Apparently, when the Los Angeles Times reported that shoe lovers were feeling financial pain in the pump,  they weren’t referring to this guy:

I think $20,000 is definitely too much. You can quote me on that. Absolutely way too much. That’s absurd. You’re paying $20,000 for a pair of shoes, that’s insane. You should get your head checked. Anything under is fine,” he said. So $8G is okay? “$12,000, $16,000. Yeah. Anything over twenty, that’s absurd.” Via NYMag

Gulp.  I’d like to be adopted by this guy.

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The weather is finally warming up and I’m dying to wear flats again. These All-Black natural fish scale flats are a great way to step out with a classic style that wears well with skinny jeans to the summery dress. They are $109 at Endless.com, but I found them greatly discount at 70% off at  ShopIntuition - only $30.99.

And if you compare these flats to the python Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, which are going for $395 at Barneys, the $30 pricetag makes it a steal.

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Here is this week’s brief summary of ‘This Week in Shoes’.

Pierre Hardy shoes are now available at Gap’s Design Editions. Currently there are only two styles on the Gap website so hopefully they will add more soon.

Ready or not, peep toe ankle boots are hitting the shops for spring. - Via ShopDiary

The 3rd annual Stiletto Run took place in Amsterdam. Asked how she would spend the money, the first place prize winner said “Anything but high heels.” I feel sorry for the nasty spill at the lady took at 1.58 minutes into the video.

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Footwear News interviews the unstoppable Pierre Hardy. Hint: he created the mind-blowing Balenciaga shoes at his show in Paris. 50 hours of manual labor went into the creation of each shoe, apparently.

Shoe exhibits keep a-coming: this week, Most Influential Shoe Designers of the 20th Century, in Milwaukee.

Jessica Seinfeld thanks Oprah with 21 pairs of Louboutins (with video). And we all want Jessica Seinfeld to suddenly become our BFF.

Chicago Tribune writes about the rise of comfortable/fashionable footwear.

Oh, how I love me some Men in Heels!

• Rebecca Romijn asks her husband to wear heels

• Dads go to extreme heights to score Hannah Montana tickets for their kids. In related news, Payless recalls ‘Hannah Montana’ boots.  

The Baltimore Sun rides the wave of Croc-hate. I have to say, the anti-Croc movement has reached some momentum–I hope the result will be visible on the feet of our fellow-pedestrians! (PS: Crocs are also prone to escalator incidents.)

Intermittent cries for more comfortable and stylish footwear heard all over the world–in this edition, Suffering fashionista, heel thyself!

Finally, in The New York Times, Kathleen Egan waxes poetic over women’s unexplainable attraction to shoes such as these (from Dior):

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