Comments on: Bootleg Sin http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Anastasia G http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5662 Anastasia G Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:42:03 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5662 HOTT HOTT

]]> By: Susannah http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5654 Susannah Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:11:26 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5654 I think that these boots are very high and must have only fit women with high legs and small feet. They are very old shoes. I think that these boots are very high and must have only fit women with high legs and small feet. They are very old shoes.

]]> By: VASILIOS http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5640 VASILIOS Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:23:54 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5640 Bravo to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for finally catching up with the world of technology where everyone can communicate with each other and as well as realizing that "museum presentation" does not have to follow a tombstone exhibition anymore. All of the pieces in this exhibit are phenomenal; the MANIATIS boots, my favorites, are certainly made for walking on a street of another kind, and are genius. This is the stuff that dreams are made of and young designers today need for inspiration to create for tomorrow. Forever yours, VASILIOS Bravo to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for finally catching up with the world of technology where everyone can communicate with each other and as well as realizing that “museum presentation” does not have to follow a tombstone exhibition anymore.
All of the pieces in this exhibit are phenomenal; the MANIATIS boots, my favorites, are certainly made for walking on a street of another kind, and are genius. This is the stuff that dreams are made of and young designers today need for inspiration to create for tomorrow.
Forever yours,
VASILIOS

]]> By: annulla http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5568 annulla Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:23:32 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5568 It was surprising to see these unusual boots in the middle of the exhibit, but it seemed as though no one could pass their case without stopping and staring. There is something extraordinarily modern, yet timeless, about both the boots and the reactions they evoke in viewers. It was surprising to see these unusual boots in the middle of the exhibit, but it seemed as though no one could pass their case without stopping and staring. There is something extraordinarily modern, yet timeless, about both the boots and the reactions they evoke in viewers.

]]> By: Isara http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5553 Isara Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:22:25 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5553 Alex and Randy, I agree with you both. Remember that a person who is identified as "kinky" is one who enjoys things which are not completely accepted by mainstream culture. Once those things become familiar and adopted by the mainstream, it is no longer identified as being something "kinky" (I use this term instead of "fetish" due to the fact that a fetish has a very specific sociological meaning which doesn't really apply here - one can have a fetish for high-heeled boots, but that doesn't apply to the culture as a whole, just the individual). The long-legged and buttoned elements of these boots are unique to the mainstream, so I would call these boots kinky or boots for those with boot or high-heel fetishes. All that aside, as art objects, who do I have to kill to get a pair of these? ZOMG!!! Alex and Randy, I agree with you both.

Remember that a person who is identified as “kinky” is one who enjoys things which are not completely accepted by mainstream culture. Once those things become familiar and adopted by the mainstream, it is no longer identified as being something “kinky” (I use this term instead of “fetish” due to the fact that a fetish has a very specific sociological meaning which doesn’t really apply here - one can have a fetish for high-heeled boots, but that doesn’t apply to the culture as a whole, just the individual).

The long-legged and buttoned elements of these boots are unique to the mainstream, so I would call these boots kinky or boots for those with boot or high-heel fetishes.

All that aside, as art objects, who do I have to kill to get a pair of these? ZOMG!!!

]]> By: Lena http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5475 Lena Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:58:38 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5475 These boots are ingenious! Not sure if I would wear them though :) These boots are ingenious! Not sure if I would wear them though :)

]]> By: honor bailey-rosse http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5418 honor bailey-rosse Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:44:39 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5418 now these are some buff boots lol now these are some buff boots lol

]]> By: the circumstances of her disappearance « Hair Shirt http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5399 the circumstances of her disappearance « Hair Shirt Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:36:49 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5399 [...] - blue-stockings in fishnets? - wearing a three-foot tall powdered wig, cropped court gown, and those fabulous fetish boots at the Met. Can we get our dildos custom-made to match our shoes? Clients can feed us grapes until we get [...] […] - blue-stockings in fishnets? - wearing a three-foot tall powdered wig, cropped court gown, and those fabulous fetish boots at the Met. Can we get our dildos custom-made to match our shoes? Clients can feed us grapes until we get […]

]]> By: Douglas http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5383 Douglas Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:02:13 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5383 These boots are bodacious kinky...... These boots are bodacious kinky……

]]> By: missmamei http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5359 missmamei Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:03:44 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/03/22/bootleg-sin/#comment-5359 Sinfully sexy! Now we know why people had so many kids. LOL :-) Sinfully sexy! Now we know why people had so many kids. LOL :-)

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