Towering wedges and heel–less shoes are the latest fashion footwear
[2008-3-31]
Feast your eyes on these shoes: they are the shape of things to come. Louis Vuitton’s footwear statement for autumn is a clodhopping court, balanced on a 17cm heel. Yes, you read that right – 17cm (7in to you old-school types). There is already a waiting list, and when they hit the shops later this year, they will be the highest heels in fashiondom, pipping the current title-holder, a pair of 16cm black ponyskin shoes by Christian Louboutin, created for the designer Roland Mouret. Add to this the spooky 14cm heelless boots that Antonio Berardi introduced for spring/summer 2008 and the 14cm Terminator sandals by the cult cobbler Alejandro Ingelmo – which have all but sold out in Harvey Nichols (customers are also clamouring for his equally fearsome Thriller sandals) – and a clear picture emerges. Shoes are getting taller and wilder.
“The hardest thing to sell at the moment is a black kitten heel,” says Rebecca Farrar-Hockley, the buying and creative director of Kurt Geiger. According to her, a shoe boom is nigh, spurred on by It-bag fatigue and pared-down ready-to-wear. “Women who want to look edgy are doing it with their shoes,” she says. For retailers, it is a bonanza. Farrar-Hockley expects the £4.6 billion UK shoe market to grow by at least 10% in the next five years. “The profit margin on shoes and bags is comparable, yet people buy three times as many shoes as they do bags,” she continues.
“The hardest thing to sell at the moment is a black kitten heel,” says Rebecca Farrar-Hockley, the buying and creative director of Kurt Geiger. According to her, a shoe boom is nigh, spurred on by It-bag fatigue and pared-down ready-to-wear. “Women who want to look edgy are doing it with their shoes,” she says. For retailers, it is a bonanza. Farrar-Hockley expects the £4.6 billion UK shoe market to grow by at least 10% in the next five years. “The profit margin on shoes and bags is comparable, yet people buy three times as many shoes as they do bags,” she continues.
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