Crimes Against Fashion: Running Shoes Edition

I must apologise for this dowdy picture (above). I know it is not what you are accustomed to seeing here on SNAP, but sometimes shock tactics are required to get an important message across.

Running shoes have been expressly designed for one thing: running. They are not for walking to work in, no matter how practical and comfortable it may seem in the heat of the moment. Why? Mismatched with business attire, especially black opaque stockings, they form one of the ugliest sartorial statements of the modern era. Not only are they in serious breach of good taste, they make legs look ugly to boot. They are inelegant. They make a dangerous three-quarter-length skirt look dowdy and unflattering.

Did I mention they are ugly?

If you must be comfortable, or need to protect your precious suede peeptoes from the elements during your commute, please invest in some attractive walking shoes, and you can save your treads for the running track where they will be of the most benefit.

Thank you for your attention, and SNAP trusts that offenders will cease and desist in this anti-sartorial behaviour.

This has been a community service announcement.