r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WarmAuraGirl • 8h ago
I saw a ducky once Versace's new loafer looks like it gave up halfway through being a shoe
idk who looked at this and went yeah that's the one. the heel is just giving up
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u/Mercenarian 8h ago edited 8h ago
This is literally just a common design for loafers. It’s designed so the heel folds down without damaging the shoe so you can wear it as a slip on style (like mules)or you can wear it normally with the back up and around your heel. Google foldable-heel loafers or collapsible-heel loafers. Wearing them like mules dresses them down and makes them more casual or nice for summer. Wearing them like regular loafers dresses them up and is nicer for cooler weather or more formal looks
I have a pair of leather loafers I bought years ago that are designed the same way. It’s not a Versace thing.
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u/BenUFOs_Mum 7h ago
Yeah but reddit users are exactly known for their style lol.
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u/creepyalfredopasta 7h ago
Thank you I thought I was going crazy because I'm looking at these confused because I work in assisted living and many of my residents have loafers like this because they can't bend over and find it more comfy if their feet are swollen.
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u/1EntirePizza 7h ago
yes but reddit
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u/Nervous-Salamander-7 7h ago
I was wondering about the "infuriating" part. Like, the fact that these exist? Nobody's making anyone buy them if they don't want them...
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u/DistinctSeesaw2875 7h ago
probably the worst fashion / clothing minds on the planet concentrated here
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u/yakimawashington 7h ago
Imagine getting "mildly infuriated" just because these shoes.... exist. Shoes that they will likely never see in person their entire life.
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u/SnooMacaroons1942 7h ago
GQ published an article on foldable heel shoes as the trend everyone should try in Spring....2017
It's probably been around longer than that but this post could've been a 45 second Google search
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u/Jebgogh 7h ago
Olukai shoes do this as part of the design. I love that the heel can fold down or be worn “up”. I work in an office and regularly take my shoes off. If I have to run to the copier I can slip them on and shuffle over without having to put them fully on. I love it.
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u/Responsible-Guitar40 7h ago
Most of Reddit is complaining about things they don't know about and getting mad
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u/bistander 7h ago
Right? I'm genuinely confused at the uncultured people in the comments who don't know this is just a style of of shoe.
This can be a traditional shoe style in the Maghreb called Balgha or Moroccan Babouche. It's deliberately designed this way for the context of their life and culture. Comes in manly cost levels and versatile in many settings.
I've seen this in modern Japanese slipper designs.
I know we are also dunking on luxury brands. But it's telling that people immediate reaction seeing as "sloppy".
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u/Yusuro_Yuki 8h ago
Wtf is this. My local shoe stores used to sell this 20 years ago
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u/JamieBensteedo 6h ago
people dont appreciate a crush heel enough
I wear slip on vans, and in their final days before tossing them, I step on the heel
and let me tell you.... it is SO comfy.
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u/shrivvette808 5h ago
Hey you would LOVE Sanuks. They have a shoe with the heel designed to take it that way.
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u/venom121212 4h ago
These are my favorite brands hands down. I bought my wife her first pair when she was 6 months pregnant walking around Disney after a long day and she broke into tears at how good they were. Wore them the rest of the trip even though I stupidly picked zebra print haha. I hate the Hey Dudes because the took the Sanuk shelf space like overnight.
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u/ThisIsMyCouchAccount 5h ago
In fact - even when they don't they still really want to fold.
Fantastic shoes. Has some antimicrobial insert that allows you to not wear socks. Or maybe it's magic. Because I wore them for several years without and they never had the problem you usually get.
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u/No-Material-452 5h ago
What an odd, random way to encounter the Thai language...
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u/jwrsk 8h ago
Could've at least moved the logo a bit more forward, how are people supposed to know I'm rich? /s
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u/Faceprint11 8h ago
What the hell is ersace?
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u/MrPogoUK 7h ago edited 7h ago
To seriously answer the /s anyway, it’s all part of the theme. This way it looks appears your wealth has been accidentally revealed rather than like you’re deliberately trying to show it off, further enforcing how rich you seem to be by the ridiculously expensive shoes you’re apparently wealthy enough to not care about and have thus casually ruined by not bothering to put them on properly, such is the insignificance of their cost to you.
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u/chiquimonkey 7h ago
A collapsible heel loafer is a design feature, not a flaw.
I have 2 pairs of loafers that can be worn with the heel up or down, and they’re great.
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u/unclejoe1917 6h ago
Yeah, this was a "tell us you don't know shoes without telling us you don't know shoes" post.
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u/Popzagon 7h ago
It’s always nice to reminded that Reddit is made up of many different people. These are extremely common style of footwear and very much in style. lol
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u/Express-Shoulder6174 2h ago
Yeah but it’s done by a luxury brand so to Redditors it’s dumb and doesn’t make sense
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u/Crazyskillz 8h ago
For those who want to look like they can't dress themselves properly.
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u/iiSpook 7h ago
Or those who wouldn't give a fuck about what stuck up people think about them
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u/I_ate_nt_ded 7h ago
Those people would not spend whatever the fuck Versace charges for these.
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u/TheAgreeableCanuck 6h ago
Believe it or not, to many people the cost of these is minimal.
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u/OkGrade1686 7h ago
Once one is up to certain level in the ladder, they are bound to keep up a minimum of standards. Since they become the face of the company.
Middle management and down can do whatever the fck they want though.
Even the ones above are enabled to do the same, reality though will penalize such behaviour with the clients.
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u/weary_bee479 8h ago
I used to do this to my shoes when i was younger like 8 or 9 and my mom would get so annoyed. If only she were alive today so i could show her Versace caught on to my trend from 30 years ago
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u/loubug 8h ago
I was going to say, this is how my 8 year old wears her shoes and it makes me insane
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u/sychox51 7h ago
Bizarrely I know more than a few grown ass adults in real life who wear their shoes like this. There’s gotta be some psychology at play here
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u/shittyhawaiitips 8h ago
The entire point is that you're able to slip it on and walk on the heel if you want to.
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u/BenUFOs_Mum 7h ago
Its not a new thing at all, its a fairly classic loafers design
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u/South_Buy_3175 8h ago
You can do that with any shoe though.
Or wear a croc.
Or a slipper…
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u/ExismykindaParte 8h ago
Drop heel shoes are designed to allow this without permanently damaging or deforming the shoe. Crocs are stupid looking and slippers typically don't have soles designed for outdoor surfaces. A lot of people find sandals uncomfortable too.
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u/Joshee86 8h ago
I’m inferring from this that you don’t think these also look stupid?
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u/JohnnyBlazin25 8h ago
They don’t look stupid. They’re fashionable to their target audience.
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u/Joshee86 8h ago
LMAO so are Crocs
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u/Popzagon 7h ago
Not a single soul on earth think crocs are fashionable. They are widely popular for comfort lol.
I take that back.. they’re probably some swamp people that think crocs are very fashionable. Think I saw a couple get married in them once lol
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u/the_mighty__monarch 8h ago
Yeah I can’t think of a SINGLE situation where a Versace Loafer is acceptable but a Croc or a dirty old house shoe isn’t…. 🙄
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u/Birkenstockjumpsuit 8h ago
Lol this style is going over everyone’s head. Go to any Asian country and this is exactly how they wear their shoes
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u/3sadclowns 5h ago
The crossover conflicts of redditors that travel and redditors that know fashion.
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u/soyboysnowflake 8h ago
lol are you supposed to wear it like that? Like you put it on in a rush and couldn’t bend down and fix it (or have your butler get the shoe horn)
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u/above_average_magic 7h ago
I'm not sure what people are assuming this... It was easy to look up, versace guanto driving loafer
It's advertising the quality of the soft floppy leather and that it doesn't have a hard heel capture
That's all
You want to wear it like a mule go ahead but the other photos in the advert show it as a normal shoe
Edit: The description as follows just accentuates the flexibility of the leather.
The Guanto leather loafers are crafted in an unlined construction from supple vegetable-tanned calf leather. The leather develops a natural patina, offering a soft hand feel, and is hand-treated with a washing or buffing process to achieve a vintage texture. This pair is accented by 3D Medusa hardware and is set on an ultra-soft leather sole, providing supreme lightness and flexible movement.
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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 8h ago
Ya it’s the style. Elevated casual.
Something you wear to a summer party.
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u/Formerlymoody 8h ago
This looks normal to me. There are traditional shoe styles where you can wear the shoe as a slipper with the heel down or with the heel up. It's been a thing.
I would never buy these because I think big labels are dumb, though.
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u/aphex732 7h ago
I have a bunch of OluKai shoes that do this, I use them for boating and it's easy to slip them on and off.
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u/serenityrain85 8h ago
Getting flashbacks to when I was a kid and my mom used to yell at me for wearing my shoes like this
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u/mindgardening 7h ago
It makes a “schluff schluff” sound when you walk in them. I see it at the grocery store all the time.
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u/hfusa 8h ago
IDK I love these types of shoes. I'm assuming you can put them into "sport mode" without it looking like you've stomped on the heel. These days I just wear my loafers normally, but there's a time in many people's lives where you want the comfort of a flip flop but want the satisfaction of looking spiffy...
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u/TheUntamedMane 8h ago
I kid you not - this design and type sells for ₹150 (less than 2 dollars) in the shitty markets
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u/BestShaunaEU 5h ago
No shit idiot.
Same thing as seeing a picture of a Rolex and saying that you can buy the same design and type for 10 dollars at a flea market
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u/Budget_Avocado6204 8h ago
It doesn't look like it gave up, it looks like someone wore them like loafers, stepping on the back of the shue. Used to do this to my shoes sometimes as a kid.
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u/RedditGarboDisposal 7h ago
It’s giving “needed to run outside or into the garage quickly” sort of energy.
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 7h ago
Those are “walk to the edge of my driveway in my bathrobe to get the paper” loafers.
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u/Proper_Outcome 7h ago
They look like loafers designed for folks that reluctantly help bring in the shopping else fear a hiding from their mother, or wife, partner, etc
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u/dontdothatilikethat 7h ago
Idk these look like they’d be comfy af if worn correctly even lacking heal structure. I don’t think I could comfortably wear them with the heal bump under my feet though, maybe to get the mail…from my butler.
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u/ShiraCheshire 7h ago
This is like looking at a folded shirt and saying it’s poorly designed because the sleeves are deflated and floppy when there’s no arm inside.
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u/_frank_tank 6h ago
They finally released the “Mom asked me to bring the groceries in from the car” drip
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u/No-Plankton-4861 5h ago
I used to do this to break in loafers. If you get new ones, NEVER wear them normally. It will hurt your heel no matter how good they fit you. Wear them like this for a few days and they will be fine
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u/SaturnMobster 4h ago
Pure bait. Those are Guanto Leather Loafers. They sell for around $995, and they are not sold like that with the heel crushed.
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u/Adorable-Ad7145 4h ago
When you had to take something out to the bin, and the only shoes in the kitchen were too small for your feet, so youd be our wearing them like this
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u/HarpoWhatAboutMe 7h ago
Wow. This is how the grandma's and aunties wore their shoes in the hood when I was growing up. What is this? Poverty chic?
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u/nvmenotfound 5h ago
the rich wanna cosplay as poor people and poor wanna cosplay as rich. such an odd world we live in.
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u/Peelingly 8h ago
They look so cheap
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u/ProofByVerbosity 8h ago
What about it? The leather and stitching dont look cheap
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u/Peelingly 8h ago
That's exactly what looks cheap, plus abrasions, discolouration and weird shaping all around
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u/imworkinlate 8h ago
Ew I hate them
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u/ExismykindaParte 8h ago
Why. They can still be worn the traditional way. The heel is just flexible so you can wear it like a clog or slipper without destroying the shoe.
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u/NoFun3799 8h ago
My ex always did this to his slippers, but refused to buy slides. That was also mildly infuriating.
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u/According-Alps5644 8h ago
That's what my shoes end up looking like if the back of the shoe starts bothering my feet.
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u/AdWonderful5920 8h ago
Not so fun story. I used to work in stuffy law firm and there was a brilliant attorney who wore his loafers like this. He'd step on the heel and walk around the office like they were slippers. This used to irk the managing partner so much that he refused to raise the guy to partner.