The Spanish Have Idiot Podiatrists, Too

A couple of days ago the Spanish newspaper, El País had a very interesting article about how many actors are being spotted going barefoot in and about town. In ¿Por qué a los famosos les ha dado por andar descalzos? (Why have the famous been walking barefoot?). The article does a nice job talking about the benefits of going barefoot.

But of course they also have to talk to a podiatrists who hates it.

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They Just Don’t Stop

Yahoo News now has a new travel list: 12 People Who Should Be Banned From Flying. It was also picked up by the New York Post: The 12 types of people who should be banned from flying.

I’m sure you can guess what is number one.

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Here Comes the Br(oads)ide

You know, sometimes I wonder if other blog writers are having trouble coming up with material. Why else would the New Orleans Bride Magazine ask on their “Wediquette Wednesday”, Is it OK to go barefoot at the reception?.

And even moreso, how could they come up with the answer they did?

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High Heels are WEIRD

I imagine you read about the study from a few weeks back that determined that men tend to prefer women wearing high heels.

My suspicion is that the results are extremely culturally dependent.

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Hippie Fashion Trend?

Slate recently had an article about how Hippie fashion is back for men. Is that a good thing?.

Well of course it’s a good thing. On one condition . . .

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Socially Acceptable

A while back (i.e., May), fellow barefooter Mike Berrow put together a compilation of twitter tweets showing a lot of folks say they’d go barefoot if it were socially acceptable.

But it mostly is acceptable. So why don’t these people give it a try?

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National Barefoot Freedom Week

Did you know that there used to be a “National Barefoot Freedom Week”? It was officially designated for the years 1959 through 1966, inclusive, and, from what I can tell, ran from the Saturday through Saturday that included October 1st.

But before you read further, you need to lower the gain on your irony meters.

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You Have to be High to Wear Heels

And by “high” I mean on some pretty powerful painkillers. That was illustrated for us by Emma Thompson at the Golden Globes.

And she’s not the only one (really only kind of) rebelling against high heels.

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Boyhood Lincoln: Unwelcome at the Lincoln Museum

I spent the weekend in Springfield, Illinois, for the wedding of a dear friend’s daughter. I’m afraid I’ve reached the age where my own kids are getting married, along with the kids of my sibling and close friends.

And you know what that means: shoes.

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This Is Just Sad

Princess Caroline of Monaco recently attended a fundraiser for Monaco’s new national museum.

And she wore toe-shoes. No, nothing Vibram-like. Worse.

Much worse.

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ZOMG! High Heels Don’t Cause Bunions, New Study Reveals

Or at least that’s the title of this article at that wretched hive of misinformation, the Huffington Post. I’ve written before about Huffpo HuffPoo and More HuffPo HuffPoo: The Annual Flip-Flop Warning.

But this time they’ve outdone themselves.

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Following

Barefoot Brian has a rather interesting blog entry I thought I’d point you folks to, entitled . . . and your mind will follow.

It is a nice compilation of various thoughts on going barefoot.

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What Feet Are Supposed To Look Like

I happened across an interesting book, The Unfashionable Human Body, by Bernard Rudofsky (originally published in 1971). It mainly concerns the many ways we cover or modify our bodies, and as part of that it has a section on footwear.

I thought folks might find part of that interesting.

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Is Barefoot Fashion Back?

Here’s an article in the Orange County Register: Hey fashionistas: barefoot is back. The author, Cindy McNatt, give us a photo of a barefoot Jean Shrimpton in the 1960s and Kate Moss from recently (both are models, for those who don’t know).

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