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Lady Gaga starts new shoe trend with heel-less shoes
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Cape Town - Lady Gaga’s “little monster” fans are not the only ones going gaga over the eccentric singer.
Shoe addicts have also taken a liking to Gaga’s latest-over-the-top-fashion-choice, the heel-less shoes.
The Born This Way singer swears by the gravity defying shoes which have now gone mainstream, meaning fashionable women all over the world are queuing up to own a pair of the peculiar looking footwear.
Durban women have not been immune to the craze, with several retail stores cottoning on to the trend and stocking the shoes.
“They’ve been our best seller for the past few months,” said Beverly Myeni, a sales assistance at a shoe shop in Gateway.
The towering, clog like shoes were originally created by shoe designer Noritaka Tatehana who has been inundated with orders from Hollywood A-listers since Gaga was first seen wearing a pair in her music videos.
His unique creation has catapulted the Japanese designer to stardom and the global fashion stage.
The original designs, which are 25 to 30cm tall will set you back by a few thousand rand, and fashionistas desperate to emulate the footwear style of their favourite fashion-savvy celebrities have no qualms parting with their hard- earned cash to buy the shoes.
Capitalising on the fast selling trend, local manufactures have designed a replica shoe, which retails between R300 and R1 000.
While the shoes – which have been described as uncomfortable, hideous, alien-like, horse hooves – look heavy and difficult to walk in, KwaZulu-Natal shoe lovers said they’re neither.
Sam Ncee Ngwabe of Margate bought her pair at a Nigerian shop at Point (Mahatma Gandhi) Road for R400. “People ask me all the time how I walk in them, but they’re actually very comfortable,” she said.
Janine Smith, a Hillcrest-based podiatrist, said the extra pressure on the ball of the foot could cause unbearable pain, bunions, or a broken ankle.
“Because there is no even distribution of pressure, the muscles and points have to work extra hard to balance your body,” she said.
This “unnatural” way of wearing the shoe could cause the shortening of the Achilles tendon, said Smith.
“People who wear such shoes might, in the long run, find it difficult to wear a flat shoe and might even injury themselves while wearing it,” she said.
Another podiatrist, Anette Thompson, said that
constantly walking on tiptoes is unnatural and nature has her way of chastising silly women who do not respect creation.
There was huge speculation recently that Gaga’s shoes had caught up with her when she was admitted to hospital after a serious hip injury.
The singer was forced to cancel the remainder of her Born This Way Ball tour after she complained of severe inflammation of joints.
Her team was, however, quick to dismiss claims that her ridiculously high shoes were to blame for the injury.
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