https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:49:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966896 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:32:33 +0000 cindysmith 1966896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In some shoes, it's ok; in others, it's not so cute. It's usually pointed toe shoes that don't bother me with the toe cleavage.<br /> Personally, I like shoes that cover most of my foot, like the pics </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966653 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:28:46 +0000 rachylou 1966653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, sometimes it bothers me and sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t know what the deciding factor is. Maybe how many toes show that way? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966645 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 02:57:37 +0000 LaPed 1966645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah, I never knew it was a thing 'til I started trying on dress shoes! It bothered my eye -- didn't even occur to me that it might disturb someone's moral sensibilities -- and I found myself wondering, "Wait, is this really how shoes are supposed to fit?!" I always feel a little bit illiterate when it comes to women's shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966635 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 02:14:58 +0000 Colette 1966635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a very high tolerance because I didn’t know what it was until I read this post. When did this become a thing and how did it escape me? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966634 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 02:04:48 +0000 Anonymous 1966634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed, LaPed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966613 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:37:02 +0000 Canada 1966613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Toe what?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966575 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:18:22 +0000 The Cat 1966575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I seldom think about how much toe cleavage others are showing. However, I find that the toe cleavage in the picture you have uploaded distracts from the pretty shoes. PLENTY of cleavage here. I think I'm most used to seeing just a little toe cleavage (a tiny part between the two biggest toes only) and in shoes with more simple design (i.e. a solid classic pump). </p> <p>As for myself, I can't say that I consciously aim to avoid toe cleavage. But I don't think I have any shoes at all where this is an issue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966556 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:37:16 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1966556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think snsuality is the reason for the verbot in courtrooms and other formal settings, but agree with Jenn NZ &amp; co: if you find that sexy, you’ve got a problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966548 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:19:58 +0000 Eliza 1966548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have long toes and a lowered tolerance of toe cleavage on me. I find it distracting to the line of the shoe somehow. I sometimes cope with it in service of a particular shoe for a particular purpose, but try to avoid it. Nothing to do with fashion insight, just a preference. I think the foot looks "busier" if there is both toe cleavage and a patterned shoe, It is a little less hectic (to my eye) if the shoe is a solid. Only an opinion and I don't always have the luxury of indulging it. Love that there are so few hard and fast "rules" attempting to dictate this stuff now.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966524 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:16:48 +0000 Jenni NZ 1966524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay Bella and Gaylene! Yes who was the idiot who talked about whether it was sensual or not in the first place! And then judging or worrying because of that when they're just toes </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966493 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:49:37 +0000 Suz 1966493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes...I am trying to think why that is so (I mean why it seems to show my end toes...). Those toes are very short! Obviously it has to do with the shape of a person's foot. Hmmmm.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966491 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:44:01 +0000 Gaylene 1966491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are happily wearing a shoe then you’ll never get an eye roll from me. Same goes for polished/unpolished toes in sandals, hose with sandals, a bit of heel or toe overhang, or whatever. If you are comfortable and happy, then it’s all good. </p> <p>What I don’t much like is women using “aesthetics” or “modesty” as screens to hide behind when they judge other women. Trying to equate showing a toe joint with sensuality is where I’ll roll my eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966466 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:12:54 +0000 Angie 1966466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a very high tolerance because I have very long toes.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966430 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:06:47 +0000 LaPed 1966430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, everyone! Such a range of takes on this (non)issue. :)</p> <p>Suz, those pics are very helpful, thanks! Interesting that on your feet it seems to be the outside/pinky toes that show. On my feet it is the opposite -- usually my big toe, but in any shoe with a curved or v-shaped vamp, it's all of them.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jessikams -- I'm never really sure what to do for dressy events in cold weather. I might go for heeled sock boots/booties if I can find a pair that fits nicely, just because they'd be more practical and maybe get more wear. And then I can just forget about this issue. :)</p> <p>Opaline -- those sandals with the pinky toe hanging out of the straps look like a torture device! Ack!</p> <p>I'll try to follow up more later, I have a busy day... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966421 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:54:59 +0000 bella 1966421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind toe cleavage at all. I also find the whole modesty/sexuality discussion around it quite absurd. If you don't like it for other reasons (toes getting cold, proportions of the shoe on the feet, etc.) it's fine, but other than that, I feel like being too concerned about toe cleavage (who came up with that anyway!) plays into all the stupid standards of beauty of our age. Another invisible cage for women. It is a body part, get over it! (rant over, steps down from her soapbox! :))&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966381 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:02:37 +0000 RobinF 1966381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have long toes and occasionally they show a little but I don't really own many pairs of shoes that style. A little bit doesn't bother me but I think the picture you posted shows a bit too much for my taste. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966380 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:02:23 +0000 Anonymous 1966380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does not bother me in the least. &nbsp;I was genuinely surprised when a close friend of mine expressed discomfort because of the sensual aspect. &nbsp;She changed her opinion and came around to my way of thinking. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966373 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:25:08 +0000 unfrumped 1966373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t like it on me and usually it’s associated with not fitting well, vamp doesn’t cover bunion or too tight OR too loose, and often in others it’s poor fit as well.<br /> I may have an added issue because for such shoes in which this would be likely, I would be wearing sheer hose; hence toe cleavage would make the hose stand out more and start to look like hose with sandals and would not be desirable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966371 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:14:29 +0000 Bennett 1966371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the look of toe cleavage, and have shoes that expose the toe in this way. (though not chosen for that reason!) I can't bear seeing heels extending past the back end of mules or slingbacks or sandals, though. Also seeing that pinkie toe flying free of the shoe strap. No! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966348 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:30:39 +0000 Mainelady 1966348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t mind a little toe cleavage. It doesn’t bother me to see it on myself or on others. I don’t find it distracting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966342 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:00:54 +0000 Anonymous 1966342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, totally, Sal! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966341 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:56:53 +0000 Sal 1966341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Opaline - I feel the same!!&nbsp; It looks so uncomfortable:)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage/page/2#post-1966340 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:56:42 +0000 Jenni NZ 1966340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had heard for some years that it is considered sexy by many. I personally have a low tolerance for it as to me it looks like the shoes don't fit. Your pic is a prime example. And I just think honestly, does sexy have to come into everything, even toes? Sigh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966339 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:51:43 +0000 Anonymous 1966339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have any issues with toe cleavage on anyone but I do cringe a little when I see a pinky toe hang out of a horizontal strap and off the edge of a shoe. For example, feet found on google ...<br /> (that’s pretty much the only thing that I find unattractive/problematic) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966332 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:12:10 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1966332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I completely agree with Jessikams first paragraph. </p> <p>Toe cleavage first came on my radar a few years ago, when I heard that it is not permitted in offices with a formal dress code. I find that a bizarrely minute restriction. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966315 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:32:10 +0000 Jessikams 1966315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kinda like to see a bit, around the big toe in particular (why? No idea). But too much just makes it seem like the foot is about to come right out of the shoe.</p> <p>I rarely get dressed up socially these days. Interested to see how you’ll handle footwear for a winter party. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966314 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:26:15 +0000 Christina F. 1966314@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe I don’t have this issue myself, because I don’t notice it at all on myself. Or others for that matter. I also agree wholeheartedly with K.M.’s second paragraph. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966305 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:25:37 +0000 K.M. 1966305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I kind of like toe cleavage, but I guess it depends on the shoe and the outfit. I like how the toes show subtly in Suz's pics. I often wear shoes with similar cleavage. However I don't like the ones in the floral shoes in your post (I know they're not yours!). Maybe it's because every single toe is showing a cleavage. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But at the end of the day I think we all have differently shaped feet (you know the whole Egyptian, Roman, Etruscan etc.)? and obviously we can't all wear custom-made shoes. Sometimes I get irked by the attempt to make us all fit into a single mold and idealized model of beauty... so what if some of us will show a bit of toe and some won't, wearing the same shoes?...<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966303 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:11:26 +0000 Anonymous 1966303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind some toe cleavage on myself or others. (Much more is bared wearing flip flops.) it is important that the shoes be comfortable and not pinkie pin hers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-toe-cleavage#post-1966290 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:36:36 +0000 Jaime 1966290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes! Never thought much about this, but I think I judge on a case by case basis. </p>