‘the cult of priapus’, with a male and a female satyr woodland deities, represented as part human, part horse (and sometimes part goat) and noted for lasciviousness…

art? wearable? when the fashion world decrees an object to be an ‘it’ item, that item enjoys a moment of intense fashionability which outlasts the traditional span of one season. the obsession with handbags has finished a little now. it feels over. it’s about shoes now. certain styles of vivienne westwood’s boots of the 1990’s pushed both the boundaries of taste and the physics of walking, since then, the shoe has reached new levels of extravagance and theatricality.

hoof shoe success continues ‘vegas girl’ by german artist iris schieferstein, 2009 toy pistol, cow hooves, zipper

hoof shoe success continues ‘hoofs’ by iris schieferstein, 2005 image courtesy froschmann gallery

hoof shoe success continues alexander mc queen’s ‘titanic ballerina’ pumps from his spring and summer 2010 shoe collection image courtesy obsessed with shoes

hoof shoe success continues more of mcqueen’s hoofs from his spring and summer 2010 shoe collection image courtesy obsessed with shoes

hoof shoe success continues

hoof shoe success continues that’s an unexpected look – under the sea! here’s singer kelis at an event in L.A. (left) … and an old ad for sea monkeys (right). image courtesy nymag and tmz

hoof shoe success continues german company kronier creates angular, futuristic shoes designed to challenge even the most poised high-heel connoisseurs

hoof shoe success continues girl wearing martin margiela hoof shoes photo by juergen teller

hoof shoe success continues martin margiela ‘split’ or hoof shoes that he makes every season (they look sexy if you are into horses or horseplay)

hoof shoe success continues A/W 09 collection by antwerp based a. f. vandevorst image courtesy public persona

hoof shoe success continues black beauty … the a.f. vandervorst black leather hoof boots from the F/W09 collection

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hoof shoe success continues bruce and emma willis, emma wearing boots by nina ricci, 2009 photo by steven klein

hoof shoe success continues vivienne westwood stamped leather stiletto platform shoes, spring-summer 1994