To Lucite or Not to Lucite

A funny thing happened on the runways recently with footwear - acrylic. Acrylic-adorned shoes were floating down the runways and now they're being spotted in high-end stores. For example, the Fendi Cinderella Sandal:

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They're perfectly normal shoes. Leather covered heel, chiffon straps... but then there's that acrylic platform. I have an inner debate going on in my head. I want to accept them. I want to love them, ogle and obsess over them. But the stigma of LUCITE is holding me back. Tacky images of Shauna Sand and Jenna Jameson cloud my mind when I try to picture these shoes on my feet. Sure, haute couture models gliding down runways in New York and Paris can pull these off. But how do these translate to real life? Our life? What would that look like? A regular looking woman wearing clear heels - S.T.R.I.P.P.E.R. Unfortunately. Which is sad, because these heels are actually beautiful. It's just something I can't get past. Can you?