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New Trend Creeping Up Around Town: Finger Shoes!
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Jen Carlson
Published Oct 5, 2010
Modified Oct 5, 2010
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Photo by Jenny Slate
You know those socks that look like mittens, with each toe getting its own little miniature sock? There is something creepy about those, which is probably why no one ever wears them. And now there's an even more disturbing creation: five finger shoes! And somehow this has infiltrated our city, our subway system, our elevators... our gyms.
Former SNL castmate Jenny Slate just spotted a pair underground, Tweeting: "HOW DARE YOU?! Those r NOT shoes! Especially not for the subway. Burn in hell. #fuckyoufuckyou4ever"—she included the above photo. With REI coming to town, this is going to get worse before it gets better.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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