The year was 2009, and in spite of the current lack of radical fashion on the runways, Maison Martin Margiela released a pair of shoes that defied the year’s conventional aesthetic: Clear, Cinderella style glass-like heels that encased the wearer’s pedicured feet.
Since they were made of glass and sold by the shoe rather than by the pair, the limited edition shoes were even more rare and served as a design object rather than a pair of shoes that you could actually wear. For one, you could only find them in Maison Martin Margiela stores around the globe, and retailed for $1,290 for one shoe or $2,578 for a pair.
If you ever happen to find a pair floating around on eBay or in s high-end thrift store, use them (or one) as bookends on a neatly stacked bookcase full of your favorite tomes, or place one on a table full of succulents, plants, tchotchkes and trinkets. Equal parts dainty and delicate, if placed on the foot of anyone, they’d likely crack under pressure once whoever was wearing them stood up.
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