Would you pay $3,600 to walk on your tippy-toes?

They would go well with most things in your wardrobe, since few colours clash with gold or silver snakeskin.

But the sensible girl would team these shoes with a crash helmet and an instruction manual.

The 5 1/2in creations by Briton Antonio Berardi can hardly be described as high heels, since they lack the most important part - a heel.
For the bargain price of £1,800, the wearer will get to totter around with all her weight balanced on a thickened platform sole.

Unsurprisingly, fashionistas are jostling to buy a pair.

Stars including Gwyneth Paltrow and Uma Thurman invested in a black patent version costing more than £1,100, shortly after they were unveiled in Berardi's spring/summer collection in Paris.

And Victoria Beckham apparently has a snakeskin pair.

They are going on sale in Browns stores in London, where they have to be ordered up to five weeks in advance.

Lincolnshire-born Berardi, 39, said he was inspired by Latin American music and 1980s post-modernism, adding: "When you walk, it is almost on tiptoe. You look really dainty."

A spokesman for his Paris-based fashion house said: "The shoe has a bigger platform sole which stretches back further than normal and gives support under the arch of the foot.

"When walking though, you have to put your toe rather than your heel down first and you cannot wear them for very long.

"They are not dangerous because you would have to lean quite far back before you fell over."

Podiatrists, who have already warned about the health impact of high heels, were less impressed.

Michael Paynton, chairman of the British Chiropody and Podiatry Association, said: "The heel is there to stabilise.

"When you elevate the rear of the foot it makes you lean forward, which is bad for both the back and the foot.

"The front of the foot ends up taking the weight of the bulk of your body, which can in turn do damage to the tendons in your legs by shortening them.

"I certainly would not recommend these shoes."

The Berardi shoes were joined on the season's catwalks by stilt-like sandals from Alexander McQueen, Nina Ricci heels shaped like a bear's claw and Yves Saint Laurent strappy sandals with a reed-thin metal sole.

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Re: Would you pay $3,600 to walk on your tippy-toes?

I'd have no shot. I can barely walk in low heels. lol

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That an not be good for your feet, your feet are important, i wouldnt treat them that way.

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um, no.

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I don't leven ike paying $50 to walk in heels! Forget about these things.

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they don't look so bad-
if they're 5 1/2", then 2" are lost on a platform, so your arch is really only handling a 3 1/2" heel. The platform extends a good 3/4 of the way up the shank, which looks pretty thick and supportive. I don't think you have to walk any differently than with any other high heel.

Though I hate high heels, so I'm a no.

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You know what would look awesome with those shoes?
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BLAM!

Now you've got some real bling action!

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I feel like those shoes are one of those pictures from Highlights magazine where things are missing and you have to figure out what it is...eeks..

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I can't wait to see the first video of someone falling backwards in those.

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This is a testament to exactly how silly women can be sometimes

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I think they're Fugly

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Those are literally just made to wear on a photo shoot, never take a step in and then take off. That is the ONLY way they could be worn!

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I wouldn't wear them if they were free.

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they just look hideous.

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Posted by Preguntas

they don't look so bad-
if they're 5 1/2", then 2" are lost on a platform, so your arch is really only handling a 3 1/2" heel. The platform extends a good 3/4 of the way up the shank, which looks pretty thick and supportive. I don't think you have to walk any differently than with any other high heel.

I love that you really analyzed this shoe and also that you referred to the shank as being pretty thick

Boredom forces me to be easily amused.

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oy my!
i'll pass on those!

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I am already kept on my toes enough. I sold my life for the pleasure

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I find them ugly and so not feminine. There are so many pretty shoes that I don't even know why would people wear those.

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No way!!

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OMG, W T F

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I think I would fall over and break my knees.

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Definitely the ugliest shoes I've ever seen...I wouldn't pay 36 cents for them.

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Her calves must kill!

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They are sooo gross! I would never!