Lady Gaga always like to wear those monster shoes, towering 10in high or more. Ordinary people think that they are too scary, but celebrities like them very much. Do you love monster shoes?
McQueen, the bad boy of British fashion, sent his models (slowly) down the runway in two versions of the extreme shoe: the Alien (smooth and satin-covered) and the Armadillo (scaly animal skin) as part of his Spring/Summer 2010 collection. The futuristic design, with a giant hole in the heel, give more than a nod to McQueen’s creations, but even models, who sashay for a living, appeared to be walking as if they had a table strapped to each foot.
And not everyone is applauding the monster shoes. Three of McQueen’s favourite catwalk models rebelled and pulled out of his Paris show, refusing to risk broken ankles or reputations with a possible tumble on the runway.
However, Lady Gaga managed to actually dance in a sparkling gold pair of Armadillos in the video for her single Bad Romance. Actually, she is skilled in the art of walking in stilettos.
Wearable is certainly not the watchword for the vertiginous creations, whose construction credentials are as impressive as their height, with each pair taking five days to make. Believe it or not, the design is based on a ballet shoe, and five prototypes were created before the final version was settled upon. Although they are perilously high, the spokesperson for McQueen explains: ‘They are like a shoe within a shoe, so the foot is sitting on a big platform which makes it easier to walk.’
So would you like to wear such a pair of monster shoes?
