Weve had designer footballs, designer towels, and (faux) designer pedicabs, and now we have designer trash. This isnt just any trash, though. Its Christian Louboutin trash. As part of a tongue-in-cheek eco-friendly offering, the designer took the idea of recycling one step further by incorporating discarded tidbits into his footwear.
In an impressive mix of high-low (Kate Moss would approve), the shoe couturier combined the PVC-glossed garbage with leopard print fabric and actual snakeskin. According to Neiman Marcuss blog, the collage includes pieces of thread, postage stamps, scribbled notes, leftover sequins, and fabric swatches from seasons past. So its not technically trash trash, but its still not the kind of thing wed expect to come atop our red soles.
But if youre expecting a deal for second-time-around scraps, the aptly named Eco-Trash peep-toe pump still wields a hefty price tag of $1,095. Since theyre composed from one-of-a-kind material, no two pairs (or even shoes) are or ever will be alike.
Theyre certainly avant-garde and original, but were wondering whether theyre worth shelling out over a grand. While we applaud the eco-friendly concept, isnt it somewhat defeated by his use of snakeskin? And only a minuscule amount of trash is being recycled with each pair you buy, considering that it composes less than half of the material used to make the shoe.
What do you think? Would you buy them? (If you could, of course.)
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