8 Pairs of Shoes That Guarantee Runway Disasters

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

A little spill here and there during Fashion Week is inevitable. All it takes is an outrageous pair of shoes, maybe in a size too big, and a clumsy model on an off-day for catastrophe to rear its graceless head. A tumble can ruin an amateur’s career or make a veteran look like an a-hole. Whatever the situation, falling is no picnic. But pain is beauty and it takes courage to walk safely in a shocking shoe design. For your shoe-porn pleasure, these 8 pairs of shoes are not merely fantastic, they guarantee runway disasters.

SHOE ENVY: Finsk Project on an Architecturally Angular Pedestal

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Hovering more than half a foot above the ground triumphs a shoe constructed of multi-textural prisms that form a high riding pedestal. This angular platform is centered beneath the foot, leaving the heel and toe above floating in a state of complex physics. Julia Lundsten, daughter of an architect and interior designer, created the brand Finsk with a finely tuned perspective on structure and beauty. These shoes, exclusively for Solestruck, are a masterpiece among designs that Manolo Blahnik believe are “exquisite, divine and perfect”

SHOE ENVY: Finsk 252-106

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

A triumph in shoe architecture from our English friends across the pond, these wedges are trying to make a point. Distinguished by a six-digit number, the Finsk 252-106 looks just as good from the back as it does from the front. Coincidence or brilliant engineering? We think the latter.

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SHOP FINSK: Black Wrapped Boot; $592

Edited by Kirby Marzec

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a pair of heels I really liked, but Finsk has changed my luck! I love how the leather is layered and wrapped around the heel as well as the boot and has a treated sheen to it. With an exposed zipper and a burgundy wood heel base, I highly doubt these heels could get any more incredible!

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SHOP finsk| Gold Fish Scale Booties| $562

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Awesome awesome ‘snakegold fish skin heel’ booties from finsk. Available at Oak.