topical Shoes- the Katrina / Paci Hammond, originally uploaded by goldhams. Laissez les bons temps roulez, already! Stomp out those extended PTSD blues while trying to walk down the street in these “dipper heels”. Rollick and frolic in the debris of the Gulf Coast—the big new gambling boats, the decrepit FEMA trailer parks, the abandoned […]

Topical Shoes – the Sonora /Paci Hammond, originally uploaded by goldhams. ¡Que suerte! She’s all ready to cross the desert in this pert, lacy number complete with hopes and dreams for a better life. No guarantees against scorpions, snakes, searing heat or killer thirst, but has no equal as a portable altar*. And when La […]

Limping along- US Healthcare/ Paci Hammond, originally uploaded by goldhams. You’ll be the envy of the other Emergency Room groupies in this once-elegant shoe. The closed toe says “I mean business”, while the crutch heel hollers “God help me!”- maybe that handsome intern will save you… Comes with some change to help you through hard […]

Topical Shoes- the Guatanamo / Paci Hammond, originally uploaded by goldhams. Nothing says “tough on terror” like this cute and colorful open-toe. It’s even pre-wired for easy listening-in. So forget about your cares and your rights-mambo to the mall, the movies, or the music of the Marines. In Detainee Orange and Steel only. You want […]

Topical Shoes This series began as a ranting fantasy: the ritual destroying of the high heels of a friend whose career-bound feet had caused her no end of pain – a healing by “deheeling”, as it were. As her shoes were not available, thoughts quickly morphed into transforming these icons of female sexual allure and […]