Giant Shoes Installation With Dozens of stainless steel pots, pans, and lids

Paris-born, Lisbon-based artist Joana Vasconcelos.

Joana Vasconcelos was born in Paris in 1971. Lives and works in Lisbon.

Marilyn takes the form of an elegant pair of high-heeled sandals, whose enlarged scale results from the use of saucepans and their respective lids. Positioned almost symmetrically, the pair refers to Marilyn Monroe’s absent figure. The unlikely yet assertive association between the saucepans and high-heeled sandals, two paradigmatic symbols of Woman’s private and public dimensions, proposes a revision of the Feminine in the light of the practices of the contemporary world. The recourse to saucepans, sign to which one would associate the traditional domestic sphere of Woman, in order to reproduce an enormous high-heeled sandal, symbol of beauty and elegance demanded by social conventions, contradicts the impossibility of the dichotomic relation of the Feminine in the domestic and social spheres. The Gulliver effect and the monumentality of the represented object thus emerge as panegyric of the feminine duality, insinuating the full realization of individuality through the subversion of the social norm.

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Shoes made from dead animals that Lady Gaga loves

Crafted from dead animals, Iris Schieferstein’s outlandish designs fetch up to £3,900 and have proved a hit with extreme dressers such as Lady Gaga.

Some of the most controversial pieces include a pair of sandals sporting stuffed doves with their wings spread wide and a collection of heels fashioned from hollow horse hooves.

Sculptor and artist Iris Schieferstein has been using dead animals for her works, here she models a hat made from a dead bird

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Shoes Made with 1,050 ‘human’ teeth by fantich and young

If you’re looking for some footwear in time for Halloween, then these might be just the thing.

Apex predators are predators with no predators of their own, residing at the top of their food chain.
Materials: Savile Row Oxford Shoes, Size UK15, 1050 teeth dentures.Apex predators are predators with no predators of their own, residing at the top of their food chain.

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The Scary Beautiful shoes by Leanie van der Vyver-highest heel shoes

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shoes made of plastic discs for Brazilian brand Melissa

Italian architect Gaetano Pesce has designed this pair of shoes made of plastic discs for Brazilian brand Melissa. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12.

MELISSA is known for developing amazing collaborations, the most recent collaboration is with Italian architect and designer Gaetano Pesce.

The MELISSA + Gaetano shoe is the most revolutionary shoe done by MELISSA. The ankle boot is comprised entirely of interconnected circles, customers will be able to create seven different styles from this one shoe, by cutting the edges to create each new style. To visualize this concept think of the shoe as an origami, it can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The shoes be available in six different colors; black, red, off-white, transparent, blue and translucent orange.

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