JOIN BOSSY'S OLD SCHOOL BLOG ROLL!

i am bossy

Help Wanted

shoe-trend-sandal-iambossy

Bossy needs help… understanding this new thong sandal. Thandal? Shoe? Shandal? Boot? Bandal? Shathandalband?

Thumbs up or down, council?

And a special thanks goes out to Bossy’s daughter for modeling this contraption in the shoe department of J.C.Penney.

In Bossy’s own very personal opinion, which is worth about as much as the Converse sneakers she wears on her own feet: the Renaissance Faire called. They want their shoe back.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  13. Thumbs down! Those things are hideous. And who wants to wear a sandle (presumably a summertime shoe) with a boot collar thing that’ll make your ankles sweat? Why would anyone make those shoes? Why?

    Reply

  20. They are uglier than a mud fence in a rainstorm. It looks like rats got them in the cellar. A big thumbs DOWN!

    Reply

  25. I must say, I wish I were the genius janitor cleaning up the scraps from whole shoes in a factory somewhere who patented this contraption. I mean really! Does it not look like they just slapped the leftovers together with a buckle and a button and put it on a sandal bottom?!

    Fugly = Friggin’ + Ugly

    Reply

  32. I was shocked when I went sandal shopping a month ago and saw many, many varieties of the above and nothing resembling a regular sandal. I have seen the above on a whole lotta tweens and teens and it makes then all look like sluts.

    Reply

  33. Really, who wears those things? Someone trying to hide an ankle monitor, or an unfortunate tattoo of an ex’s name? I can’t think of any other reason.

    Reply

  36. They are the ankle boots we wore in the 80’s with scrunchie socks except somebody took a real sharp knife to them. It’s a bad dream.

    Reply

  37. I don’t know what’s wrong with you people. You should all be thanking your lucky stars that you are not among the tens of people who suffer from cold ankles and hot toes.

    You know, or whatever sort of affliction someone would have to be suffering from in order to buy those things.

    Reply

  38. Here I am, swimming against the taste tide once again in Bossy-world. When last asked for an opinion, I liked the hippyish, rather retro faux cowhide/sheep skin coat that everyone else was gagging over. And now….now….

    I like these. People have been wearing them around LA for about 6 months or so, and originally it took me a little to come around, but now I think they’re fun and sort of edgy. (To be really edgy they’d need color. Like purple or turquoise. )

    Reply

  44. These may be the ugliest shoes I’ve ever seen.

    Great pedicure, though! Super fun for summertime.

    Reply

  51. With the humidity and 90 degree weather on the East Coast all I can think of is sweaty nasty ankles. Ewww.

    Reply

  52. I agree with the shat part.

    I’ve never understood this trend and it seems to be just getting stronger. Is it to add a little meat to those underfed Hollywood legs? I’m against any shoe that is comprised of more leather than my purse.

    Reply

  55. OMG, these are the fugliest shathandalbands ever imagined. Hate the trend. We are entering into a dark period of basically ugly shoes, get ready ladies!

    Bossy’s daughter is too young to have that corn on her toe!

    Reply

  65. Now, Em #38 has given us some food for thought. I think it’s all what you get used to seeing. Remember when Birkenstocks looked ugly (I know, I know, many of you are saying..they still do!) remember the first time you saw Crocs…and then there are my new and wonderfully comfortable Vibrim Five Fingers (NOT a toy, a shoe!) they are hideous, but SO incredible. Perhaps, that’s how the LA people and tweens wearers of the above picture feel…these shoes are initially hideous but really comfortable.

    Then again, I grew up in a household that says you are COMPELLED, nay REQUIRED to see each side of a given situation. Because my first reaction was: NO WAY ON EARTH, would I wear those horrific eye sores.

    Reply

  73. Funny how some things really get the comments going. I think people with extremely skinny long legs might be able to wear these without looking unattractive, but why chance it?

    Reply

  75. I don’t understand why people don’t like these. They’re a gift from heaven! Every day, while I traipse around in the ninety degree heat, I think to myself, “Boy, are my ankles COLD!” Now I can keep my ankles nice n’ warm and show off my stylish pedicure at the same time. Thank you, god of footwear. THANK YOU!!

    Reply

  76. Wow. Thumbs all the way down.
    And as someone earlier mentioned…. unfortunate ankles, I’ve got ’em.
    I’ve got cankles like you wouldn’t believe yet there is still no chance in HELL that I would ever put those on.

    Reply

  80. I saw someone wearing something like this in DC the other day – I had to do a double-take because WTF with all the shoeyness around the ankle? A fashion don’t, methinks.

    Reply

  84. My husband calls them the Roman sandal. There are some very pretty ones out there but unfortunately, hands down on this one.

    Reply

  91. Just echoing what many others have said, but not even an adorable pedicure can make those shoes look good. This fad cannot die soon enough.

    Reply

  96. I guess if I had a badly sprained ankle, and needed to keep an ice pack on it all day, these sandals might be useful. For a day or two, max. But they are ugly and look trashy and uncomfortably hot.

    #38 -Em: “People have been wearing them around LA for about 6 months”. This statement confirms my belief that LA is a different planet where common sense, health and comfort are willingly sacrificed on the altar of appearance. UGH.

    Reply

  100. what i really don’t get is if so many (at least here and amongst my friends) think these are so hideous (and they are sooooo hideous!), why do I see them everywhere!?!?
    EWWWW

    Reply

  102. Whoever paid for this designer to go to school should get a refund. Bossy’s daughter’s feet are best in red ruby slippers!

    Reply

  107. These make my brain and heart and sense of style hurt. There is nothing right about them. Except Bossy’s daughter’s awesome toenail polish. Kudos to that.

    Reply

  112. Lindsay Lohan called and said to cease and desist showing her patented “minimizing ankle-monitor detection system” (MADS) shandals. Also available in 5-inch heels.

    Don’t shoot me. I’m only the messenger.

    Reply

  113. I would have said FUGLY too – I love what Bossy’s Mom said that the designer must have been tripping! Does Bossy get her humor from her Mom? 🙂

    Reply

  116. I have seen these around here in Germany, and I have one thing to say… NO, so much more, but it comes down to one word: UGLY. I don’t get it, like it or want it, this “look”. Daughter, terrific job in making something hideous look remotely wearable.

    Reply

  117. Saw someone wearing them this week, and I could not control my mouth from falling open: they are far worse walking down the street than they look on zappos, where I’d seen them before. I think they are really and truly ugly, completely unflattering, and can you even imagine the tan line?

    Reply

  118. # 38, Em — you are a brave brave woman! We won’t hold it against you. After all, a well-preserved Edsel is a real collector’s item these days. You just might be ahead of the curve 🙂

    Reply

  120. No. That’s it. No. (not to the cute feet but to the UGLINESS encasing them) And have I voted yet? Well, just in case you forgot, it was a NO!

    Reply

  122. LOLOL! I love Bossy’s readers!

    So now I’m curious…were these just a curiousity at the store? Did your daughter want these? Were they a consideration for you? Do all of your readers imagine me walking around LA competing with Lady Gaga in the fashion department?

    Reply

  123. It’s strange that they’re so flat. Everything I’ve seen in a similar style has a really high heel–which does not reduce the fug factor.

    Reply

  125. Though I’m not exactly known as one with her finger to the pulse of the fashion world, the inner critic within says ‘hell no’ to that particular example of footwear.

    Reply

  127. I’m with Bossy’s friend…….butt motherfucking ugly. See. You can say that on the web and i know because Amy’s comment is still up. Musta been on some serious drugs when whoever thought this one up. Holy WTF margo??

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *