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Archive for January, 2010

Kelis attented the First Annual DATA Awards (Anyone knows what the DATA Awards are?) in Los Angeles in this outfit. The shoes looks familiar, don’t they? Yes, that are the Alexander McQueen 10 inch heels.

So, next to Lady Gaga, Kelis was also lucky to get her hands on a pair of these monster heels. The office of Alexander McQueen is probably getting another wave of phone calls from desperate woman seeking this shoes.

The video of the item “Hoge hakken” (High heels) in the Dutch spoken show “Ook getest op mensen” (literally translated: Also tested on humans) at the national Belgium television I tweeted about last Tuesday is available online.

It’s a bit negative story about high heels. That was to be expected as the tests in the show are somewhat medical. However, it does give some great medical insight into what high heels changes to the body compared to flat shoes.

Unfortunately I’m unable to embed the video here, so you have to go the website of the Belgium television network: Eén to view it. Just for the record: If you don’t speak or understand Dutch (Flemish), it will be hard to follow.

The nude pump is next to the black pump a shoe which will always be there. Being creative with it can be quite a challenge for a designer. Nicholas Kirkwood tried to be creative with a nude pump: The Snakeskin platform. Did Nicholas succeed? Well, for the general part yes. The 5¼ inch (13 cm) high heel with snakeskin print is gorgeous. The 1 inch (2,5 cm) platform however is in my opinion not so gorgeous. It looks like you’ve ran into a very large piece of chewing gum on the street.

I’m not going to classify this one as a shoe crime. But I’ll a keep a close watch on next designs.

The eighties are back again! Well, at least Alexander McQueen has been inspired by it with these Geometric pumps. Great for a ‘Back to the eighties party’. The yellow and black geometric print is going to be the eyecatcher. The towering 5 inch (12,5 cm) black heel is not going to be missed either. Hidden in the shoe is also a small ¾ inch (2 cm) high platform. That makes this pump very ‘walkable‘.

Do I really need a pair of glasses now? I’ve got a double vision here which gives me a headache. Focussing a bit better, now I see it. It’s this Gianmarco Lorenzi Double platform shoe which has a double platform, hence the name.

Adding the extra platform layer makes this shoe having a very high platform of 1½ inch (3,5 cm). What a pity, without the double platform this might be a very nice shoe.