Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Vibram Five Fingers

Vibram Five Fingers

Strap yourself in and get ready for the next ride into Wrongtown, because Vibram Five Fingers are here.

According to the Vibram Five Fingers website, these little miracle workers are the best things for your feet since sliced bread. Apparently they stimulate the muscles in your feet and lower legs to improve your balance and agility. I don’t care how comfortable they are, they’re still offensively fug and belong in the same pile as crocs and birkenstocks.

Unless you are some sort of elite athlete, I doubt this footwear is really necessary. And the site even recommends wearing them for “play and fun”. Somehow I don’t think you’d be getting asked out for much “play and fun” if you insist on turning up in your Aquaman footwear all the time.

The site also reckons that Vibram Five Fingers are the “alternative to going barefoot”. Hey, I have an even better alternative to going barefoot: they’re called shoes, and they’re available in most retail stores and charity clothing bins near you!

By Caroline Warnes

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  • I like the way they look. womens Nike ShoxThey are kinda polarizing


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  • The typical human foot is an anatomical marvel of evolution with 26 bones, 33 joints, 20 muscles, and hundreds of sensory receptors, tendons and ligaments. Like the rest of the body, to keep our feet healthy, they need to be stimulated and exercised.
  • slane
    They look *really* stupid. But I want a pair! They'd be so great for my bunions! And you can just stick 'em in the washing machine.
  • For the record, I believe in looking after your feet. I wear sneakers when walking long distances and yes, I wear sneakers with my work attire when walking to work. Screw how you look because you only get one pair of feet. However when not exercising I prefer footwear that doesn't make me look like Jerry Seinfeld.

    These shoes may be comfortable, but stylistically they are a disaster. That fact is undeniable to anyone who loves shoes as much as I do. I can't think of any possible situation outside an exercise scenario where it would look good to wear them.

    What a surprise that a fashion and shopping blog would offer fashion-related commentary. As such I have not "missed the point" by discussing them from a style point of view.

    I'm happy for commmenters to discuss the chiropractic benefits versus style issues here, but personal attacks calling me "unintelligent, boring, clueless and vain" (summarised from various comments) are far more judgemental than anything written in the original article and if anyone feels it necessary to make any similarly unconstructive comments then may I suggest YOU are missing the point - being on a shopping and fashion blog and all.
  • ProfessionalWhey
    I didnt realise that this was fashion blog, I thought it was a shopping blog.
    Even so, I would like to think that fashion, like diet, health, fitness is becoming a lot more holistic in its outlook, i.e increasing awareness of such things as the fur trade, sweatshops, organic cotton, diamond industry etc rather than just what we look like.....holistic health is, if not already is more fashionable than looks......maybe not for all, but for most.
  • Alex
    I work in a top of the line runners shop, and know from experience that the benefits from the fibram's outweight any you could get from runners! the support in a running shoe nullifies smaller muscles in your legs and even back, causing long term problems and injuries. Bearfoot running/walking is the new fad, but im sure its one that'll last. You may be so vain that you immediatly judge them based on looks, but those of us lucky enough to get past that, and try out a pair will never regret it. So if u dont like them, then go back to your high heels, but your vanity is only causing you physical pain...
  • Running lazy
    It is very dissapointing that your opinion is so negative about a product which i have read nothing but good reports about from people who HAVE ACTUALLY WORN THEM and I personally would recommend to anyone who has issues with running related injury or just wants to improve style and rythm. Maybe it would have been more intelligent to review an item that you have experience with or know something about to begin with. The most amazing part is that your life is clearly too boring to A: get out and experience what life has to offer and B: that you are so analytical/afraid of the unknown. Get out and live a little.
  • Good advice. Thanks.
  • I work next to Caroline, and I own a pair of Five Fingers. They are the most comfortable shoes I own, and I love them. Enough said!
  • Who would have thought that a pair of shoes could cause so much tension?
  • kdmorris
    What could be more stupid than wearing a pair of shoes that force the foot in to a un-natural shape and pinch and deform the toes together. I refer to high heels of course
    Caroline Warners I bet you a house to a brick you wear a pair of these more often than not. But hay, each to their own.
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