인제서야 한국은 "killer heel"이란 말이 유행 됐네요. 근데 이 블로그에서는 맨날 쓰인 용어인데 - 여기, 여기, 여기, 여기, 여기 보세요. 휴. 그래. 앞으로 뭐를 알고 싶으면 그냥 오면 된다는 걸 아시죠? 아시겠죠? ㅋㅋ

멋지죠? You ready for your pair of killer heels yet? You haven't bought a pair for the wife or girlfriend? What are you waiting for for? Why not? Have you gone mad, man?

You benefit just as much as her! It's like her buying you an Xbox 360. Well, not really. Umm. Let's move on.

사실 f|m|s는 여러 신발의 뉴스 원본을 잘보고 있으니까 다른 곳 가지말고 자주 여기로 오세요. 더 좋고 재밌는 shoe news에 관한 web site혹시 아세요? 있다면 우리 그냥 링크하면 우리 가족들으로 환영할께요.

그렇게 해서 바로 우리 사이트의 정보가 되는 거예요. 경쟁하는식으로 하는게 아니라 우리 모든 신발의 대한 콘텐츠의 master가 되려고 하는 거죠. 바로 우리 힘이죠.

[마케팅 Inside 하이힐，'킬러힐' 여자의 자존심을 높이다

"지난 1967년 우리나라 역사에 길이 남을 초대형 노출사건이 발생한다. 이른바 '윤복희 미니스커트 사건'이다. 당시 가수 윤복희는 외국에 나갔다가 미니스커트를 입고 귀국했다. 미니스커트가 김포공항을 통해 국내 첫선을 보이는 극적인 순간이었다. 이후 윤복희의 미니스커트는 커다란 사회적 파장을 불러일으켰다. 어르신들은 TV를 보며 손가락질했고 윤복희는 계란세례를 받기도 했지만 얼마 후 이 미니스커트는 서울의 명동거리를 휩쓸기 시작했다. 전국 방방곡곡의 젊은 여성들 역시 윤복희 미니스커트를 입었고 의류업자들은 때 아닌 대호황에 표정관리를 해야 했다…"

아니면 이 기사를 읽어요.

[마켓&트렌드 보기만 해도 아찔 '킬러 힐'

"요즘 거리에선 발목이 꺾일 것 같은 하이힐을 신은 여성들을 쉽게 볼 수 있습니다.

올 가을, 겨울 구두 트렌드가 10cm를 훌쩍 넘기는 하이힐이기 때문인데요.

보기에도 아찔한 이 하이힐들은 소위 '킬러 힐'로 불리면서 젊은 여성들 사이에서 인기입니다…"

Let's go our and get some "killer heels!" But be careful. Make sure your wife – or you – knows how to walk in them. Girls – seriously – practice before you decide to go running a marathon in them.

언니들 - 대회하기 전에 빨리 걷기 좀 연습하시죠?! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

As a good student of signification and symbology back when I was taking classes in school and first starting to think about design, I was taken pleasantly aback at how obvious the connections were being made between the fetishized foot and heel, the woman's body as a sexualized object, and even near-rape and prostitution in this video.
Here's the full video, which is followed by a link to a Korean television concert version right below (just click on the screen), which has the lyrics on the screen, and about which I'll briefly also talk below. For non-Korean speakers, you might want to read through this entire post before watching the first video.

What you will notice in the video are some pretty fetishy shots that are standard fare on the so-called "fetish" sites. I guess "fetish" is just a matter of how much you admit you're looking.

Don't even get me started on the phallic imagery of the lipstick or her man being impaled by other, more powerful men after she is sexually harassed. There's also the footsie (and the foot) under that table that initiates her sexual laiason with her man, and signals her end after she has basically decided to kill herself by walking in front of the car – the camera lingers on her dead foot and red high heel that had been knocked off in the impact.

This video's use of the foot and shoe – along with the lyrics and concept itself – is the very definition of "fetish" as a metonymic symbol of sexuality and desire. If you say this isn't about "fetish," then I guess you'll just have to change the definition of the word. Sorry – I work in the fashion and design field; this is the way we think, is what I do. It's also what effective video directors and songwriters do, too, so don't make too short shrift of my insights, OK, girlfriends?

Here's one of their television performances, where the content of the lyrics is almost as surprisingly entertaining as their complete inability to sing – intonation, anyone? Wow.

You get the gist of it as the group's rising, swelling lyrics talk about trying to seduce a man by "putting on my makeup thickly, wearing high heels" in the hopes to make the man notice/come to her, followed up by "putting on my makeup even thicker" and "wearing even higher heels" to hold his attentions. The high wail on which the song ends is of one of the singers yelling, "Wearing even higher heels…!"

Maybe they should spend more effort of singing instruction and practice than worrying about the heels and makeup.

The foot is definitely a central object of beauty in Korea, from the time it was a fetish object, peeking out as white, upturned socks beaneath the hanbok, to the present-day obsession with the miniskirt and nearly-naked shoe fashion.

Apparently, it's ok to compliment the nation's erstwhile most famous superstar on national television about her beautiful set of tootsies as well.

When you add in the fact that so much of Korean adult sites have to do with leg and feet play, or a perusal of the adult video offerings in a given video store will yield a surprising amount of stuff related to the same, this video should come as no surprise.

This is funny as hell. My favorite part? When the shoelady tells our video star that his/her feet are too big.

The response? Priceless! 열나 웃겨!

Presented courtesy of YouTube.Thanks for pointing this out, Shoewawa!