m an old magpie from way back. Glittery jeweled stuff always makes my eyes get big. I kind of like ‘em but can’t see buying ANY shoe you can’t actually walk around in, and those heels? Nuh-uh.

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    • Wednesday
      July 1, 2011 at 6:41 pm

      They look like you got caught in an explosion at a jelly bean factory and had to wade through the rubble.

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    • butterwort
      July 1, 2011 at 9:13 pm

      That link has just given me a horrible idea. ;D

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  16. HowardBannister
    July 1, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    I’ve never heard of fashion designer Joseph Aaron Segal and now I know why.

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  17. thatfunkylady
    July 1, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Damn you should have posted this like a month ago!! I’m going out for my birthday tonight and I still need a spiffy pair of shoes!!! I’d totally rock those over-jeweled ones. Though I’d be worried about chipping shit off while drunkenly stumbling around downtown.

    And for the record I’d wear those wedges with the bones on them alllll the time if I could, I love morbid junk like that =P

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  18. stephsparkle
    July 1, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Two of the shoes have already “gone missing” from Etsy. News travels fast; bad news travel at the speed of light.

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    • tdqcbymlj
      July 1, 2011 at 5:53 pm

      I wanted to laugh at more of the creations from “Music Lover Slingbacks.” Whoever told her it was okay to glue pompoms and fun foam to shoes needs a reality check!

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  19. moriangrey
    July 1, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    The last pair look like they’d be perfect for this guy.

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  20. fluffermom
    July 1, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    I didn’t know clown shoes were available in so many styles.

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  21. Beltane_Crazy_Cat
    July 1, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    I had a shoe habit. I lost my job and am unloading the shoes Facebook. Geez, don’t get me wrong, I love my glue gun but damn!

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  22. Jehnyahl
    July 1, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    I am distraught I didn’t see these in time for shoe shopping for my cousin’s wedding.

    She is on her knees thanking the sweet baby jesus and the mother of all that is holy that I didn’t see these in time for shoe shopping for her wedding.

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  23. inmediasres
    July 1, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    How do I know that last pair really is “amazing leather”? And why would it even matter that they’re amazing leather shoes if they’re covered in… that?

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  24. Princess Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
    July 1, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    I want to play Bejeweled again for some strange reason.

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  25. pplrdum
    July 1, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    The last one sounds to me like they ruined a perfectly good pair of leather shoes :(

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  26. gnomestress
    July 1, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Dear decorator of “Sexy Vertebrae Heels”,

    This is not what your lover had in mind when he said he wanted to see you bone your shoes.

    Happy to help!

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  27. themizduck
    July 1, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Well, if you look on the bright side, you could always use those vertebrae on the shoes if you need back surgery due to wearing heels all the time…

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  28. lifeofmammals
    July 1, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    I would wear any of those shoes, especially the last ones. Also: look at the jumper they have in their shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/67885910/kitty-sweater

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  29. ciani
    July 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    I think it’s too bad the first person took her shoes down (assuming because they were featured). Someone would absolutely adore those. hey seller, being featured here doesn’t automatically mean you suck! It just means your stuff is extremely unique. Seriously, I’ve seen shoes like that – re-list them you silly person!

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    • Dallas_Gal
      July 2, 2011 at 10:04 am

      Grammar police interruption here. “Unique” is a superlative. Something is either “unique”, i.e. for which there is none similar or equal, or not. It doesn’t take a modifier.

      Sorry, but this is a major pet peeve of mine. Have a great day.

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  30. Janautical
    July 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    $580 to look like you’ve stepped in gum over and over?
    No thanks!

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  31. hoocha_hoocha_hoocha_lobster
    July 1, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    To ease my revulsion, I want to throw the moonstones from the last post at these shoes.

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  32. NanaB
    July 1, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    I stopped wearing high heels LONG ago (in my 30′s) … but those first ones are tempting…to lie around in anyways…also good to throw if you run out of menstrual stones..

    they got pulled pretty fast, but they are over at Folksy for a little less….

    http://www.folksy.com/items/659277-DAZZLING-BEJEWELLED-HIGH-HEEL-PUMPS-embellished-shoes

    I think this may be the same person on Etsy..who evidently yanked her stuff… if so, she shouldn’t have.. interesting stuff…

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/tlccreationsuk
    including these awesome ones

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/74295529/cinderellas-revenge

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    • Cindy-Lou Hoohoo
      July 1, 2011 at 4:21 pm

      OH MY FUCKING FUCK I want those cinderella shoes! I’d buy them if I could afford them, & I’d wear them everywhere. Well, everywhere I could spend most of the time sitting down…

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      • vinnifera
        July 1, 2011 at 5:59 pm

        I’d find a prince charming to carry my ass around while I wore them.

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  33. angelbuttons77
    July 1, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Curse these knees of mine, I can only ever wear flats and these kinda people never bedazzle flats.

    /sarcasm

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  34. Coatlicue
    July 1, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    You guys ever heard of this woman, who calls herself the Goddess Kring? She’s kind of an ancient evil — her bodypainting and shoepainting bullshit came to my attention years ago, but I WILL NEVER FORGET.

    http://www.shannonkringen.com/archivekringwear.htm

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  35. berge
    July 1, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    Glass is not a gemstone, sweetie.

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  36. Monique7500
    July 1, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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  37. carnabystreet
    July 1, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    It brings me great shame but I actually really like that jewelled pair. I would wear them til they fell apart, which would probably be on around the third hour of a tequila session. So I would lose $350, but possibly keep my dignity intact.

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    • carnabystreet
      July 1, 2011 at 2:54 pm

      also, I like that they are described as ‘little fuss’. They’re the FUSSIEST shoes i’ve ever seen! Maybe in her friendship group she’s used to people walking round with lego and cheese and small bedazzled cigars attached to their feet…

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      • MsBitchhands
        July 1, 2011 at 7:34 pm

        I’d want them MORE if the were covered in Legos.

        Plastic hot glued shoes? No thanks. I could do that myself.

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  38. LittleMissPriss
    July 1, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    She sells seashells that are eyesores.

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  39. Ally
    July 1, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    How does one acquire Coyote vertebrae? Alibaba?

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    • rhapsody98
      July 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm

      Politely asking the coyote.

      Seriously, there are cataloges for that shit, mostly intended for colleges and biology students, not hot glue gun crazed craftards.

      I just love that my iPad autocorrected craftards correctly.

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  40. Snark Industries
    July 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    The last pair says, “Remember when I puked all over your shoes in freshman year? I got you these so you can relive that special bonding moment over and over!”

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    • Nerdbaby
      July 1, 2011 at 8:59 pm

      It was senior year and I was wearing sandals. Great America. Physics Day. Batman ride 5 times in a row.

      It was still worth it.

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  41. icraftoncrack
    July 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Somewhere a hooker is wondering what happened to her shoe collection.

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  42. Emo Ninja
    July 1, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    I hate when the sellers pull their items immediately. I really wanted to see what other wonderful treasures they had in their etsy stores!

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    • NanaB
      July 1, 2011 at 3:13 pm

      same here. that’s why I put the link in to what I think are the first one’s other stuff… can’t find the music one…

      they don’t know what sales they may be losing…

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    • gypsygrrl
      July 1, 2011 at 3:25 pm

      I was checking in on “Weird Al” tours yesterday, and thinking that Regretsy is the crafting equivalent of his music. I’ve loved his stuff for years, but some agents would get their undergarments in a bunch when he wanted to do parodies. “Our Serious Artist should NEVER be mocked this way!” Yet it was such a compliment, and turned me on to music I might not have heard.

      Regretsy is the holy grail of whimsicle crafting – not everyone realizes what an awesome (or should I say “Vaginal”) honor it is to be featured here!

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      • MsBitchhands
        July 1, 2011 at 7:38 pm

        I feel so overjoyed that someone used Vaginal.

        It’s so vaginal that you’re using it!

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  43. tejasmom
    July 1, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Notice they couldn’t get anyone to put the last pair on for a photo. Hmmmm….

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    • gypsygrrl
      July 1, 2011 at 3:28 pm

      I don’t know about the last pair, but I don’t think the one above it would last one evening out. I think the pompoms will pull off with one dance-floor mishap, and the other embellishments look like fun foam, which isn’t very durable either.

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      • tdqcbymlj
        July 1, 2011 at 6:01 pm

        The vertebra shoes sold!

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        • tdqcbymlj
          July 1, 2011 at 6:04 pm

          wth… The comment above was supposed to be posted on the bottom of the page.

          Those slingbacks look like they were embellished by a child and posted by a parent who just couldn’t bear to tell the child no. Seriously, save your kid the ridicule…

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  44. Whizzingalong
    July 1, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Criminy!

    “rainbow argyle hand loom knit covering”??! Tell me now those aren’t old socks.

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 3:15 pm

      Well I did suspect old dishtowel. If you are correct, the eller has not only made fugly shoes, but has violated the Etsy Golden Rule.

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    • mollyollyoxenfree
      July 5, 2011 at 8:36 am

      Hand loom knit is an oxymoron, amirite? (no really, am i right? hand knit vs. loom knit? no?)

      I secretly wish I were wearing those right now… :/

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  45. lathor
    July 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    I appreciate freaky shoes as much as anyone (and I’ve bought from karmaloop), but not one of these tempts me even a little bit.

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  46. DeathDove
    July 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    These are my favorite of her collection. http://www.etsy.com/listing/71975271/lovely-amethyst-dreams
    $1000.00 for these beauties.

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    • Dawn
      July 1, 2011 at 3:14 pm

      Stripperific!

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    • rhapsody98
      July 1, 2011 at 3:19 pm

      If I were a stripper with no taste and too much money, those would be mine. Oh, yes, my precious.

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    • stephsparkle
      July 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

      I prefer Wicked Vegas personally.
      http://www.etsy.com/listing/71982557/wicked-vegas-nights

      I’d buy them too if I had the money.

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    • elizabethdawn
      July 1, 2011 at 3:34 pm

      Makes me want to spend an evening with a bottle of tequila and a lite brite.

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    • Whizzingalong
      July 1, 2011 at 4:28 pm

      I dunno. The concept I like, but for $1000 I want actual rhinestones. These look like they were made with bulk craft supplies. Maybe it’s the picture…

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  47. Dawn
    July 1, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    I detest wedge heels and open-toed shoes, but love the vertebrae embellishment. It is a huge relief to find that I’m not the only one.

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  48. Ree
    July 1, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    Oh fer fuck’s sake. Because the world needed more bad shoes? I mean, more bad shoes than the Ugly Shoe Department of Nordstram Rack (the single-most heavily-populated geographical location of really, truly, ugly, ugly shoes)? I didn’t need another reason to stop buying shoes, but thanks anyway…

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  49. aliceblue
    July 1, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    Weekend in Rio OR weekend sale on “adhesive gems” at Michael’s?

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  50. Dynomoose
    July 1, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    I think that a few of these are pretty cool

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  51. Agent_of_Chaos
    July 1, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Those vertebrae shoes are awesome. I mean she managed to find HAND SEWN coyote vertebrae!

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  52. DarkSock
    July 1, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    I was actually in the market for toe socks made out of cat assholes, but I wouldn’t mind that last little number. It looks like my Dad’s swim trunks bedazzled with Lee Press-On Nails.
    .
    I hope this artist also made Bin Laden’s death shroud.

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  53. Culinarychiq
    July 1, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    I think the music lover shoes are cute (not to wear, maybe to display) but the rest of these shoes could be used for the Trailer Park production of the Wizard of Oz. Dottie and her pitbull, Rufus, clomp along the piss soaked gravel road with Cleophus the drunk in the ripped dirty tshirt she found snoring in the middle of the road who desperately wants a bottle of Jack, Lockjaw, the pile of rusted out cans lying in a ditch who wants to ask for some WD40, and Zeke, the hairy albino found wandering through the woods looking for his papy’s moonshine still to the Emeraldine Metropolis and ask the Grand Dragon for a ride home.

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    • MsBitchhands
      July 1, 2011 at 8:01 pm

      I demand this as a children’s book. Get on it! :D

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  54. icraftoncrack
    July 1, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    I saw these the other day. This is how real designers do fancy uncomfortable shoes.

    I would actually pay cash money to see someone fall, I mean walk in them.

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    • lemon_bombs
      July 1, 2011 at 5:57 pm

      Not me, but I think I could use them as fancy clothes pegs.

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    • vinnifera
      July 1, 2011 at 6:04 pm

      At least those were made for charity.

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    • DarkSock
      July 1, 2011 at 9:02 pm

      Not me, but I think I could use them as ball-bearing devices.

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  55. Toastlette
    July 1, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Those reminded me of the Mighty Boosh… the Old Gregg episode, the guy who covered his wife in seashells. Probably the best thing I can say about any of them.

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    • Kacky
      July 1, 2011 at 7:34 pm

      Mariah Carey could do it because she has Nick Cannon to hold her up now. Have you noticed? She never walks without hanging onto someone for dear life.

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      • Kacky
        July 1, 2011 at 7:34 pm

        oops that was meant as a reply to #54

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  56. cratz
    July 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    There’s a Mardi Gras Krewe here in New Orleans which is a women-only organization with a high-heel as its trademark. For their parade every Carnival season, the members decorate heels in the most garish way they can, and throw them from the floats to the crowd, who vie to get the “best” one. In many women’s houses around town you will find a Muses shoe on a mantelpiece. The ones on etsy are positively demure in comparison.

    http://www.kreweofmuses.org/

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    • FlouncestheDrivingCat
      July 1, 2011 at 8:32 pm

      While the Krewe of Muses shoes are pretty showy, in my opinion they show better design than the ones posted here, particularly the Krewe’s more recent shoes. All the shoes, Etsy or Krewe, would cause me to break my neck, though. I’m enough of a klutz without putting me on stilts.

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  57. humalong
    July 1, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    The first pair is great for Clubbing a baby harp seal.

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  58. HiddenLowRating
    July 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Years ago, I used to get my 2080 hours of work from the Shoe-Biz.

    No shit. Women’s and Children’s Spring and Summer fashions.

    Former Boss said: “The North won the Civil War because we made shoes. The Chinese will come here looking for money wearing sneakers.” He’s right.

    All done in China/Asia now.
    I’d have been fired for stuff like this.

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  59. Elysapeth
    July 1, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Even lady gaga has better taste than those shoes. She is a classy woman see:

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 4:36 pm

      Wow, you can actually see the semen. And if she gets “lonely” on the road– multipurpose!

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    • DarkSock
      July 1, 2011 at 9:58 pm

      If she kicked my ass wearing these shoes, would it give me the gay?
      .
      I’m down with it.

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  60. Gem
    July 1, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    Just for the heck of it, I’ll leave these here.

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    • alderroots
      July 1, 2011 at 4:41 pm

      Those goat ones are AWESOME! If they didn’t have the weird fun heels, I’d wear those any day!

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      • alderroots
        July 1, 2011 at 4:42 pm

        **wierd GUN heels

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        • aliceblue
          July 1, 2011 at 4:50 pm

          Don’t worry, they could be both fun and wired.

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        • Cindy-Lou Hoohoo
          July 1, 2011 at 6:04 pm

          “Fun” didn’t really need to be corrected. It’s totally accurate. :)

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 4:47 pm

      1. Haz cheeseburger, no haz style.
      2. I guess if you want to wear thongs but don’t want people to know that it is your feet that are scaly?
      3. I kind of like it. Plus, you could kick someone and bite them at the same time.
      4. To wear if you goatse. Not sure about the guns. Either for someone to shoot you for goatseing or to kill themselves after seeing it?
      5. A serial killer’s favorite footwear?

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 4:57 pm

      Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    • Kacky
      July 1, 2011 at 7:32 pm

      These are at least creative.

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  61. afghanlady
    July 1, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Please tell me those heels light up.

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  62. montanabama
    July 1, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    “pefect for any ocassion”… like Jeanne Bice’s wake?

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    • aliceblue
      July 1, 2011 at 4:59 pm

      There is certainly enough duckery!

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  63. alderroots
    July 1, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    These terrify me….

    Now these, these I would wear any day…

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    • Cindy-Lou Hoohoo
      July 1, 2011 at 6:06 pm

      I think I’d actually wear that first pair. Probably not in public, though.

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    • MsBitchhands
      July 1, 2011 at 8:55 pm

      No dice. My pittbull would chew those to bits in a few minutes.

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  64. TheAngryArchitect
    July 1, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    I would very much like to see someone attempting to wear the third pair while at sea, preferably during a bad storm.

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  65. lemon_bombs
    July 1, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    The “musical shoes” look like a summer camp project. Why buy them? Your kid can make them.

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    • kat
      July 2, 2011 at 7:43 am

      Exactly! That shit is clearly from a child’s craft kit.

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  66. sparklything
    July 1, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Apparently it’s possible to bedazzle peole to match the shoes:

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  67. desertsongdog
    July 1, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    I do not approve of using coyote parts for making anything but more coyotes!

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  68. Ms. Anthrope
    July 1, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    Apparently the “artist” is not a fan of the idea that less is more. Can you imagine how much those over-jeweled ones must weigh? Ugh. Try dragging those around the dance floor – what a workout!

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  69. swaan
    July 1, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    Psst, miss bedazzled-sock-over-an-old-shoe, you don’t knit on a loom. You weave on a loom, and knit with needles. If you’re going to make shit up, at least get your crafts straight.

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  70. Postmenopaws ™
    July 2, 2011 at 1:25 am

    I did these over ten years ago, and used to wear them with neon rainbow laces. I can’t wear them any more, but I can’t bear to toss them, either. Luckily for the world, my fabric markers have all dried up.

    Someday, I will make new hideous shoes, leather ones, utilizing acrylic rhinestones and glitter paint. I still have dreams.

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    • allig8rrr
      July 6, 2011 at 10:44 pm

      those are freakin’ AWESOMEEEE! :) )

      can you make me a radddd pair?

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  71. master_baker
    July 2, 2011 at 3:57 am

    I might have worn the coyote vertebrae ones as a younger person, before I had 2 kids and completely fucked my knees up.
    Also, for $580? Those last shoes better take you to fucking Oz.

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  72. MyEyesMyEyes
    July 2, 2011 at 9:14 am

    Most of those shoes look like someone got them sticky with beer at the club and then fell into a bag of skittles. “Wear the Rainbow”

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  73. anaceofkidneys
    July 2, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Oh god, the triangular bits on the last pair look exactly like bladder stones. Hopefully they are less crumbly.

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  74. kelfire
    July 3, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Dude, those “rainbow wedges” look like they would be sooooo comfy. I could even take off those pasta thingies. Or paint over them or something.

    OR GLUE CRYSTALS ALL OVER THEM, YES.

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  75. catieo
    July 4, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    I’m not going to lie– I just found out that I have massive spine problems and I would love to wear those vertebra shoes to make up for the two in my back that are all fucked up. I’m totally buying them if they come in my size.

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  76. allig8rrr
    July 6, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    my question is, where is the leather on those last pair because it seems to have been lost somewhere in production.

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  77. allig8rrr
    July 6, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    oh and ps – i don’t even think lady gaga would wear those shoes for a weekend in rio.. or even around her house.

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  78. loonar_fox
    July 8, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    I’ve been trying to make stuff from scratch when all along I could have just bought shoes at the thrift store and glue crap all over them! I’m a fool!

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