Friday, March 03, 2006

Plastic molded shoes... just like Barbie




one thing i remember from my barbie owning days was all the plastic boots and shoes they had. when walking around the village window shoping i found the above shoes which are an adult equivilant to barbie's plastic ones.

sort of a designer variation of the jelly shoes, these are much more slick and come in a range of colours but apparently limited standard sizes at the shop otherwise i would of snaped up a pair.

http://www.patriciafield.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=132

and looking at the slide show here it seems like ankle length boots are the next step in his collection.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/Shows/Photos/Default.aspx?showID=2257&type=show&pageNo=1

and here's all of them online in the "Love Robots" collection!!:

http://www.melissaaustralia.com.au/2005/store.asp?nav=store&pagetype=category&categoryid=1002

being a bit (well alot) of a material fetishist, i did really like the soft plastic vinyl they were made from and this gave me the idea, well maybe much longer boots - thigh length could be made.

or maybe even a full mannequin shape to be cast and the could be worn....

xx

5 comments:

Asudem Latex said...

i've been obsessing over these shoes and boots for the last day now. i really need to get a pair. they also do the heel-less versions as well.

xx

Asudem Latex said...

after some emails back and forth to australia it seems the shoes are based on a south american type of plastic shoes. various designers have worked with the orginal company to make new designs.

xx

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Unknown said...

Wow!Gorgeous looking shoes..Have to get one pair like these for Christmas..i dont have such design in my Nike shoes collection.

Mike09 said...

Can somebody give a link to the web site that sell those shoes?