From Fashion to Funk

Well here's something interesting. Not even Halloween yet and already the Spring '09 collection is out, and with the economic crisis at hand as well. I swear everytime I see something fashion related, nowhere can I detect even the faintest hint at common sense.

For one, is it just me or do these so-called designers resemble a sort of premature jumping of the gun every single year? Have to give the fashion industry credit however; what they lack in intelligence, they sure make up for in innovation and optimism. Optimism being paramount here, through the economic slowdown.. or is this a demonstration of the lack of intelligence? Just wondering....

And with that note, I've a question I'm sure has already been asked and answered many times, but what is up with these designs?? Take these shoes for example:

The first shoe looks like it could put anyone who follows behind into a seizure, while the other one looks like a darn fence.

I mean, who is really going to wear these besides Paris Hilton... but then again the intelligence issue comes into play..

We've all got different taste I suppose...