Sockandsandalgate - a most grave affair.

Wearing socks with sandals is a controversial fashion combination and cultural phenomenon that is discussed in various countries and cultures. It is sometimes considered a fashion faux pas.    - in Wikipedia

This image showed up on my facebook feed today, and got me thinkin'!

You know what? YES YOU CAN. Or you bloody well should. Don't get me wrong, I realize this photo was made to look great - I appreciate the dynamic foot pose, the colours are great, I even dig the blue jeans with a girly floral pattern, the fluffy pink socks, the mirrored surface of the sandals with a punk yet conceptual edge. But this is exactly what pisses me off about fashion, it's when it works great on a photograph and has no intention to do so in real, three-dimensional life. In fact, outside photos like this, it's just a plain ugly-ass trend. 

Allow me to quickly remind you of how this horrendous combo originated, ja?

Fig.1 The tourist. The creature who's never heard of trainers, slip-ons, or any other shoe offering wonderfully high levels of comfort. Because only sandals and socks will efficiently respond to the tough demands of a hardcore tourist's life. 

Then, desperate for inspiration, those super cool fashion peeps at Cèline looked at the tourist and were all like 'hey let's pimp the shit out of this' and here's what came out:

Crazy, right? I have to say, I like them as an object because they confuse the hell out of me. I mean, they seem to have been made for two opposite seasons and generally make very little sense, which, to be honest, I think is the only good thing about them. But, seriously, no matter how many times I see these shoes being worn by those super fab fashionistas who are like the Bon Jovi-like goddesses of the internet, I still can't help but think they've taken them out of the tourist, but they just haven't taken the tourist out of them.

So now girls are all like, 

  

 "Oh, lord Jesus it's a fire!"  I ran out, I didn't grab no shoes (Birks don't count) or nothing, Jesus I ran for my life. Ain't nobody got time for that!"

"Wheee!I'm fab from the ankles up! Look at me go!"

So, to the fans of this combo from hell, I only say that I hope you grow tired of it soon. And should you be left with a sock'n'sandal shaped hole in your hearts, here's other equally ugly ass things you may wish revisit:

The fanny pack. 

The monocle (so hot right now).

The slanket.

The cameltoe.

Why not all of the above?? AT THE SAME TIME.

Seriously now, let's get over it asap before someone looks at crocs and goes 'what if?'.