Would you wear this shoe aptly named ‘front heel’ Scary Beautiful shoes designed by South African student artist, Leanie van der Vyver as a critique on the fashion industry’s quest for perfection?
Dutch shoe maker René van den Berg fabricated the wacky design, which landed designer Leanie a nomination for the prestigious Gerrit Rietveld design prize at her university in Holland.
Leanie, from Cape Town, South Africa designed the pair as her graduation project at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
‘I wrote my Thesis about how humans have been playing God with their bodies, constantly searching for the ultimate perfection and I discovered that this perfection has reached a climax in the fashion and beauty industry. Heels can not get higher any higher,’ she said.
‘Scary Beautiful challenges current beauty ideals by inflicting an unexpected new beauty standard,’ she said.
‘This work is ambiguous, and I enjoy the mixed feelings it is provoking in people who see them. This was always my intention,’ added Leanie.
Really awkward lookn 4nw,bt trust gals 2 normalize it wen it feels d streets as evry1 wnts 2gt it.
This is madness magnified
My personal opinion- It looks like crutches, but I like d craziness n I aprc8 her cr8ivity
@ least she ȋ̝̊̅ڪ makin use ☀̤̣̈̇f her brain instead ☀̤̣̈̇f being idle
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dis is no shoe, but madness.