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What is a Slingback?

by Tracey

On my way to work each morning, I listen to a KBLX, a San Francisco Bay Area Radio Station. One feature that I find amusing is the battle of the sexes.The on air personality, Kevin Brown asks gender biased questions to each sex. He assumes that women don’t have a clue about the NFL or Baseball and that men don’t know about items particular to women — makeup,undies,shoes.

This morning Kevin asked the male contestant what was a slingback. Since I commute, I have other riders in my car. This morning they happened to be male. They started throwing their 2 cents in about what a slingback was. One actually came close. However the contestant on the air said that it was a shoe with a strap around the ankle. WRONG! A slingback is not a shoe with a strap around the ankle.

A Slingback is a women’s shoe with a strap going around the heel. They can be open or closed toe. But the heel is always exposed with the strap going around the back of the heel. Sort of like a sling around the heel. Hence, slingback.

This whole radio interaction about slingbacks sparked serious debate in my car. Being the shoe freak that I am, I was quite specific about what a slingback is, and that didn’t seem to bode too well with one of my riders. So I off handedly asked him, what size are your slingbacks, 14? Needless to say that didn’t go over too well either. I’m thinking, hey, this is San Francisco, he may have a better collection of slingbacks that I do.

With that said, I had to go online and look at some special spring slingbacks. Jimmy Choo does amazing slingbacks. Here’s a couple pair that I would LOVE!

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Kevin, if you’re reading this, get the picture of what a slingback really is, and quit cheating on your show!

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Posted in Designer Shoes, General, Jimmy Choo on January 18th, 2007

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