What is the deal with these shoes?

Fashion

In finding shoes to include in this week’s volume of awesomeness, I came across these Steve Madden Bombb shoes at Zappos.

What do you think? Are these incredibly high style or just plain dumb? A few details to consider:

• The laces
• The straps
• The open heel
• The peep toe

What do you wear with these shoes? Black leggings, maybe?  I’m putting these in the same category as those crazy pants: pretty ugly and mostly useless.  But I might be missing something, so I would love to hear some alternative perspectives. What do you think of these shoes?

Jenn @ January 13, 2009