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Old 02-07-2016, 12:02
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I couldn't help noticing on much of the Glastonbury Festival recordings I've been watching recently that many girls have taken to wearing enormous footwear. Nice becoming outfits set off by ungainly boots.

Ellie Goulding was one case in point, but the most outstanding example was Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches who looked really pretty in a sweet white outfit that blew charmingly in the breeze of the Glastonbury stage, but her footwear would have made Popeye's Olive Oyl quite envious!

Is this the latest fashion trend or is it confined to girls in the entertainment industry?
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Old 02-07-2016, 12:44
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I haven't seen your examples but I've seen others and I know exactly what you mean. Delicate outfits and massive clumpy fugly boots. I've seen it while out and about. Definitely a trend I'll leave to the young'uns!
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Old 02-07-2016, 16:18
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Ellie Goulding was one case in point,

Is this the latest fashion trend or is it confined to girls in the entertainment industry?
She was wearing (platform) DM's. Not exactly a new trend for girls to wear DM's and given the underfoot conditions at Glastonbury more than a bit sensible.
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Old 02-07-2016, 17:50
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That trend has been about for a while. Its to keep outfits with floaty feminine elements from looking twee.
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Old 03-07-2016, 07:35
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Ive seen two examples this weekend of something worse. Something much much worse.

Hoof boots or hoof shoes. Yes, shoes with a slit where the third toe is making a hoof. A hoof! Yes, a hoof!

This cannot be allowed to continue, they make me feel ill.
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Old 03-07-2016, 09:55
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May have something to do with all the mud.
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Old 03-07-2016, 09:56
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One of my friends wore big black boots to her school prom - this was 8 years ago.
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Old 03-07-2016, 13:30
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One of my friends wore big black boots to her school prom - this was 8 years ago.
Yes, you're right of course .. and my (now) 38-year old daughter wore massive biker boots during her goth phase. It's just that in recent years there seems to have been more of a preference for either ballet flats or colourful Converse footwear. (The high ankle versions were always called baseball boots when I was a teenager).

Big boots are obviously back again for a while, but this time worn with pretty pretty outfits which accentuate the at-odds look I was referring to in my original post.
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Old 03-07-2016, 14:04
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When I went to Glastonbury in 1990 I would guess that the overwhelming majority of footwear worn by both girls and boys came from Army Surplus shops. Some of those ex-paratrooper boots were enormous.
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Old 18-07-2016, 08:53
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Ive seen two examples this weekend of something worse. Something much much worse.

Hoof boots or hoof shoes. Yes, shoes with a slit where the third toe is making a hoof. A hoof! Yes, a hoof!

This cannot be allowed to continue, they make me feel ill.
Brings a whole new meaning to camel toe.
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Old 18-07-2016, 10:01
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It used to be pretty much standard in the 1980s, usually very short skirts matched with ripped fishnet tights and DMs.
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Old 19-08-2016, 19:29
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I couldn't help noticing on much of the Glastonbury Festival recordings I've been watching recently that many girls have taken to wearing enormous footwear. Nice becoming outfits set off by ungainly boots.

Ellie Goulding was one case in point, but the most outstanding example was Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches who looked really pretty in a sweet white outfit that blew charmingly in the breeze of the Glastonbury stage, but her footwear would have made Popeye's Olive Oyl quite envious!

Is this the latest fashion trend or is it confined to girls in the entertainment industry?
It's Glastonbury. It would be completely pointless to wear pretty, delicate shoes, they would be ruined in no time.

I think this would even be true for the stars, unless someone is going to carry them to the stage, or if they changed their footwear when they arrived at the stage. But it's always been the thing to do to wear wellingtons or big boots at Glastonbury anyway!
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Old 19-08-2016, 20:13
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Early 1980s http://dazedimg.dazedgroup.netdna-cd.../8/1118521.jpg

Shirley Manson - early 1990s https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...e1b2d1b60a.jpg
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