2008 Woodie Awards
The Fashion Police
Terra-Nova Sadowski
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: B Side
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It was 4:00 a.m. on a Sun¬day, and I had been staring at my com¬puter screen so long that my eyes were burning more painfully than the first time I saw someone wearing paisley. No, I did not have a test Mon¬day - I was searching for the perfect pair of winter boots.
Devastated that Moon Boots had been filed as a 2006 fashion "worst" in the first issue of the B-Side this semester, I was determined to set the record straight and give these Eskimo rave party shoes the praise they deserve. Unfortunately, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that these are not the most practical things to own on campus.
Moon Boots are expensive. Mine were $130 (that's more than 6,000 yen!).
And with a guarantee to keep your feet warm at -35 degrees Celsius, it might be hard to concentrate on quan¬tum cosmology theories in class when you're scared your feet will catch on fire.
Third, they're made of nylon; it might be hard to put that fire out.
In the end, I realized the only place I felt comfortable wearing my $130 shoes was in Antarctica.
I found myself uncom¬fortably wearing my Moon Boots in the airport a couple of weeks ago when I noticed a girl walking towards me wearing what seemed to be Moon Boot rip-offs. It was an awkward moment as we passed each other, pretending not to care, but secretly com¬paring every neon stitch and holographic patch. Or maybe that was just me.
Eventually I ran into her again and asked who made her shoes. "Oh, they're Emilio Pucci!" she answered enthu¬siastically. I, on the other hand, was not so convinced. Not only did they look like wannabe Moon Boots, they sounded like wannabe Gucci.
Later, research indicated that I should be stripped of my Fashion Police title for not hearing of this elite de¬signer before, but that's what happens when you grow up surrounded by fishermen and Carhartt.
Then, I saw Them. The Ones. Lime green and squishy, the girl who wore them looked like she was walking on … squishy green limes. Sud¬denly, she turned a corner and disappeared before I could ask where she got them. Typi¬cal.
Ten hours and 20 cups of coffee later, I found them online: by Khombu and only $40! Nevermind that they are made out of the dreaded nylon and might incinerate my feet when worn for too long in a climate above -25 degrees Celsius. They're hot pink!
Devastated that Moon Boots had been filed as a 2006 fashion "worst" in the first issue of the B-Side this semester, I was determined to set the record straight and give these Eskimo rave party shoes the praise they deserve. Unfortunately, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that these are not the most practical things to own on campus.
Moon Boots are expensive. Mine were $130 (that's more than 6,000 yen!).
And with a guarantee to keep your feet warm at -35 degrees Celsius, it might be hard to concentrate on quan¬tum cosmology theories in class when you're scared your feet will catch on fire.
Third, they're made of nylon; it might be hard to put that fire out.
In the end, I realized the only place I felt comfortable wearing my $130 shoes was in Antarctica.
I found myself uncom¬fortably wearing my Moon Boots in the airport a couple of weeks ago when I noticed a girl walking towards me wearing what seemed to be Moon Boot rip-offs. It was an awkward moment as we passed each other, pretending not to care, but secretly com¬paring every neon stitch and holographic patch. Or maybe that was just me.
Eventually I ran into her again and asked who made her shoes. "Oh, they're Emilio Pucci!" she answered enthu¬siastically. I, on the other hand, was not so convinced. Not only did they look like wannabe Moon Boots, they sounded like wannabe Gucci.
Later, research indicated that I should be stripped of my Fashion Police title for not hearing of this elite de¬signer before, but that's what happens when you grow up surrounded by fishermen and Carhartt.
Then, I saw Them. The Ones. Lime green and squishy, the girl who wore them looked like she was walking on … squishy green limes. Sud¬denly, she turned a corner and disappeared before I could ask where she got them. Typi¬cal.
Ten hours and 20 cups of coffee later, I found them online: by Khombu and only $40! Nevermind that they are made out of the dreaded nylon and might incinerate my feet when worn for too long in a climate above -25 degrees Celsius. They're hot pink!
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Freddy
posted 2/10/07 @ 5:41 AM EST
Moon Boot is a registered trademark of Tecnica - if you bought boots b Khombu - they are knock-offs.
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