Kind of like "This Is Why You're Fat," except with shoes.

OMG, shoes. I don’t really have the authority to reference that seminal skit that had EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER saying that very phrase many moons ago. I haven’t even watched it. But, every time I look at ShoeLust, the first thing that I think is “OMG, shoes!”

There are a few reasons to go to this site:

1) You love shoes. More specifically, you love ridiculously expensive and audacious shoes that you will never afford. At least not until you inherit a trust fund from the rich great-uncle you never knew you had. Please let this be the story of my life.

2) You realize that when you walk into a classy department store wearing an outfit that costs less than $100, all of the salespeople will alternately laugh at you and assume you’re there to rob them. Unfortunately, the real story of my life.

3) You have time to kill and enjoy imagining the different occasions for which one might wear studded loafers or diamond-encrusted wedges.

I used to think that visiting this site would be a depressing habit, because honestly—who really needs more reminders that instead of gallivanting around town in 5-inch YSL snakeskin platforms, they’re sitting at a computer? However, this site has made me far more creative when it comes to choosing sensible shoes for the occasions in my life. Read: it’s made me disregard the reality of any and all situations I may find myself in.

Much like the website This Is Why You’re Fat makes me contemplate cooking up a batch of deep-fried Snickers pancakes for breakfast, ShoeLust allows me to think that, in fact, I do have an outing that requires 7-inch bondage ankle boots.

Let’s have some examples, shall we? Like, the next time I’m going out to dinner, why not pretend that I’m dining at an intergalactic bar instead of Chili’s? I give you the perfect shoe for that very adventure.

Even though I'm done with summer music festivals until next year, this pair would have been IDEAL. Assuming, of course, that my friends would carry me from stage to stage.

It’s boring to pick out shoes for a plain old date. But choosing shoes for a date with my heavy metal-loving pimp? Things just got interesting.

Remember how I said that tranny shoes were HOT for fall? This website could have an alternate name of "tranny shoe porn." And I'm sure they'd get an even more diverse community of viewers. Take note, ShoeLust.