You might walk, and you might fly.

If only there was a video. I'd love to see these things in action, regardless of how impractical and silly they might be.

Here's a different sort of boots that weren't made for walking. and there are some videos. pretty neat stuff.

http://otoplasma.com/gumboots/index.html

yank_eh: Very cool! The dancing an old tradition from South Africa, started among black mine workers who had to wear gumboots in the tunnels where they worked. (Well, still work.) There are even recordings of music with gumboot-slapping as percussion. And there was a show (available on DVD), called Gumboots (natch). It's a lot of fun.

Oops! I didn't investigate the site closely enough (re. history of gumboot dancing and more): http://otoplasma.com/gumboots/dance.html

There's an awful lot right there. Oh, well.

I've changed the name of this thread from "Need a pair of boots" to "The Textile Arts" . . .

Here are some animated dresses which appear to be from some MIT students. They claim that the dresses

" . . . are a personal and poetic extension. They are expressive behavioral kinetic sculptures."

Courtesy of today's Rocketboom.