Iron Man and Louboutins
posted by: jitterbugbaby in Celebrity Shoe Style, Christian Louboutin Shoes, High heels on May 6th, 2008
Being a cinephile as well as a shoe lover, I often find myself in a position to be checking out the footwear in movies.
This goes for pretty much any kind of film. Historical drama? Yep. Comic book adaptation? Hell yes.
I’m speaking, of course, of Iron Man, which I saw last night. Even if you don’t like comic books, this one’s a good time in the movie theater. It’s action-adventure and funny and well-directed and -acted, too.
And Gwyneth Paltrow (she of the Givenchy gladiator heels and the Zanotti gladiator sandals) rocks several beautiful pairs of Louboutins. Looks like her recent determination to wear only the highest of heels to her public appearances is leftover from filming.
The first noteworthy pair of Pepper Potts’s pumps (try saying that five times fast) is your basic round-toe black version.
This one can be yours for a mere $550, though I can’t guarantee it’ll give you Pepper’s managerial mastery over the complicated life of your boss/love interest/engineering genius/friendly neighborhood superhero.
But it’s the second pair (worn through the final sequence) that I couldn’t take my eyes off of.
Need to see those close up? I thought so.
A still photo doesn’t convey just exactly how much these shoes look like fetish footwear. The woman not only wears them over metal grates (though, of course, her stiletto heel doesn’t sink into the holes like a mere mortal’s would), but actually running. For her life. It’s unreal. And while my feminist side is up in anger over the fact that Pepper has to trust her life to running in these shoes that must be nearly 6″ high while Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) gets to fly supersonically around the world in a high-tech full-body-armor suit of near invincibility, I also sort of wanted to lick these, they were so beautiful and elegant.
Ah well, we all get to hold conflicting ideologies in our minds when we want them, no? Well, this will just have to be one of mine.
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May 12, 2010 at 11:23 am, Minyon said:
I saw Iron Man 2 on Sunday and seeing the Louboutins on Pepper made me gasp. I leaned over and informed my male friend, those shoes are $500. He didn't care, but I was very pleased that I identified the Louboutins correctly.
February 05, 2009 at 11:18 pm, kenny said:
She looks pretty!Nice shoes!
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May 27, 2008 at 4:21 am, Cecilia said:
Kay and Hitterbugbaby,
I love the Tenue shoes. I have them in gold and would love to get them in black but I haven't been able to find them in my size anywhere. For anyone looking for them and lucky enough to be a size 7 – they are currently available on ebay. I'll continue my hunt for a size 9.
May 14, 2008 at 8:58 pm, Faye said:
Dego, I have those louboutins and on a size 9 it is a 5.5 inch heel. I think being off by .5 is "nearly 6 inches" don't you?
Jitterbugbaby, I'm pretty sure they are called "tenue" by christian louboutin. They were for Spring/Summer '07 so it's not going to be easy finding them, but it's not impossible. I have the gold pair and that's pretty much the only thing you'll find. I looked on ebay and there are four pairs right now. If they aren't your size you just have to hunt for them and look back on ebay every once in a while. They always have more people trying to sell either lightly worn or new louboutins.
May 14, 2008 at 4:54 am, CBNash said:
I really thought I was alone and crazy for noticing the "red bottoms" when she was running… Thank you for assuring me that I am not : ) After I saw them I couldn't even focus on the rest of the movie… my shoe fetish would not allow me to stop wishing for and envisioning myself in those heels (last sequence)…*sigh*
May 13, 2008 at 6:06 pm, Dego said:
The second pair is nowhere near 6" high, quit your dreaming.
May 09, 2008 at 2:39 pm, jitterbugbaby said:
Kay, I've checked around, and while they're pretty clearly Louboutins (red sole, super high heel, classy silhouette, satin knot over the toe), they don't seem to be readily available for purchase. Anyone, please feel free to prove me wrong here, but these might have been a special custom project.
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May 09, 2008 at 7:52 am, Kay said:
about those heels she wears at the end of the movie – can anyone tell me where I might be able to buy a pair?
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May 09, 2008 at 2:00 am, REY said:
Both are classy yet sexy. Both look more vintage 40's then modern. Way to go!
May 07, 2008 at 2:13 am, Shoecraze said:
Gwyneth looks amazing! Even after giving birth twice, she still has one of the best bodies ever! And I think we can definitely talk about a stiletto-fetishist here…
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May 06, 2008 at 9:55 am, Olivia said:
I saw Ironman the other day. I turned to my friend and said "omg she's wearing Louboutins!" He looked at me weirdly.
Though I did wonder how she ran in stilletos on extremely hole-y floors and not trip over