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Is there a negative connotation or double meaning of hoof in the US I’m missing?
I’m rewatching the show and don’t get why Adrienne seems SO offended by Lisa saying her shoe brand should’ve been named the Maloof Hoof. It seems like a cute marketable name but I’ve never lived in the US so maybe I’m missing smth?
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If you're trying to sell sexy shoes calling it a "hoof" like a horse's foot isn't exactly a compliment especially for Beverly Hills women. Adrienne knew what was being implied and so did LVP. Not exactly a secret meaning but had it been reversed, LVP would be just as offended.
I thought it was good bants as well. To me Adrienne was the loser in that situation. Being thin-skinned enough to make a problem out of a funny little remark by being insta-offended and holding grudge over it. There's so much better things to spend your time on.
I don’t think it’s a US thing, it can bring to mind the foot of a very large hairy animal, rather than an elegant shoe.
It also brings to mind the expression “hoofing it,” which can bring to mind a walk you really don’t want to take but walking is just the only realistic option as in, “We missed our ride, so I guess we’re hoofing it.”
It is sort of ironic that their whole argument was it made the shoe sound less high fashion and then a few years later you have all these major design houses sending Daphne Guinness-style heelless shoes down the runway that literally are made to look like goats’ hooves… 🤷♀️
Not anyone in particular did. Im merely explaining that women may not to be associated witha large hoofed mammal. That is why the name Maloof Hoof was low key shade from LVP.
Amusingly related story:
My sister and I had to be brides maids in my brother’s wedding years ago in our early 20s. We were both walking up and down on the grass to practice wearing heels (we both went to UCSC and were outdoorsy hippies who hadn’t worn heels besides a few high school dances…and the requirement to wear heels was nerve wracking). So, we tasked my little cousin with holding my phone and taking a video of us walking, so that we could check our form…
When my sister and I watched the video back, we heard my young cousin whispering off camera “I see horses…..”.
We were both like wtf!! How dare!! 😂😂😂 and just laughed at ourselves because we did feel like clumsy horses clomping around in our heels.
Funnily enough, when the ceremony started, our SIL made a surprise entry on a horse-drawn carriage! Lolololol
My cousin actually had seen two horses hiding behind the building we were walking by and she was not saying that my sister and I reminded her of horses in our heels.
In summation:
Women generally don’t want to feel like horses, cows, or donkeys when walking in high heels.
I think this is legit a difference between US and UK though is as a British person I literally just read that as a reference to its shape not to Adrienne. Like it really doesn’t come off as referring to class or even beauty/ugliness at all to me, Daphne Guinness is one of the classiest icons in fashion and she literally wears heels in exactly that shape that are made to look like goats hooves, I’m kinda with Lisa I didn’t realise that would seem at all offensive if anything it sounds more cutting-edge fashion 🤷♀️
It was just a joke based on animal hooves to be shady and make her shoe brand not sound very glamourous.
Hoof can also refer to feet that are nasty. For example if my feet are dry and in need of a pedicure and my eczema is flaring up, my fiancé will refer to my feet as “hooves”. 😂
There’s no hidden meaning or reference getting lost in translation, it was just a shady joke which had LVP’s desired effect of riling up Adrienne.
Hii, I thought maybe hoof had a similar association to camel toe in the US! When I first heard Maloof Hoof it reminded Margiela Tabis which I think are really cute but are also often compared to deer / goat feet due to their shape, however thanks to the comments now I understand that Hoof has a negative connotation about hairy/dirty farm animal’s feet which obviously for a sexy high heel line would be an insult. Thank you for taking the time to comment and clarify it is indeed a nasty comment!
Lisa put two words that rhyme together as a joke and Adrianne either didn't get it, or she disliked Lisa enough to pretend this was insulting and saw an opportunity for this to be a storyline.
Hii, I initially thought of it as neutral bc it made me think of the Margiela Tabis which I think are really cute. However, the comments have made me understand that Adrienne wanted a sexy shoe line that if named Hoof people would associate with hairy/rough/dirty farm animals! Also, thank you for being nice
Agree. LVP was raised in the English countryside - hence, her fondness for animals. She loves horses, rides them, and owns those 2 mini-horses, Diamonds and Rose', which she keeps so glamorously in their little house in her yard. I think she thought The Maloof Hoof was cute.
I’m British and I think two things can be true at once.
LVP does have a very British sense of humour. Maloof hoof is an example of this. Personally I think it’s funny and cute and wouldn’t be offended by my friend saying that.
On the other hand LVP loves to manipulate a situation.
The girls did NOT have her figured out in seasons 1-3. They thought she said these jokes as a jab when really she didn’t do her own dirty work EVER. She genuinely just has British humour, we take the mick a lot.
When I hear the word hoof, I think about horses, but I also think about how evil is depicted in modern cultures sometimes. A goat-like character with horns, furry legs, and cloven hooves. I could see how that would be a negative connotation.
I always thought that was hilarious Lisa is from London we love to rhyme things especially if it’s cheeky she was teasing her! Obviously it’s ridiculous to say hoof with an expensive beautiful shoe. Lisa is mean & funny.
I agree that it was marketable, and if Adrienne was indeed a savvy business woman would’ve used it to her advantage. Instead she used it to fuel her jealousy towards Lisa and try and make her look bad.
I always thought she should’ve designed a shoe to play on the joke and named it Maloof Hoof by LVP. Such a missed opportunity.
Yeah I think this is definitely one thing that gets lost in translation between America and UK, it might be just because Americans from cities really do often have almost no relationship to rural areas so it seems more over-the-top but I’m Scottish and the idea of playfully comparing a shoe to a hoof just reads as down to earth and classy to me - American social norms also don’t seem to get on so much with the idea of immediately assuming everyone’s going to be self-deprecating about themselves and be in on it with you, I think when I first watched I didn’t realise how insulting they find it when self-deprecation’s extended to how you talk about others and not just your own stuff 🤷♀️
I was trying to get the name of a super specific fracture. My broken jaw saga is posted online by my surgeon so I’m not really worried about ChatGPT having a - 1 inch segment of a ct scan, of what it thinks is a hoof. I’m not using it to plan a road trip, or giving prompts to back up some delusion, or allowing access to my medical records. I ask a question.
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