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    The All-Time Ugliest Shoes in the History of Fashion

    By | Fashion – Fri, Nov 9, 2012 4:34 PM EST

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    Brian Atwood Charleston Peep Toe Platform Ankle Boots, 2012
    Dripping with a bordello's worth of upholstery tassels, the "Charleston" has a Clydesdale look without the unsavory reality... more 
    Photo by: The Cut
    Brian Atwood Charleston Peep Toe Platform Ankle Boots, 2012
    Dripping with a bordello's worth of upholstery tassels, the "Charleston" has a Clydesdale look without the unsavory reality of actually killing and wearing a horses' hoof.


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    There are all sorts of reasons that shoes turn ugly. And all sorts of reasons we turn to ugly shoes. Feet, themselves, are an anatomical oddity, and ugly shoes either sacrifice aesthetics for podiatric practicality, or ignore function for the sake of fetish and fashion fantasy.