Every few years, tastemakers mysteriously embrace some comfortable but undeniably ugly footwear more typically associated with river-rafting potheads or line cooks. A look at the most memorable assaults on our fashion sense, and a forecast for the ugly shoe of spring 2008.
1966: The Birkenstock Invasion
Californian Margot Fraser falls in love with the squat German sandals and buys the U.S. distribution rights; they become the counterculture’s signature footwear. Forty years later, Heidi Klum designs her own version.
1971: Crazy for Klompen
Sexy, disco-era platforms reign, but more conservative dressers—especially men—adopt traditional Scandinavian clogs with a cartoonish point at the toe.
1974: Unsexiness Sells
Orders for the orthopedic-minded Earth shoes— the heel’s lower than the toe to mimic walking on sand—are backlogged by 3,500 pairs. Time magazine writes about them. The company’s owners go on Johnny Carson.
Late Seventies: The Footwear of Rebellion
First Brit punk-rockers, then angry American youth buy burly gummy-soled Doc Martens. Marc Jacobs puts them down the runway in 1992; they reappear in fashion at the 2007 Chloé and Yohji Yamamoto shows.
Eighties: What a Feeling!
Leg warmers and leotards are everywhere (thank you, Irene Cara), and so are boxy, elfin Capezio jazz shoes. In 2006, United Bamboo and Dior Homme revive the bad memory.
Mid-Nineties: For the Concrete Canyons
Several time zones east of Colorado, New Yorkers inexplicably embrace Tevas. The truly brazen wear them with socks.
Winter 2004: So Soft, So Unflattering
Uggs were a generic sheepshearer’s boot in Australia for decades, but have become beachwear for surfers, then models, who wear them with minis.
2006: Croco-philia
The garishly colored slip-resistant shoes beloved by shift workers and chefs spread like a virus, engulfing entire families at a time.
June 2007: Comfortable, But …
Worishofer sandals, the purview of Eastern European grannies, are stocked by groovy boutiques and worn with skinny jeans. Karen O performs in them.
Up Next: Supersize Salt-Waters
The flat sandal that’s so adorable on kids isn’t quite so cute in a size 10, but it’s got the clunky contours that hipsters love.
STOP WEARING UGLY SHOES YOOO!!!!!
History of ugly shoes
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Cop caught with 100kg amphetamine at our homeland Bulgaria... haha thought you would get rich that easy you pig??
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Пловдивски полицай задържан с близо 100 кг амфетамини
От това количество могат да се произведат около 16 млн. таблетки, които на арабския пазар струват около 3,2 млн. долара
Пловдивски полицай е бил задържан с близо 100 кг субстанция амфетамини. Това съобщи на пресконференция зам.-директорът на Главна дирекция "Борба с организираната престъпност" Калин Михов.
Дрогата била открита в багажника на автомобила, управляван от 35-годишния Т.Д., служител на "Магистрална полиция" към Областната дирекция "Полиция"-Пловдив. Той бил арестуван на бензиностанция "Петрол", близо до София.
От задържаното количество могат да се произведат около 16 млн. таблетки, които на арабския пазар струват около 3,2 млн. долара. Михов допълни, че често се случва служители на МВР да бъдат използвани за транспортиране на наркотици в страната, тъй като се разчита, че те няма да бъдат спрени за проверка. Наркотичното вещество е натоварено в Батак в дома на втория задържан по случая - С.С., на 35 години. Той е един от лидерите на организираната престъпна група, занимавала се с преработката на амфетамините. Предполага се, че задържаното количество е пътувало към София, след което е трябвало да бъде транспортирано към Турция, където да се таблетира. Задържаният С.С. няма криминални прояви и се води безработен.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
ELECTROMA(movie not music vid) by DAFT PUNK
Sunday, November 18, 2007
That movie is nothing like any other crap artsy films you've seen recently. Makes you very calm and it has a clock counting the time from start to end. Actually at the end you think "hey, remember when the two were driving in the desert". Feels like an awesome experience. click "play" to watch
