Donatella Versace’s dedication of her Mens Spring/Summer 2009 Collection to Barack Obama combined with her much publicized desire to dress Hilary Clinton in more feminine pantsuits might have led excited fashionistas to think a politically-themed RTW line for Versace in Milan seemed imminent. Such was not to be the case. Donatella followed up her successful Mens show with a delicate collection where much of the beauty could be found in the details.

This was definitely one of Versace’s more subtle collections. That is said with some reservation since Versace is never really subtle. It started out with some very cool blacks and whites, then the brights came flooding in, the fabulous geometrics, the zippers. The final pieces had a huge POW! effect. They were gorgeous, multi-colored collage designs featuring the Versace medusa image.

 In the shoes, the shapes, and the accessories, hearts made a huge showing.

The heart zippers led into the zippered footwear:

And bejeweled heels:

There were three pairs of the following shoes in the show. They were unlike the others in that the were wedges with the Versace Medusa logo embedded. Here’s the thing (or things, in this case):

1. They were lucite. I don’t know what to think about think. Chris Rock advises parents to keep their daughters out of Lucite for a very good reason.

2. The front reminded me of a well-known, classic toy which is perfect for expanding dexterity and learning to piece things together (puzzles, life events, outfits, ect), but do they really work in footwear? Check these out and tell me if you note the similarity to the pieces of an erector set. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s uncanny.

So the question is, would you wear these?

Do you see the resemblance? It’s totally there!

And here is the fabled lucite heel:

One finally point. My favorite part of these shoes was….the sole! OK, maybe I am easily amused, but I thought that the yellow soles were awesome. Versace craftily used a mirrored runway to show them off. They perfectly complimented the electric blues and yellows in the show. So you can see now why I called it subtle, right?

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These are completely impractical and ridiculously high and I imagine I could barely wear them sitting down–but hot dang, aren’t they just SPECTACULAR? Seriously, this is something a futuristic femme fatale would wear–possibly while wielding her laser proton missile on her way to her XC17000 two-seater spaceship ride. If you want to own this particular version of the future, these Versace pumps are $300 at Yoox (not a bad price, but sizes are limited).

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