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Would You Wear These ‘Scary Beautiful’ Front-Heeled Shoes?

Just when you thought you’d seen all there was to see in the field of footwear, someone comes along and makes a pair that looks like this. The “front heel” Scary Beautiful shoes are the product of a collaboration between artist Leanie van der Vyver and Dutch shoe designer René van den Berg, and as they tell it, the vertiginous footwear provides commentary on our standards of physical beauty:

Humans are playing God by physically and metaphorically perfecting themselves. Beauty is currently at an all time climax, allowing this project to explore what lies beyond perfection.

Scary Beautiful challenges current beauty ideals by inflicting an unexpected new beauty standard.

Unexpected, indeed! When we heard “front heels” we weren’t quite sure what to think, other than trying to recall whether Daphne Guinness‘ collection might have included a pair, but these definitely fit the bill. We have a sneaking suspicion that Alexander McQueen, ever fascinated with the masochistic side of accessories, would have been a fan of the design. As for us, we’re definitely intrigued by the idea, but just watching the video of that poor model makes our toes curl:


[Leanie van der Vyver Laughing Squid]



  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1152823426 Megan Hartley

    Ridiculous. She looks a like a zombie and shoes like those would give the knee replacement industry billions of dollars. Dumb idea.

  • http://myindigolives.wordpress.com/ Ellie K

    They’re scary but they aren’t beautiful. Remind me of an orthopedic appliance for rehabilitation or the infirm. Those “shoes” make a young healthy woman, who would have no problem striding along in 5″ heels (or barefoot) instead, walk with the same gait and posture as an elderly person with advanced osteoporosis or worse.

    Very strange idea for design, especially from the Netherlands. Hideous clay yellow color too!

  • Nothing here but me

    kinda creepy

  • http://www.facebook.com/angiedoo2 Angie Deuson Graves

    That is freakishly creepy. Let’s go back to foot binding and wearing corsets.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Amber-Fashing-Martin/100001064104128 Amber Fashing-Martin

    that would suck, if she had been drinking too much and had diarrhea.

  • http://twitter.com/DenToraman Deniz Toraman

    It looks like she’s out of toilet paper and walking to the supply closet to get it. It’s ridiculous.

  • greg

    Why didn’t she do the walk with those shoes with a longer dress? She is disgusting!! what is she trying to show?

  • tom

    This girl forgot her pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • nick

    Looks like she is having a big doubt of diarrhea.

  • Mel

    You can almost see her inside her dress is so short!

  • Rick

    She is shameless! Where r her pants!!!

  • Lisa

    Is she trying to show the shoes or her butt!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jill

    Looks like her posture to try and relieve constipation!!!

  • Greg

    Good one!!!! Or trying to let it fall on the floor since she’s not wearing any clothers!!!

  • Greg

    “clothes”!

  • manny

    LOL!!!! That’s exactly what it looks like she has!!!

  • Leonard

    I know!! Maybe they came off with all that diarrhea that she was having!!!

  • Janet

    Both she and the cameraman should be ashamed of themselves!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Hopkins/100001574081856 Neil Hopkins

    That has to be the stupidest thing ever.

  • Anonymous

    Finally some shoes that work out your thigs and buttocks as you wear it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kathleen.shimp Kathleen Shimp

    All I will give them is that they have the “scary” part right. That’s it.

  • krs

    I want to know what has happened that women are allowing designers to influence them to wear shoes that are not only ugly but dangerous. When did women start getting so stupid again?? You young women think you are so savy and sophisticated but you don’t see how you are being used for money making purposes only!! Do you honestly think for one minute men would allow themselves to bu used this way. Wake up young ladies, women have fought for gemnerations to get awy from this nonsense and you are like lambs being led to the slaughter.

  • Key

    This looks evil related

  • crazythang

    i always joked around what if they made shoes with heels in the front ? i didn’t think it was actually gonna happen…..

  • AMZ

    It’s clearly an art piece rather than something intended for commercial retail. It’s designed to get people to think about where we are going with these ridiculous fashion trends and body morphology. People aren’t really that naive, are they?

  • joyin

    Looks like zombie walking?

  • gest

    im reading all the comments and laughing so hard my stomach aches :D there are some funny comments here <3

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