Hippy Feet

Remember these painful things? I think that they were the inspiration for Steve Martin's Cruel Shoes. When I was a young woman, in the 60s and early 70s, this is what women wore. Very pointed. Needle nosed is what they were called.

I, however, did not shove my feet into these things.

I had sandals that looked like this custom made to fit my feet. I was comfortable. Not only that, but I still am.

Most women my age have bunions and other distortions of their feet from wearing those cruel shoes.
But I started out with these feet with their wide toes. They would have suffered so from being crammed into needle nose shoes. Look at those toes -- see how they spread? I can pick things up with them. I can write with them. I can use the toes on one foot to take the sock off the other foot. I can't get them to close unless I make a fist with them. And, because I was a hippy and so avoided hurting my feet, they still look like this. Toes still spread. No bunions. No corns. No pain, as long as I get shoes that are wide enough. Ah, I'm so lucky to have hippy feet.

Click on pictures to enlarge. See just how my toes still spread in the snow prints.