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Designer deja-vu: the mop as inspiration for Louboutin and Diane von Furstenberg

Our own Shomore wrote about these Christian Louboutin fringe peep-toes a while back in our ‘Walking Disasters’ section on the Forums. She likened the styling with a car-wash mop. Well, it seems not only that the mop design is desirable enough to be reprised by CL, but also trendy enough to be assimilated into other designer collections. Oh, the humanity!

Below, Christian Louboutin Fringe-Front ankle bootie, $1145 at Neiman Marcus:

And this is a Diane von Furstenberg design for evening pumps, from Harper’s Bazaar, September 2007 issue:

I don’t know about you, but this last one makes me blush a little.