Not my cup of tea, although I admire tne “engineering” that is necesary to make this work. But make me thing of those Marc Jacobs shoes from a few seasons (hated them).
[...] took me at least 30 seconds of looking at these shoes to realize that the woman wasn’t floating two inches off the ground and what I thought were shadows [...]
[...] These shoes are very strange. What looks like a women floating in the air is in fact a rather nifty sole of the shoe, made to give the wearer apparent levitation powers. [...]
genius, these blur the lines between shadow and shoe, playing with you mind, and sense of reality. I design and make shoes by hand, and the intricate engineering that goes into this is mind boggling.
I actually have a great deal of trouble trying to see the heels as a shadow. They just appear to obviously be heels to me. Yet, at the same time, they’re a bit hard for me to look at. I can kind of see where people might be getting the illusion from, but it just entirely fails to work on me. Try as I might, I can’t see the levitation at all.
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
very cool and interesting shoe
its seems like a more wearable interpretation of that kind of heel, then what marc jacobs did a while ago.
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June 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Love those shoes, great photo.
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
i have no idea where shoes ends and shadow starts, or is that the heel!!! it’s quite the optical illusion
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
INCROYABLE!!!
xx
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
weapons.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
i’d love to walk on that.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Not my cup of tea, although I admire tne “engineering” that is necesary to make this work. But make me thing of those Marc Jacobs shoes from a few seasons (hated them).
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I’m in love!
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB
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June 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
who are these by? i want them!
June 4th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Wonderful silhouette, fantastic shoes!
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June 4th, 2009 at 1:13 am
These are just silly- can’t see any positives to them-aesthetic, comfort or otherwise
June 4th, 2009 at 1:13 am
the most amazing thing i’ve seen in a while.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:17 am
they’re fascinating… i love them!
xx, Geri
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June 4th, 2009 at 2:10 am
not bad
June 4th, 2009 at 3:21 am
the art of shoes is truly amazing. these are beautiful, you always have such interesting and fantastic posts!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Ooh I like these! Very avant-garde!
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June 4th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I love it, like the extension of a good one to walk.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:17 am
trippy sneaker heels. literally!!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Cool futuristic shoes.
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June 4th, 2009 at 6:01 am
they look incredible!!
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June 4th, 2009 at 6:06 am
I looke the futuristic/surrealistic mood.
Lucy =)
http://thefashionsetter.blogspot.com
June 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am
it almost looks as if the shoes are floating, and the heels are shadows on the sidewalk.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:23 am
These are so crazy at first I couldn’t even see the heel slant.
Love them!
June 4th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Nice! As others have said, the shoes literally seem to be floating and heels look like shadows. I love.
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June 4th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Tricky little bugger, those shoes are pretty wicked tricky though
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June 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I wish she would’ve rolled up her pant legs so people can see how high they go. Chic nonetheless.
[K]
http://kingchic.wordpress.com
June 4th, 2009 at 9:45 am
[...] took me at least 30 seconds of looking at these shoes to realize that the woman wasn’t floating two inches off the ground and what I thought were shadows [...]
June 4th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Wauw the heels looks like they are shadows of the shoes, thats beautiful.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:24 am
wow, i’ve only ever heard of these. never seem then in reality!
June 4th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Beautiful! C’est tres chic.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
off the hook!
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June 4th, 2009 at 11:16 am
wow those are amazing, the slant looked like a shadow at first
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June 4th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
i want to live/sleep/die in these babies!!
wowza!!
June 5th, 2009 at 3:09 am
What in the world is going right here?!
June 5th, 2009 at 6:28 am
[...] These shoes are very strange. What looks like a women floating in the air is in fact a rather nifty sole of the shoe, made to give the wearer apparent levitation powers. [...]
June 5th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
genius, these blur the lines between shadow and shoe, playing with you mind, and sense of reality. I design and make shoes by hand, and the intricate engineering that goes into this is mind boggling.
June 6th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
That looks like a Balenciaga shoes! Loved the idea
June 7th, 2009 at 4:30 am
I actually have a great deal of trouble trying to see the heels as a shadow. They just appear to obviously be heels to me. Yet, at the same time, they’re a bit hard for me to look at. I can kind of see where people might be getting the illusion from, but it just entirely fails to work on me. Try as I might, I can’t see the levitation at all.
June 7th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Woah, I just had some trouble looking at that, and thought it was a shadow.
Very cool.
June 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Hey, nice post, very well written. You should blog more about this.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:15 am
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