Mixed Signals

Have you ever seen an Eskimo sandal? How a pair of Zulu boots?

No?

Well perhaps that has to do with their cultures being developed around the climates in which they live. The cold climate of the Eskimo required tall, warm boots, good for walking through packed snow and ice. The intense heat of South Africa (the country, not the CONTINENT, Sarah) meant minimal clothing was best. So the Zulu people went with a style of shoe that was as open as possible, but protected the bottom of their feet from the scorched earth. They called it a sandal.

Both worked well for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

Fast forward to America, 2008.

We have people in this country, and other "developed" countries, that seem a bit more conflicted in their choice. For example: 

Come on people, which is it? Too warm for shoes, or too cold to walk around barefoot?

We have to find what person started this crap and why it's allure is so toxic. I have spoken at length, to people working in the fashion industry, with opinions I respect, that swear by it being "okay."

If we let these people win this argument, what comes next....