I know, I know: saying that a Louboutin is pretty is like shooting fish in a barrel, but truth be told, I’m not crazy after ALL his styles, and there is a certain market saturation that triggers stylistic monotony (he’s almost TOO popular, if you know what I mean). Not so for this Alta Perla sandal: when I saw it, my heart gave a slight jolt, and I sighed the sigh of contentment I reserve for True Beauty:

Too bad True Beauty has to come with Utter Impracticality, but that’s the way things go sometimes in the shoe world. This jewel of a shoe is $955 at Barneys or Net-a-Porter.