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Louboutin times three.

CLs really are the "heel of choice" at the moment.

Yes, JG is Jean Gaborit from France.

I can only imagine the price tag for a pair. But seeing her in them, nonstop almost, has me thinking about what she told interviewers about her shoes.

Somewhere North of 500 quid I would reckon. No lower than 400 if I over-estimated.

Not sure of the price but somewhere in the 400 to 500 area I expect. Maybe 600. Pounds or Euros? Probably about the same in both.

Oh. Nice article and right to the point.

Shropshire is a pretty big place... I'll guess the watchers were in the wrong town.

If you can get a big-name male celebrity, who is about 6 feet tall, to ALWAYS wear stiletto ankle boots, it might very well change fashion for men (or at least make it easier for other men to do the same).

They usually look something like this though...

In what way were Ms Beckhams shoes "customised" by Louboutin?

Surely, they're simply the new Dafodile model?

Perhaps Louboutin couldn't cope if thousands of people tried to place orders for them tomorrow?

I bet CL put a heavy price tag on them

The chances are they were free, as CL would know that hundreds of images of them will turn up on the web, in newspapers, and in fashion magazines.

Cat Deeley seems to wear some of the highest heels on live TV.

Just seen the end of her dance show, and the sandals were 5 inch or more.

http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20164507_20394766_20709110,00.html

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/cat-deeley-style-0709

http://thehighheeltimes.wordpress.com/tag/cat-deeley/ and others.

He prefers taking pictures of trains? What a strange hobby he has. LOL.

Great pix, but not so sure about the strange red and white hat in the third picture

I'd have thought he would have cut his losses by now and simply made you another pair in a larger size, rather than attempting to stretch and stretch again the pair already made a year ago. And 67 weeks is a completely crazy amount of time; there can be no excuse for that. Proof of sending can be supplied in the form of a tracking number from the courier company; there's always the possibility the courier service have lost them.

The old pages can still be accessed from here: http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.spook.dk/index01.html

Here's one Star Trek getup that you didn't see on TV...

http://thebootfetishist.blogspot.com/2009/03/to-boldly-go.html

http://coilhouse.net/2010/12/red-alert-lt-uhura-models-thigh-high-ballet-boots/

That worked, but even then the photos were not immediately visible. One more setting/click was needed. I do wonder why the great secrecy though.

We need stills. {Pun not intended}

Illias Little ShoeBox balletheels (aren´t Marro´s balletheels similar?) are of an amazing craftsmanship, the shoe is pure luxury and beautifully made but they are not that ergonomic and stable for walking as LSB Balletheels were, even though the heel is better made as that of LSB ballets; even steel tipped - at the other hand they are not that fine looking /not such a *fetish* foot shape and thin long heel as at devious either.

Iliaz Iliazi originally worked for TLSB. More recently he has worked for Natacha Marro. One or the other has been in possession of some of the TLSB ballet boot lasts perhaps as recently as 2009 (and may still be in possession).

Nice gallery... http://www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com/girls/

There's more than 950 sites selling fakes in the first 1000 entries in this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=louboutin. Beyond the first few entries, pretty much everything is fake.

Legal action has been taken against countless other sites. Check out the notes at the bottom of every page.

See too, CLs own actions: http://www.stopfakelouboutin.com/index.php/en and http://www.stopfakelouboutin.com/index.php/en/Home/LIST-OF-THE-WEBSITES-SELLING-FAKES-WE-HAVE-IDENTIFIED.

In the shop window.

Looks like they are Christian Louboutin nude Pigalle Plato from the recent collection.

A lot of well-known celebs and a few lesser-known names, all in heels: http://heelsoffame.blogspot.com/

Natacha Marro (in London) used to have access to, perhaps even owned (maybe still does?), some of the ballet boot lasts from when LSB closed down. However, having seen those modern-style boots when made by LSB, they weren't quite curvy enough in the arch for my tastes. It's the lasts that cost the money: often double or treble the price of the boot that is going to be formed on them. The majority of ballet boots are not made for standing or walking that is for sure. They often have heels that are very flimsy or that are too long and kick out, while others have heels that are attached at the wrong angle and bend under. The boots often have poor foot shape, are too wide at the ankle, and have flexure in the toe box leading to crushing, and a number of other defects.

Yes, to the reinforced toe boxes too! Some of the LSB boots were a little bit like that, but not as defined as the stuff from 30/40+ years earlier. If they were to reappear, you'd have to form an orderly queue in the normal British way - 'cus I'd be there first.

The thing I notice about the design of most ballet boots is that there is not much curve in the arch. This puts a lot more strain on ankles as the heel base (of the foot itself) is at a higher angle than it would otherwise have been. Have you come across any modern ballet boots with an exaggerated curve in the arch? There were some made in the 1950/1960s. Some photos survive of Nichelle Nichols modelling them in the US. I have seen no mention of this type of design in recent years. By "exaggerated", I generally mean of the proportions used in the "Super Arch" shoes from 6IHF for example (they make and sell only shoes, not ballet boots).