Shoes continue to reach for the stars
posted by: Shomore in Christian Louboutin Shoes, Manolo Blahnik Shoes, Trend Alert, Walking Disasters on November 12th, 2008
Next fall, Christian Louboutin will be introducing 8″ inch platform shoes to adoring fans around the world. According to Louboutin, “I hear they can be painful but women keep asking for them.”
Even Manolo Blahnik, of SATC fame, is designing heels in the upper stratosphere. While most of his heels stand tall at the 3-4″ inch mark, reports are that Blahnik’s 6″ inch heels, which were newly introduced this year, already make up 30% of his business (Note: I’m somewhat doubtful of this. I cannot find ANY 6 inch Manolos on Saks and Neimans and I suspect these two department stores account for much of his sales).
Now, I have a hard time walking in shoes with 3+ inch heels and maybe 4 inchers if the shoes sit on a platform. When I do wear high heels, I am not hiking great distances as I’m trying to look good, not run a marathon. I’m willing to endure for the sake of beauty and fashion. But, these ridiculous heel heights are where I draw the line. I will not risk an embarrassing fall, endanger my body, or wear something so utterly impractical, even if it will make me stand as tall as a model.
Readers, let me ask you. Would you wear 8 inch stilettos? Or have you also seen the peak of shoe heights and, like the stock market, think what goes up will come down too? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Before you weigh in, for a little perspective and visualization purposes, these stunning and sexy Louboutin Altadama Pumps ($995 at Saks) in exotic watersnake have 5 1/4″ heels.
And all my shoe sympathies go out to this poor model who fell not just once but twice (make sure you catch the end of the video) in a span of 24 seconds.
Sources: WSJ and TheAustralian
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August 17, 2009 at 5:50 am, jo said:
So, it's now a year later and just where *are* these eight-inch Louboutin heels?
They're not on his website. They're not on Zappos'/Nordstrum's/Barney's website.
There's been no further mention anywhere at all since the 'announcement' last year.
Have plans been shelved? Are they instead running late? Was this purely a rumour just to get column inches and people talking?
June 17, 2009 at 3:49 am, Robert said:
I love seeing women wearing those insanely high 7" and 8" high heels.
Any women out there enjoy wearing them?
e-mail a pic to me at offering423@hotmail.com if you'd like!
November 24, 2008 at 10:12 am, Nadia said:
I love my heels and am very comfortable in them, but my highest are 5" and after I wear them & put on regular stilettos I feel as if I am wearing flats, so I don't know about 8"! Not to mention that walking down the slope in our front lot is incredibly difficult in 5" heels already!
I am all for height, but that seems a bit absurd–at least with 3 – 5 you can hide it in a platform…with eight inches, how are they going to look?!
Although, since I'm only 5'2" it would be fun to get a pair and scare my 6'4" hubby when he comes home by showing up at the door to greet him as a 5'10" wife all of a sudden…hahaha
November 18, 2008 at 1:46 am, taniabella said:
I would NOT wear 8 inch heels. I mean, come on! that's just wrong. Although I do sympathize with women who are shorter and want some extra height, I do not encourage them to wear anything higher than 4 inches. How do people walk in anything higher than that?! Its crazy! It still boggles my mind how SJP can walk to gracefully and fluidly on Sex and the City in such high heels! Its just not me. All my super high heels, i call my "sitting shoes". I wear them when im going to dinner or somewhere where they can be admired, but that i dont have to walk very much in them. That's pretty much all they're good for
November 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm, heney said:
GREAT ! It looked like that mini-catwalk was waxed!
November 13, 2008 at 12:40 am, astrid paramita said:
Oh dear God no way! 3 inches is already painful enough for me. I think the most curve I can get from my feet is probably 4 inches.
I'm not tall and I love having the long leg illusion, but wearing heels everyday when I have to run for the bus is too just damn impractical. I will probably reconsider when I have a car
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November 12, 2008 at 7:52 am, graymnnce said:
Wearing really high heels is a lot like ice skating: it is either very graceful or totally disastrous – nothing in between. Requires grim determination, a finely-developed sense of balance, and a lot of practice. Also a careful evaluation of the surface you're walking on – it looked like that mini-catwalk was waxed!
November 12, 2008 at 2:55 am, galligator said:
I had heard that. What most disturbed me is that there is either a laugh track or the audience is laughing on the video. I certainly wasn't laughing. As I read somewhere else recently(Paraphrasing from memory): If models.who are trained to walk in high heels, are falling – what chance do we mere mortal women stand?
Oh, and my highest is a 5 inch wedge with 1 inch platform. I've twisted my ankle in athletic shoes & have no intention trying that in heels.
November 12, 2008 at 2:24 am, twinkletoes said:
Have heard that fashionistas are now getting foot botox to kill the pain of walking in those suckers?
Says the Doctor of weird procedures: "'The procedure won't make their feet look any better but it will certainly protect the nerves and the soft tissue and make walking in their heels much easier. For many women this procedure is a godsend.'"
November 12, 2008 at 1:56 am, GiGi said:
Each year the heel heights get taller and taller. I'm only 4'11" so I can only appear so tall. Four inches is where I draw the line
November 12, 2008 at 12:54 am, ray said:
Oh yeah! Those are just my style and speed. Perfect for the office or going out. But the price maybe a bit to much for my blood.