Paris Fashion Week 2009: Epilogue
posted by: nicksmom03 in Fall 2009 Shoes, Fashion Week, General, Louis Vuitton Shoes on March 24th, 2009
Though the assorted Fashion Weeks for Fall 2009 have come and gone, I have decided to do one more designer specific post. Louis Vuitton (which is to say, Marc Jacobs and his specific brand of Frenchified crazy) showed at the very end of Paris Fashion Week. Initially, I was not going to post about the shoes, but then, like the Kylie Minogue song of the the same name, I just can’t get ‘em out of my head. And since misery loves company, here’s a bit of my obsession comin’ atcha.
The source of my obsession are the “hourglass heels” (see my fancy made up wordage?) on each shoe.
Exhibit A:
This pair in particular eez so Freaaaanch, non? With the velvet bow, red and black motif, beads, and a bit of sparkle, that there is a can-can dancer reincarnated as a shoe. But I digress. So often, the heels that designers stick on shoes are pure shock value all the way. Often, it’s fabulous. Don’t stop, designers! You would leave we shoebloggers with significantly less to write about. However, here is an unusual heel on an awesome shoe that seems like it would help rather than hurt the wearer. I mean just look at it. Increased groundage-to-heel ratio = more practical shoe. And that’s jut a mathematical fact.
The other thing I think is awesome about these is this entire power play scenario that I developed in my head where you got bigger beads on your hourglass shoe if you were a more “popular” model. Like if a model books a big job, she gets to trade up her bead size or something. It’s like in middle school, where the popular girls had progressively fancier and fancier friendship bracelets. But that’s clearly just in my head OR IS IT? Look here:
HER BEADS ARE BIGGER THAN MINE!
Sheesh. Now I’m not digressing, I’m regressing.
This delightful motif also showed in the super dramatic thigh-high boots that Marc showed. Some were metallic, some had full-on patent leather lace up (dominatrix whip sold separately). Here are some more photos.
I WANT the white ones more than I want to breathe. OK, that’s a smidgen of an overstatement. So do these babies get you guys all choked up inside the way they do me? Or have I finally gone off the deep end. (Mind you, positive answers to both questions will be accepted.)
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September 03, 2010 at 2:07 am, YouGGS.com – Online Magazine Updating » Blog Archive » Met Gala 2009: Shoes on the Red Carpet said:
[...] so-called hourglass heels from Louis Vuitton that Twinkletoes wrote about so amusingly during Paris Fashion Week earlier this year were EVERYWHERE last night! And I do mean [...]
June 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm, Miss Jess said:
That shoe is ugly, the idea seem gud but the hourglass shoe is totally off
May 10, 2009 at 11:46 pm, Su said:
Im sorry, but the 'hourglass heels' they look so.. awkward.
The elevated bit in front is too chunky, combined with the thick material around the ankle [ its not a ankle strap, its an ankle wrap].
That particular photo of the white hourglass heel..
looks like the feet of a horse with a white hoof.
May 05, 2009 at 7:07 am, Met Gala 2009: Shoes on the Red Carpet | ShoeBlog said:
[...] so-called hourglass heels from Louis Vuitton that Twinkletoes wrote about so amusingly during Paris Fashion Week earlier this year were EVERYWHERE last night! And I do mean [...]
April 06, 2009 at 7:58 am, wholesale organic je said:
love the design, even i won't wear them myself
March 26, 2009 at 4:43 am, Recent Happenings in the Fashion World « Cheap Clothes Rule said:
[...] Paris Fashion Week 2009 Epilogue – after slating catwalks in the previous paragraoh, we have to rain our tails in a little. Some of the designs from Paris 2009 looked stunning. [...]
March 25, 2009 at 9:09 am, trainingheels said:
I love the red-and-pinky color-by-numbers! But then, almost nothing is too outrageous for me, so I'd wear those on a conservative day… The boots are like snakes about to swallow the poor rodents of your legs whole, but if I could afford em, I'd try em. Of course, if I could afford them, I'd be whisked around in a limo and wouldn't have to walk in them, though you're right, Scarlet, they look pretty stable. Well done twinks!
March 25, 2009 at 1:05 am, Scarlet said:
Love these! I was just commenting to someone who was complaining about the instability of heels that she needed to look for ones placed directly under her center of gravity (i.e. slightly forward from the physical back of the foot) and that flared a bit at the bottom. These are fab and would indeed be easy to wear (the platform in the front helps with arch strain, too). Go, Marc Jacbos and Louis Vuitton!