The Other Shoe Drops



The Comma Heel from 2012 collection and 2 Comma Heel's from Roger Vivier from 1950's



Ok so I haven’t written about shoes in a while. But truly I haven’t found any shoes that have excited me. Despite the recent crop of extreme shoes have come through in the last couple of seasons none of these shoes have seem to really capture my imagination. Until now! My new shoe obsession is the from Dior’s Fall 2012 collection. Coming from Raf Simon’s first show for Dior the shoe harkens back to Roger Vivier comma heel of the 1950’s. There is a strange simplicity to the shoe, but that warped heel speaks greater volume than any pieces of feathers or spikes on other shoes. I love the ergonomic heal of the shoe that just seems to defy physics and logic as well as, well, practicality. But therein lays true luxury of the item; something that doesn’t make sense and has no utilitarian purpose, it just makes our life more beautiful, more interesting. The price tag of this beauty: I don’t really know, which can only mean one thing, they are expensive as hell. But if anyone would like to purchase these lovely shoes for me, Christmas is around the corner (despite the fact that I’m Jewish I’m always willing to accept gifts.)