I first spotted these odd shoes on who other than Victoria Beckham, the queen of impractical ready-to-wear. You'll find this type of S&M inspired fashion from designers like Antonio Berardi.
These shoes look like pure torture to me. Do you see how this poor girl's foot is contorted inside the shoe? Am I the only one that thinks of Chinese foot binding practices when looking at these heels?
I have yet to find a pair in a store but I promise to attempt walking in them when I do finally spot a pair.
You're probably wondering how it's even possible to walk in heel that offer no heel at all. According to blog post on The Cut, Hadley Freeman of the Guardian describe it as follows:
I think the trick is that the shoes are extremely
heavy, because they are deliberately weighted in the platform base
under the toe. This means that all your weight is forced forwards and
then downwards, so you literally cannot tip backwards and there isn't
any of that teeter-totter nonsense you get with normal heels.
Hopefully desigers will give up on this craziness and start working on shoes that a woman would actually be able to wear without looking stupid.
