Nina Ricci Defies Gravity
posted by: nicksmom03 in Fall 2009 Shoes, Fashion Week, General, High heels, Nina Ricci Shoes, Trend Alert, Walking Disasters on March 5th, 2009
Ya’ll remember Posh and how she blithely strolled down the stairs at her Fragrance launch last year in Antonio Berardi heel-less hoofers? You’ll remember, at the time that we here at shoeblog held a mini-mock trial to determine if she was utterly bonkers or just an amazing fashion maven. At the time, the pro-Poshers showed very strongly. There is something about her that is deer-in-the-headlights fascinating. She is the reason all the haute couturiers are still in business (I jest, but only slightly). Turns out that she is probably both crazy and amazing but at the same time a veritable Fashion Trend Oracle. Take a gander at what Nina Ricci just showed for Fall 2009.
(photo nymag.com)
Those look like weapons.
I am searching for additional photos, because these have a bit of a trompe l’oeil effect because of the textured background. Yes, the middle and right shoe do, in fact, have heels attached to them, but the heels dangle in the air HIGH above the pronounced platform. Apparently, these added some extreme height to the models. Are you ready for this…these made the ELEVEN inches taller. Almost a whole foot. Yeesh. Sounds like a tall tale (ouch! bad joke) This trend is getting ridiculous. Apparently, the platforms in shoes like this are very heavily weighted toward the toe, the idea being that this will prevent you from falling backward. I suppose there is some credibility to this as no model fell at the Nina Ricci show. There have been quite a few tumbles this season, most notably at Brian Reyes in New York where the models wore perfectly normal, heeled shoes but 5 of them fell. 5! And they literally fell out of their shoes.
Here is a photo from fashionologie.com showing a model carrying the shoes in question:
They don’t look dangerous at all. And yet, they toppled 5 pro-walkers. The shoes wreaked so much havoc that the models ALL went barefoot during the finale. I think this was to prevent the potential domino effect that could have been wrought by the fiendish footwear in the finale.
(photo from daylife.com)
I guess that just proves the credo that it’s the innocent-looking ones that’ll get you in the end.
UPDATED:
Here are a few more photos from Nina Ricci Fall 2009.
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November 28, 2009 at 4:50 am, Qiana Markham said:
Originality in fashion is about timing. That is the skill to be mastered, new idea or not. The best designers create fashion at the right time and are influenced by everything. We must all use our voices accordingly.
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October 28, 2009 at 6:35 pm, anna said:
Interestingly, these shoes were originally designed for a MAN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBHCvPxWIg
September 11, 2009 at 6:35 am, galligator said:
It is not uncommon for high-end designers to copy ideas from low-end/alternative/fetish styles – & vice versa. There are few truly original ideas in fashion.
September 10, 2009 at 11:15 pm, shamless stolen said:
The shoe design is shameless stolen from a german designer kronier.com !! a german designer from Berlin !! have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGePKfA9WEU&fe…
and discover how shamless he copy the design !!
September 10, 2009 at 9:30 pm, superfurry said:
Nina Riccia stole the design of this shoes shamless from the german designer Jochen Kronier check his website underrr thed section shoes and find out that he designed this shoe already few years ago even on youtube there are video clips of Jochen Kronier.
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March 07, 2009 at 11:25 am, kickersshoes said:
they say these heel-less shoes are easy to walk in, but the truth is that it's hard to believe (just by watching them)… anyway, still beautiful.
March 07, 2009 at 10:32 am, twinkletoes said:
Yes, r5bales2, the models do have to wear the shoe provided. Often times the shoes are WAY too small. Occasionally they are too big, but unless the model literally cannot cram her foot into the shoes, she wears what they give her.
The models provide their shoe sizes when they are booked for a job. However, they often lie about their sizes because they worry that they won't get booked if the designer doesn't make a shoe in their size.
March 07, 2009 at 9:03 am, Julie said:
These should be put in a display window and not on the feet of any living being! gosh that's insanity! And I don't even think they're pretty…
March 07, 2009 at 8:27 am, r5bales2 said:
Is it true that the model has to wear the shoe provided? Too small? tough. Too big? tough. Maybe they were falling out because the shoe was too big.
March 07, 2009 at 7:56 am, arnessa said:
You know I have seen shoes like this before, just not on actual women. The higher they get, the more these look like drag queen shoes, give or take a heel.
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