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Clearly, the highest heel I have ever seen!

Angie

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http://www.shopbop.com/wedge-b.....ze-viewall

And this is what super models have to wear down the runway.

15 years ago

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Latest reply was from Scarlet

Louise

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I doubt I'd even be able to stand in something that high!!! x

15 years ago

annagybe

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I think the Alexander McQueen Armadillo shoes were higher but I"m not sure if they ever made to sell. Lady Gaga was sporting a pair in one of her videos.

15 years ago

Boof

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Poor models! Seriously, I find heels that high cartoonish. I just don't find them attractive at all. I would break both ankles in about 15 seconds.

15 years ago

Sarah

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I"m starting to see these pop up in more mainstream stores (mainstream = where I shop, I guess, hehe) and I just can not imagine trying to walk, drive, or even stand in the things.
And I love wearing as high of a heel as I can manage, too. But these just seem impossible!

15 years ago

Michelle

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That's not a shoe. That's a menace.

15 years ago

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The Alexander McQueen's were on Rachel Zoe last night and she said they were 12 inch heels!!! Rachel was wearing boots with 7 inch heels and had to be carried to the beach and then was given a piece of wood to stand on. I guess such shoes are seen as fashionable but they are not practical in real life.

15 years ago

tarzy

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My back hurts just looking at those.

15 years ago

Angie

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Were they these? Theatrical runway stuff, if I have the right pair of shoes:

http://trendsupdates.com/alexa.....nstrument/

The ones I posted are from shopbop!

15 years ago

April

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Good grief, Angie. That's just bizarre.

I was in a doctor's waiting room yesterday and a woman who is due to give birth this week came in wearing 6-inch heels with a 1-inch platform. In bare feet, this woman would have been close to 6 feet tall. With the heels, she was certainly making a statement, though I'm not sure what it was. Maybe "I have no common sense"?

15 years ago

annagybe

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Yup Angie those are the ones I was talking about.

15 years ago

chewyspaghetti

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I heard that models have been protesting some of the super tall shoes. Maybe we should take a lesson from them?

15 years ago

bj1111

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i'm not sure models "wear" these down the runway...rather, they fall down the runway in them.

15 years ago

Carole

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GOOD GRIEF! That's about all I can say...

15 years ago

MsMaven

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I wonder if you have to sign a release of liability when you buy a pair. I see lawsuits there. Hm, I wonder if anyone has ever sued a shoe manufacturer for making and selling hazardous shoes that lead to injury.

15 years ago

Tara

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Preposterous. That is all.

15 years ago

taylor

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nose bleed territory

15 years ago

Kristen

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Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as "too high a heel".

15 years ago

medusa

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Angie, thanks for posting these photos - I needed a laugh.

15 years ago

Maya

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Even Taylor can't get behind these! That's saying something.

I love those Alexander McQueen shoes. I have wanted to try them ever since seeing them (TRY THEM, not walk or even stand up in them...)

I saw a girl wearing those heelless shoes at the Museum of Natural History a while back and she didn't seem the least bit uncomfortable or unstable. Wild huh?

15 years ago

shana

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Those Alexander McQueen shoes scare me - for some reason they remind me of cloven hoofs and then I automatically think of the devil!

15 years ago

Sparky

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Oh, I remember those McQueen shoes! The lobster claws . . .

The red suede shoes Angie posted originally are technically 3.75" heels if you subtract the 2" platform. But I'd break my neck in those.

Where are all those shorter-heeled pumps we were promised for the coming season?? I did see a few new ones on the AT website ~ two inch kitten heels, yay!

15 years ago

Maya

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Steph and I noticed lots of 2.5" heels at Aerosoles and Camper at the DC meetup. I have actually never found 2.5" heels hard to find. It's the 2" or less that aren't orthopedic that are hard. I hope we see more of those.

15 years ago

Angie

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Sparky, I think the shoes I posted are 5.75 inch wedges without the platform. Don't you think?

The Alexander Queen shoes are ugly :0(

15 years ago

Lisa

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These shoes are ridiculous. What is this, a dare?

15 years ago

Sparky

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Angie, you must be right. I just looked at the side view again. Looking at the back view of the shoe, makes me think the shoe has been zapped through a time warp and stretched beyond creation.

I'd love to see user reviews posted on this shoe!

15 years ago

Maya

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I don't think the point of the AM shoes is to be pretty. I just like their wacky futuristic feel and shape. There is something about them that makes me search for them every once in a while. They really stick in my mind. There are lots of crazy catwalk shoes out there but for some reason those have me mesmerized.

15 years ago