Damsels Marry the Night

Before reading this post, it is easiest if you watch Lady Gaga's latest music video, Marry the Night. Be patient, it is literally 13-some minutes long, with only the last 3-ish minutes containing the actual song. Here's the link.

Lady Gaga's latest foray into editorial-feature-film-music-videos is her track, Marry the Night. Watching said video left me with a chronic expression of confusion on my face. It's so deep, so meaningful, so—wait, why is she eating Cheerios like that and dancing in front of flaming streets? Why is she in a psych ward/hospital? What hospital would allow these conditions? What does this plot line have to actually do with the song and its meaning? Does the song have meaning?

Regardless of Gaga's wakadoo narrative arcs, I paid particular attention to her footwear during the film/video. We've been trained to search for her crazy fashion tendencies ever since her first video, Just Dance. From her lightning facial decals to her McQueen armadillo shoes in Bad Romance, we can expect her to be on the cutting edge, towing the line between fashion genius and insanity.

In Marry the Night, she sports no-heel heels, or as some are calling them, pony shoes (because of their resemblance to hooves - literally). I can't decide if this is a ridiculous avant garde trend that no one normal will wear, or if it actually is kind of cute.

Gaga sports this sparkly silver pair while thrashing around in a bathtub (for no obvious reason, other than it seems to be a compulsory theme in most of her vids).

Via Celebuzz.com

The shoes in the vid could be Jeffrey Campbell's Night Walk shoes in silver, pictured below. Am I crazy? I actually find these kind of cute! I have no idea how one is supposed to actually walk in them, but they are girly, not too horse-y, and kind of sexy? I have trouble walking in regular heels (refer to my graduation stage anecdote), so I have no idea how to successfully accomplish stepping in these contraptions, but I am thinking maybe it is easier. Just walk on the tips of your toes all day, and you'll be fine.

Via shoewawa.com

Then, there is the ballerina scene (relevance to the plot of the psych ward goes unexplained), in which she wears an extreme ballet version of these shoes, pictured below.

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Okay, the ballet point shoes are ludicrous. Am I crazy to go along with Gaga? These shoes are extreme and ridiculous, but I still think they are cute! What do you think?