Posts tagged black
Jordan: Fashion Anti-Icon
Air Jordans, always a showstopper, not because of how cool they are. Sports Grid says: “Michael Jordan’s Association With Ugly Clothing Knows No Bounds” Photo from Sports Grid
Troy Polamalu for Lanvin?
Check out these Lanvin platform pumps. It looks like Pittsburg Steelers player, Troy Polamalu, donated a bit of his hair to make these. Well, not really, but in all seriousness, am I being Punked? These cannot be shoes that they expect people to wear for real.... [+]
Moonscape Booties
Meet the Air Jordan XX8. It looks like there is some weird landscape or video game texture printed all around it. Gizmodo put it best: “Bolstered with carbon fiber plates: a purple eyescar sheathed in some kind of snakeskin-meets-moonscape-meets-pixelcamo footcondom. This has gotta be the... [+]
Bad Bad Spikes
Prep school shoes meet crazy spikes by Christian Louboutin. Are these self-defense shoes for girls who are being bullied at school? Or are these the shoes bullies wear? Photo from 33 Avenue
High Heel Fin
Jean Paul Gaultier created these high-heeled lace-up fins in 2007 for his thirtieth anniversary and called them Les Plongeuses Fin-Heels. They were meant to match his 1977 hooded, one-piece bathing suit. Makes me want to go swimming. Photo NY Mag
Bite Me! Halloween Shoes
Sometimes the more subtle the disturbance the scarier it is. This is the case with the Apex shoes from Fantich&Young. The sole is entirely made out of teeth: 1,050 teeth dentures to be exact. Look at the detail of the gold teeth, too. Here is... [+]
Wooden Wheel
I thought the best way to start back up again would be to go back to nature. So let’s start with something wooden. I found these wooden platform booties and can’t imagine how you could possibly walk with them, let alone go up and down... [+]
Steampunk Booties
These steampunk shoes are sold at Ebay. They look like some contraption from a Sherlock Holmes movie: interesting, but I wouldn’t be caught dead in them. Photos from Ebay.
No Jewel Left Behind
It seems that was Giuseppe Zanotti’s motto when designing these suede spiked sculptural wedges. They are available for purchase at a convenient price of $3025. Need more spikes?Check out our other spiked shoes Photos from LuisAviaRoma
Prada and Daisies
More outrageous than how ugly these shoes are is how high the price is. These Prada daisy-covered shoes go for $1,395. Photos from Prada