Spring 2009: The Most Dangerous Shoes

The runways are a scary place especially when it comes to the dangerously high heels, which seem to be more torturous than fashionably beautiful. The shoes can be either way too high or way too uncomfortable and combined with the runway experiments like a sandy runway or the plain extremely slippery ones, we get a horrifying combination of the hazardous runway shows.

This year, many models tripped during the shows of Rodarte, Pucci and who can forget Prada. And many more models stumbled at Dolce & Gabbana and BCBG and many others were petrified during Basso & Brooke, Marni, Gucci, Aminaka Wilmont and Christian Dior but miraculously survived. In any case, I think designers should start paying attention to this much more. It is one thing to bring fantasy and temptatious footwear to the runway, it is another to have models visibly scared, trembling or falling on the runway, there by distracting the audience from the clothes since the audience is merely too worried about the poor girls on the runway.

Below are some of the most horrifying, including the toe-less/sole-less shoes by Aminaka Wilmont, as well as Prada, Rodarte, Marni and Basso & Brooke in that order from left to right!

Milan Spring 2009: D&G by Dolce & Gabbana

What a fun and fresh collection! The Spring 2009 collection was in nautical style with a touch of French 1929 chic. Beautiful dresses, minis and shorts romanticized by a large rose on the neck or as a belt came down the runway. The music was by Grace Jones “La vie en rose,” which was originally sung by the beautiful and most charming Madame Edith Piaf. High waist, scarves and silky materials were the main accents. Stefano Gabbana said in an interview, which is also available in video below, “The inspiration for this collection is the French Riviera. Every year there is a big party in Cannes. It is so fun. The last one was in May during the film festival. And we said with Domenico “Why don’t we do a collection for D&G like French Riviera.”" So, fall in love and enjoy the collection below listening to La Vie En Rose.

* D&G Spring 2009, Milan

* Interview with Stefano Gabbana

Lyrics to La Vie En Rose

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voila le portrait sans retouche
De l’homme auguel j’appartiens
Quand il me prend dans ses bras,

Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
Il me dit des mots d’amour
Des mots de tous les jours,

Et ca me fait quelque choses
Il est entré dans mon coeur,

Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
C’est lui pour moi
moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie,

Et des que je l’apercois
Alors je sens en moi, mon coeur qui bat…