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The Latest From Paris: 12-Inch Heels

Alexander McQueen creates a stir with his towering shoes

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(Newser) – Alexander McQueen’s collection, inspired by Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species, had quite a few avant garde elements when it was unveiled last night in Paris—think shaved eyebrows, gills painted on temples, and devil-horn-shaped hair—but the shoes took the cake. The crystal-studded creations, part shoe and part boot, measure a towering 12 inches, the Daily Mail reports. View the pictures at left.

Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris Tuesday.
Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
Models present creations by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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2-bits
Oct 8, 09 10:56 AM CDT
Why do the models all look like they belong in bad science fiction movies? Reply
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Yourself
Oct 8, 09 12:42 PM CDT
cause they have "shaved eyebrows, gills painted on temples and devil-horn-shaped hair"
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Thinker
Oct 8, 09 11:00 AM CDT
"Ready to Wear" collection? Reply
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BleeBloo
Oct 8, 09 2:47 PM CDT
I'm really not ready for anyone to wear these items, honestly.
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schmidtkoff
Oct 8, 09 11:07 AM CDT
the podiatrists are probably already counting their money. Reply
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