Manolo Blahnik (Spanish, b. 1942). “Bhutan” Shoe, spring/summer 2006. Black leather with white synthetic thread topstitching and brass hardware. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Manolo Blahnik, 2006 (2006.512.6).
To have an entire category of apparel—in this case, high-fashion shoes—known by one’s given name is a fashion creator’s transfiguration. Even before “Sex and the City” made Manolo Blahnik a household name in this country, Blahniks were collected and coveted by fashionable women internationally. If Carrie in the television series expanded Blahnik’s franchise into the more populist precincts of that medium, it did not change the designer’s impulse to push the boundaries of his work. Blahnik by Boman, the beautiful photographic sampling of his work, describes the extraordinary breadth and range of the designer’s pool of influences. While some of the references are direct, others only obliquely manifest a concept. With this ”no heel” wedge, first explored in his fall/winter 1979-80 collection and repeated in variation over the years, Blahnik conflates a number of references and locates them in the tradition of the isolated kingdom of Bhutan. The steep arch of the eccentric cantilevered sole of the shoe creates the triangulated profile of a “Lotus” shoe, those tiny platformed booties that for centuries covered the bound feet of Chinese women, but it is also a subtle homage to Roger Vivier, who, in the 1950s, shifted the heel to the center of the arch of the foot in one of his designs. For all its vertiginous instability and impracticality, the design is finished with the coarser details of a functional shoe. One imagines that in Blahnik’s fictive Bhutan, like Shangri-la, far above the Himalayan cloud line, even peasant women teeter like ballerinas or Han dancers on such shoes.
This is the kind of work I love to do because it is free from commercial constraints. With shoes like these, I don’t ever think of selling. They just satisfy the creative craving that I get. They allow me to combine different times and places: in this one, for example, I mix the brutality of Etruscan fortitude with a bit of Scottish Highlands and then a touch of the extremities of Celia Cruz, the Cuban singer who I admired so much as a child! It’s completely irrational, I know, but this is the work that keeps me going.
—Manolo Blahnik
January 6, 2008 at 11:35 am
I know these shoes are just for the fun of designing but how in the hell could you walk in them??
January 6, 2008 at 11:58 am
My first reaction–what charming shoes! But then, he made them non-commercially…does that mean he didn’t test them to see if they’re wearable? What actually happens when you put a pair on? Do you stand balanced as if on high heels, or do you fall down?
January 6, 2008 at 2:13 pm
hate it
January 7, 2008 at 1:01 am
so avant-garde…I love it! I would totally wear it, i can almost see myself swirling around in some sort of a native Bhutanese dance or carried around a town hight in the mountains in a procession with one foot dangling out clothed in the “Bhutan.”
January 7, 2008 at 3:46 am
This is a great article.
F.M
January 7, 2008 at 10:31 am
All you can say is “hate it” without justification? This shoe is 3-dimensional art. It appears to be a shoe but a second glance would tell you that this is not an ordinary shoe. In fact, I don’t think I would call it a shoe at all. It is more a sculpture than anything. This “shoe” has transformed the notion of acceptable footwear. With simple displacement, it has taken everything we understand about a shoe and altered it. This, of course, is disconcerting to some but still ingenious design.
January 7, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I agree with Krista Beth that “hate it” is not commentary, and that the shoe has many attributes of an art form, but fundamentally, Mr. Blahnik makes shoes, albeit with extremely clever artistic ideas.
January 7, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Is a “shoe” without a heel still a shoe?
Or, is Blahnik’s Bhutan Shoe really a shoe — a pump without a heel or a flat in motion?
Why do we look at a still life of a shoe and ponder what it would be like to wear, yet never look at a still life of Matisse and wonder “oh, I would love to taste that orange!”
How much of what we love in “Bhutan Shoe” is what is there vs. what is not there?
January 8, 2008 at 10:42 am
ITS LIKE WALKING IN THE AIR!
January 8, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I loved the diversity of this exhibit and the accompanying comments. For sure, the next time I dream of Japan, I will wear the Philip Treacy headdress.
January 8, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Jim, that is beautiful.
January 8, 2008 at 1:52 pm
can i buy it?
January 8, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Jim & Krista Beth…I guess if we don’t want to taste Matisse’s orange, that makes the shoe fundamentally different than a work of art? (Why is it a still life of a shoe, and not a shoe? I’m quite sure it’s a pair of shoes.) Or is it that a painting is just oil on a canvas, and we’re too sophisticated to be fooled?
Just to complicate things, in a wonderful show of Manet’s still lifes of fruits and flowers and patisserie in Baltimore a few years ago, I did want to taste and smell!! Particularly this brioche he had stabbed with a rose.
What of the Matisse show at the Met that included the garments that inspired him and that he had his models wear?
The line definitely gets blurred.
January 8, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Absolutely loved these shoes - made me respect Manolo Blahnik for more as an artist than simply a designer shoes maker. I understand that they were not made to be sold commercially, but what I wouldn’t give to have the chance to try them on. I would assume that the metal sole would provide the feeling of walking on water…. Simply Brilliant.
January 9, 2008 at 9:46 am
i am sorry but i just cannot see anybody buying these shoes and i am a fashion freak. these shoes need a up date and maybe a heel!
January 9, 2008 at 11:05 am
Laurie, I agree that the line is blurred but why can’t it be both a shoe and a work of art? I believe that this shoe, like most pieces of art, does it’s job to engage the viewer. It’s interesting to look at but at the same time, we want to know how our Cinderella feet would fit into them. They would be beautiful on a shelf in a manicured sitting area, or on dainty feet navigating the streets of Paris.
January 9, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Yay Krista Beth! Let’s have our cake and eat it too…in Paris, n’est pas? I’m willing to give the navigating a try, and would (did) marvel at the shoe in a vitrine as well.
January 10, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Walking in this shoe must be something between ballerina, geisha and handicapped. What a great idea!!!
January 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I like this, but it looks like it can get uncomfortable
January 10, 2008 at 3:09 pm
The trick is to walk on your toes, not applying any pressure to your heel. Very uncomfortable but youl will make the ultimate fashion statement!
January 10, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I was suddenly reminded, by an ad in the current W, that Marc Jacobs is hawking a way less artistically pleasing but similarly inspired shoe in which the body of the shoe assumes a high heel, but the heel is attached horizontally, like a balancing platform, to the underside of the instep. it’s more pump parody than work of art.
January 11, 2008 at 8:36 am
Did anyone think “pony girl?”…..
January 11, 2008 at 10:19 am
Yes, Laurie, I’ve seen that and I agree that it is far less pleasing and much less a work of art.
January 11, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Fashion trurly is cyclical. We now can see what Marc Jacobs muse was for his fall/winter 2008 runway shoes. Who else to better mimic than the master himself, Manolo Blahnik.
January 12, 2008 at 10:48 am
These shoes are cool… BUT YOU CANT WALK IN THEM. Other wise they look very nice.
January 12, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I love this shoe! OMG can I try it on? This is truly a work of art by the master himself! It’s very stimulating visually and creatively. Shoes…shoes…shoes!!!!
January 12, 2008 at 2:38 pm
these shoes are so cool! hard to understand at first, but after you get the concept they are awesome! were they on the market or just for runways ?
January 12, 2008 at 3:38 pm
The shoe is a clear commentary on how modern women continue to subject themselves to sexist beauty standards by choice.
As a man, I get to wear comfortable shoes whenever I want. Join me, ladies.
January 12, 2008 at 7:15 pm
i’m not exactly certain what this shoe is designed to achieve. why are we celebrating a form of “beauty” that is simultaneously painful and impractical? i realize that beauty in fashion has nothing to do with practicality, or comfort, but shouldn’t one be at least able to function in the piece?
January 14, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Jim, I just read the thread over (when surely, I should have been doing something else), and noticed your theory of the shoe as a flat in motion. What a great idea! Not a still live but a live in motion!
But based on my experience of wearing flats, the sole doesn’t move like that when your foot goes into that position, a position my feet most often find themselves in trying to reach something on a high shelf.
I immediately interpreted the extended piece under the toes as the thing that would enable the wearer to balance and walk, but maybe it’s just the base of the sculpture.
January 15, 2008 at 1:52 pm
curious addition
i can see an Oberlin post modern dance piece scripted for this
January 16, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Or, Lily, for the long ago Greek Games at Barnard.
January 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm
This shoe is so interesting to me. I love it. I believe that the extended part as Laurie Aron said would enable the person to walk, although it infact could be just a stand for the piece. I LOVE THIS SHOE!
January 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm
These are the coolest shoes ever! How can you stand up in them?!
January 18, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Ugh. Yet another man-made pedestal to keep women painfully trapped in place.
January 19, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Thanks for that follow-up, Laurie. I agree that it probably wasn’t intended to be a flat in motion, but perhaps it was the remnants of a woman who stepped in some melted tar on East 82nd Street on a hot summer day — not a natural motion, but….; ? } Guess I was exploring the notion that the shoe comes with such deep emotional connection that when confronted with the blurred lines of the fashion item and the art, these emotions also blur….
January 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Yes, Jim, there is something about that upward LIFT that gives the shoe an emotional value, which is why, in my humble opinion, flats can never be sexy. Not that every woman has to want to wear shoes to be sexy all the time or ever.
Of course, I meant still liFe vs. liFe in motion. Real live typos.
January 19, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I just can’t figure out how you wear this…
January 19, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I don’t get how you could EVER walk in these? I would get so confused by walking in them…
January 19, 2008 at 8:16 pm
It’s seriously making me consider getting into shoe fetish mode.
January 20, 2008 at 6:31 am
Somebody found a black heel yesterday in the Central Park?? Please call…
January 20, 2008 at 10:57 am
He has the perfect reason for creating this — just because it pleases him, it has no purpose other than to pool random abstract designs — SURPRISE!
January 20, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I would like to try these on.
January 20, 2008 at 8:26 pm
“How much of what we love in “Bhutan Shoe” is what is there vs. what is not there?”
Very well put. What is not there is as important as what is there. This is perhaps how meaning is constructed. Visually this piece is very beautiful. The question is not “what is this shoe designed to achieve, is it practical, comfortable and functional?
This object is a product of the artist’s imagination. He had a dream and produced it in a tangible way for us to see. Perhaps if we call it an object, rather than a shoe, we will get it.
January 21, 2008 at 3:23 pm
i love the way the design confuses me and yet i love to look at it and wonder.
January 22, 2008 at 3:30 pm
They seem impractical, and isn’t fashion truly decided by the masses?
January 23, 2008 at 11:29 am
Marc Jacobs has one very simillar in this collection.
I really like it ! it’s very inventive but, I ‘m not sure if I can Walk in those shoes.
January 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Gloria, “just because it pleases him” sounds like reason enough!
Hannah, I think what large stores and chain stores stock is decided by the masses to the best of the stores’ ability to forecast it, but this stuff so close to art it might as well be is Fashion as driving force to perceiving apparel differently, and some of it will trickle down and some of it won’t, or will only appeal or be affordable to a small audience.
Marina, picking up on Jim’s comment on what what we love in the shoe isn’t there, at least tangibly–I do see that. The potential energy, the just having moved/about to move, the emotion in its combination of strength and fragility.
January 23, 2008 at 11:33 pm
“The potential energy, the just having moved/about to move, the emotion in its combination of strength and fragility.” Very, very well put. Meaning is “delayed”,
but it is there.
January 24, 2008 at 10:10 am
The “Bhutan” shoe made by manolo blanik is extremely couture “one of a kind” although im not sure how someone could walk without a heel?..this is very interesting and inventive.
January 24, 2008 at 11:04 am
These shoes are extremley interesting and will fly off the shelves for any woman with a passion for shoes, no fear of heights (tall stiletto heels), and has the knowledge of how to walk about the city properly in heels, or in this case..no heels at all. I love the creativity and how more designers, like Blahnik, are experimenting with archectural heels and apparently, none.
January 24, 2008 at 11:11 am
Manolo said that he didn’t think of sales when creating this shoe, which to me is more of an artwork rather than an accessory. This creation should allow us to admire and respect Manolo not only as a designer but also an artist. His ability is not limited to the traditional concept of shoes, in addition his creativity and passion for what he does is mirrored in this piece of art.
January 24, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I found this shoe very interesting because it had no heel but is still elevated from the floor. The shoe has brass decoration on it with wrapped straps around the front of the foot and somewhat around the ankle. A piece of the sole is sticking out from underneath the heel a little which i found very clever because at first sight it was hard to believe how a women could balance. It would have been more interesting if the shoe came in more vivid or flamboyant colors. I was really impressed with shoe and would definitely wear it.
January 24, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I just want so badly to try them on!
January 25, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Physics meets Fashion….Issac Newton would be proud.
January 25, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I really really liked these shoes and they look like a new hip fashion! i would love to try them on and see if they actually functioned as shoes.
January 25, 2008 at 2:49 pm
These shoes are really cool and I think the idea that the shoe doesn’t have a heel is very innovative, but how do you walk in them?
January 26, 2008 at 3:59 pm
its really cool looking, but are you really suposed to wear them??????
January 27, 2008 at 3:56 pm
i like the creativity in these shoes. I makes you imagine what it would be like to attempt walking in them.
January 28, 2008 at 11:11 am
So cool how there is no heel. Do you think it is difficult to wear?………….. Who wore that shoe and where? ………
January 28, 2008 at 10:54 pm
These are the most interesting shoes I’ve ever seen, and honestly speaking, if I had the money, i would buy them. However, I’m not very fond of the ballerina shoe-like style of the shoe. Maybe if it were one of the Sex in the City Carrie style shoes with that heel, they would be more appealing to me. And also, I wouldn’t expect a shoe like this from Manolo Blahnik because they’re shoes are more classic and simple. But I would love to walk the town in those for about 3 minutes.
January 29, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Quite Unique. I find the shoe gender specific. Would there be a masculine equivalent (perhaps with a lower heel)?
January 29, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thank you Marina! (delayed)
January 30, 2008 at 7:01 pm
this particular designed shoe has been making various comebacks into fashion. At first, it appered in one of Dior’s spring/summer collection a couple of years ago in a green healless design that consisted of a heal in iron running a little bit longer out from the toe support. And the second time around in the most recent case, it came strutting down on Marc Jacobs runway show for the spring collection.
January 31, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Unless Manolo Blahnik invented an invisible heel these shoes are pointless
February 1, 2008 at 2:20 pm
these are the most interesting pair of shoes ive ever seen besides the “niomi’s nemesis” i looked at these shoes and thought, how can you walk without heel? i believe in ballerinas balencing on their toes but this is crazy.
February 1, 2008 at 5:27 pm
DEFINITELY THE WEIRDEST SHOES I’VE EVER SEEEN ..but theyre still coool .!
February 2, 2008 at 1:47 pm
These shoes are really awesome there strange and “out there” but they totally rock!!
February 2, 2008 at 2:21 pm
these are they weirdest designs but strangely cool!
February 2, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Those weird shoes rock!
February 2, 2008 at 2:24 pm
the wierd shoes rocked!! LOL
February 2, 2008 at 2:39 pm
These shows are an engineering feet I love that instead of a heel there is an extention of the sole of the shoe to allow you to balance. I have a pair of shows that have an extention from the sole and instead of a heel this extends to the back of the shoe into a metal circle and so you can walk but you have a little bit of a bounce in your step I can imagine these shoes to be similar. I just wish I could have tried them on.
February 2, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Blahnik shoes set trends for the shoe industry. He is known for sophisticated stilettos coveted by every woman in the world. These designs inspire shoe brands to follow his style. This no-heel shoe style exemplifies his influence. Models from last season’s fashion shows such as MJ worn similiar styles. Bravo Mr. Blahnik for being such a fashion influencer!
February 2, 2008 at 8:41 pm
HORRID!
February 3, 2008 at 1:03 pm
that looks painful to walk in. but its a cool idea
February 3, 2008 at 6:56 pm
One of my first thoughts upon viewing this shoe was its impressive uniqueness; however, I noticed today that Marc Jacobs has done a very similar shoe for his Spring 2008 line. I wonder if we will be seeing heel-less shoes at Target soon?
February 4, 2008 at 11:11 pm
When I first viewed these Manolo Blahnik shoes at the Met, I had to figure out how it was possible for a woman’s heel to be that high without a support of a high heel. It made me think of how much effort went into constructing the. There was so much science that went into making them. Although I think they are genius, I am not a fan of them. And many designers are replicating Blahnik’s heel-less high heel style, which I hope does not last long. When a woman walks by in a pair of Manolo Blahniks, not only do they make her feel fierce, but they make her the envy of every woman who sees her. I think that they shoes should just stick to the runway.
February 5, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Manolo, Manolo and Manolo you’re the best…
February 6, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I love that Marc Jacobs borrowed the same desgin and made a shoe just like it that I saw in Bazaar the other day!! Manolo is the man!!
February 8, 2008 at 2:36 pm
i LoVe iT!!!
February 8, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I love these shoes there so beautiful.
February 8, 2008 at 4:46 pm
this shoe is amazing .i never seen anything like it before.
February 8, 2008 at 4:46 pm
How to wear the shoes? The concept of Blahniks is art, not everyday wear.
February 9, 2008 at 5:52 pm
While the lack of a sturdy heel makes this design less than practical, I think the point is less about utility and more about the freedom it represents. For a woman to be able to feel as powerful in this heel as she does in a more standard version of the high heel is extraordinary. The sky really is the limit.
February 10, 2008 at 3:31 pm
These shoes are totally stupid. How are you meant to walk in them???!!
February 11, 2008 at 3:49 pm
One of my favorite items in the entire exhibit..eventhough they are not practical.
February 14, 2008 at 12:26 am
this are truly a work of art, i dont mind not knowing how to walk in them.
February 14, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I’d gladly give up my right arm for these shoes if I’d drag!
February 15, 2008 at 4:35 pm
when you work to make comercial shoes you have to take a break to make something extravagant and beautiful, i would think that he would still do testing to see if the shoes are “walkable” they seem to be perfectly balanced
al it would take is some practice
February 15, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I like the fact that we are able to see and appreciate this form of art. Unfortunately, looking at fashion shows on tv leaves viewers without an understanding of the craftmanship behind the pieces.
February 16, 2008 at 4:17 pm
The shoes look amazing, I would wear them in an instant if they had a heel. But, how would you walk in a shoe with that high of an arch with out a heel on the back? Is it even possible to walk in shoes like that without falling over? I would like to see if anyone is able to walk in shoes such as these.
February 17, 2008 at 2:38 pm
We love these shoes!! It is so awesome that the shoe has no heel but it does.
February 17, 2008 at 3:04 pm
we loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove these shoes!!!!!!!
February 19, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I don’t see these as being the most comfortable shoes, but they do look wearable. That little flat part behind the sole of the shoe makes it possible to balance I think. They’d be heavy though, with the bottom being brass hardware
February 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I think these shoes are fabulous! The thought of this shoe is absolutely remarkable and I would buy these if I found them in a store. They would certainly make a person stop and look at them. No matter if they were made precisely for a new and different design, or if they were made to be worn, I believe that they could be usable eventually.
February 21, 2008 at 12:01 pm
some of these dresses are freaky but the ones from france are funny and if no one was looking i would try one of the mens coats and a big 5 foot tall wig to go with it. MAN this mueseun is SOOOOOOOO FIERCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 22, 2008 at 10:49 am
These shoes are quite nice to realive pressure from your heels. I feel if I wore a pair of shoes like that, my heels would lose all of their blisters; finally. In conclosion their amazing shoes.
February 23, 2008 at 10:26 am
Check this out: a real commercial heel-less shoe. The New York Times Women’s Fashion Spring 2008 magazine for Sunday 2/24 (we get it 2/23), p. 237. “Antonio Berardi Shoes. Price on Request. nioberardi.com
Strappy sandal, more solid than the Blahnik, with high platform under the instep.
February 23, 2008 at 11:20 am
Adoro a Manolo y todas sus creaciones, más que un diseñador creo que es un arquitecto de zapatos y de sueños, sin lugar a dudas, el mejor.
February 23, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Love the Manolos, I teach shoe design/shoemaking all over New York City, Manolo is Zeus!
February 23, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Art for art’s sake. I love it.
February 23, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Beautiful. And isn’t that all that matters?
February 24, 2008 at 1:45 pm
i’d love to try these on and walk around the Met. oh and for future reference… it’s sex AND the city, not sex IN the city.
February 25, 2008 at 9:30 pm
At first I was surprised to see these shoes and had little appreciation for them. My opinion soon changed after looking at the March Elle and Harper’s Bazaar magazines. In both magazines I saw shoes resembling this style along with other shoes featuring distinct heals. Although many of the shoes are not practical, I believe this is a great way for designers to show their creativity!
February 27, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I believe these shoes could be commercially sold because people would do anything for fashion. Ballerina’s would really be okay with these shoes because they are use to standing on their tippy-toes. It also looks like their is a platform attached to the tip of the shoe so it wouldn’t solely be you stepping on your tippy-toes. These shoes might be crazy to some people but people will do anything to be fashionable so I could see how people might where them.
February 29, 2008 at 12:07 pm
well i like the fact that people are having conversations about this shoe!!!
but they have actually made a shoe without a heel thats on sale in the uk. it even made it into the newespaper to see how silly the idea is.
its a good work of art tho, but i wudnt wear anything like that, because i find it hard to walk in heels, let alone nonheels.
February 29, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I remember that marc Jacobs showed this kind of shoes for this spring/summer. I was quite shocked when I first saw these Manolo Blahnik shoes, because I thought Marc Jacobs shoes were so new! I felt that fashion is definitely turning back again and again, and there’s no perfectly new design.
March 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Super!
March 2, 2008 at 2:44 pm
These shoes are so Spring 2008, but once again Manolo was the pioneer. They look eminently practical to me–there’s an extension of the sole that supports the mid-foot, and the straps on the top of the foot and ankle provide additional support. If these shoes were updated to have silver hardware, shinier leather, and a variety of colors they would be a commercial success!
March 9, 2008 at 9:06 pm
HeHe.. I love the title of this exhibit item.. Comical… Although I would love to wear these shoes around, to see what they feel like, and see if they actually could be commerical, or if perhaps they are just for looks and you would fall straight on your behind. They remind me of enhancing shoes ( shoes in which people wear that are tennis shoes with the tip of the foot lifted, to work the calf muscles and to increase the size), I have worn a pair of such shoes for track, and although they are hard to walk in, it is possible, but trust me the next day my legs hurt so much. So I could honestly see these shoes being the next big craze, along with women whom have HUGE calf muscles:)…
March 12, 2008 at 10:25 am
are you kidding me? what is the point of creating shoes that no one can wear? This seems to be over-the-top trading on celebrity. Get a life!
March 12, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Though they are a very interesting design, I have trouble understanding how it would be possible to walk while wearing these boots! I’m intrigued now, and it would probably be very interesting to try walking, or even standing, in these boots! Definitely the best part of the entire collection though!
March 19, 2008 at 10:41 am
omg they`re great…
I`d love to walk with them i t has to be a wonderful feeling =)))\just like flying, but with shoes
March 20, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I would rather be dead than have to wear these out for a night.
March 23, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Why no heal? <3 them otherwise. How can you not?
March 27, 2008 at 2:47 pm
i wouldn’t mind them. i took like 7 yrs of russian ballet, im used to standing on my toes
March 28, 2008 at 1:06 pm
is it actually possible to walk in those things?
March 30, 2008 at 3:10 pm
i really like these shoes,very unquie.
April 1, 2008 at 3:33 am
I would love to try and wear these shoes, even just for a few minutes! I don’t know how comfortable they would be. I do tend to walk on my toes a lot (especially up stairs) and have a history of gymnastics. Maybe all of that balance training would finally pay off!
April 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm
like i really just don’t understand how one could walk or stand with these shoes on … INSANE
April 4, 2008 at 1:17 pm
how are you people saying you want to twirl and fly in these shoes when there is absolutely no way you can walk in them without falling on your face. are you kidding me?
April 4, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I love these shoes!!!! they make me happy
April 5, 2008 at 9:33 am
Ow! Wouldn’t that hurt the soles of your foot?
You wouldn’t be able to walk aroud New York City in those.
April 5, 2008 at 4:30 pm
thinks this dress is fierce! work it out! =p
April 10, 2008 at 2:22 pm
i think that it would be VERY hard to walk in these shoes, also if you bought those shoes you would NEED to have a GREAT sense of balance.