Two Great Tastes That Are Utterly Bizarre Together

[serinde]

Carlos by Carlos Santana, a line of women's shoes by a man's man guitarist. What?

They look fab, no denying it--this pair in particular speaks to my state and condition. It's just the branding I don't grok.

Comments

[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

He knows how he wants his ladeez to look!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Heh, welcome to, what, 3 years ago? Something like that.

So the man has a shoe fetish. And maybe he tests out the shoes himself. Nothing wrong with that...

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, and that's fine, but it doesn't seem like a big marketing point, y'know?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It's all about name recognition. That's why you have Cal Ripken endorsing water heaters.

[tactisle.livejournal.com]

How sick is it that I'm suddenly thinking of an over-the-top shoe-design TV show called "Pimp My Pumps?"