womenshoelover Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 Everywhere I look I see women of all ages wearing these horrible looking chinese slipper type shoes with the mesh fronts. They are so ugly and have no redeeming features. Anybody else agree? Nothing beats a great pair of pumps!
JeffB Posted August 26, 2004 Posted August 26, 2004 Everywhere I look I see women of all ages wearing these horrible looking chinese slipper type shoes with the mesh fronts. They are so ugly and have no redeeming features. Anybody else agree? You'll get no argument from me on that opinion. Still, I wish I had stock in the company that makes the damn things! Those people are probably raking in cash by the truckload! I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman!
flipflop klipklop Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 I thought it was weird when the ladies at my office all wanted a pair. Some had paid $20 and up. I couldn't for the life of it figure out why. I always saw them on ladies and grandmas from other countries wearing kitchen aprons sweeping the porches. Yes, it's beautiful isn't it?
womenshoelover Posted October 12, 2004 Author Posted October 12, 2004 FFKK, I see those awful shoes all over, even young girls like wearing them. Those shoes have got to be hurting the shoe industry since they are so cheap! Nothing beats a great pair of pumps!
chris100575 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Has anyone got a pic of these, I'm not sure what they are. Chris
Bubba136 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Chinese Slppers are usually black mary jane type slippers made from some soft material. Here's a pair: Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
TXT-1 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 by "chinese sandals" I Immediately think of rubber sandals which are known here as "thongs" or "japanese safety boots (here in australia what you guys would call "thongs" are known here as a G-string.) later, TXT-1
womenshoelover Posted October 12, 2004 Author Posted October 12, 2004 They have mesh fronts to them, and are usually black, eventhough they now have them in colors as well. Nothing beats a great pair of pumps!
flipflop klipklop Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 The ones that Bubba posted up there are incorrect. The one womenshoelover is referring to are these: They come in a variety of colors and sequinced designs. I don't like them because of what I associate them with which are the grandma's sweeping the porches with their utility kitchen aprons. Just food for thought: You must of seen the really thin flip flops with the thin thong strap and bamboo/straw footbed right? Those are popular here in the States currently. The idea was imported from South American poor farm workers. I think they look cute on the girls, but I'm sure some South Americans probably don't think so because of their associations with them like how I have with the Chinese mesh slippers and grandmas. Yes, it's beautiful isn't it?
Bubba136 Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 Hmmm! I might be incorrect. But, after 9 trips to china -- and flying into most of the major cities in that country -- I saw only the ones I posted....and never, ever, as in never ever, saw any chinese adult man or woman wearing shoes like the ones you posted. Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
flipflop klipklop Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 Very true Bubba. I've never seen anyone Chinese wear those mesh slipper either. I originally saw them growing up being worn by older ladies from Spain, Greece or somewhere along the Mediteraneans. If they weren't from there, maybe they were Mexican, Central or South Americans. Couldn't tell as a kid. I think people started calling them Chinese slippers because it looks similar to the Chinese bedroom slippers, except with a mesh. Yes, it's beautiful isn't it?
genebujold Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 Both the black ones and the blue ones look black and blue to me so far as style is concerned...
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