OMG, Shoes.

March 21, 2011 4:13 PM

Fantastical shoe designs by Kobi Levi.
posted by hermitosis (33 comments total)

That one's a duck!
posted by The White Hat at 4:15 PM on March 21, 2011

Love.
posted by phunniemee at 4:16 PM on March 21, 2011

I would wear these every day. In every color.
posted by hermitosis at 4:17 PM on March 21, 2011

Love. Love. Love everything about this. These are my favorite.
posted by Eumachia L F at 4:22 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

I don't even like shoes, and these were great!
posted by carter at 4:37 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

If you want a vision of the future, picture a heel stomping on a glans forever.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:37 PM on March 21, 2011

Awww, they do mate for life. (and they should be doing it in my closet.)
posted by iamkimiam at 4:38 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

WANT.

(American size 5 oh please oh please oh please!)
posted by Space Kitty at 4:40 PM on March 21, 2011

Not your grandfather's duck shoes!
posted by chavenet at 4:40 PM on March 21, 2011

What a fun post! I do so love a witty shoe. Not sure I'd wear them out, but the concept of this pair was my favorite.
posted by chatongriffes at 4:54 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

What?! Those shoes are insane! I'd totally buy them!
posted by LuckySeven~ at 4:59 PM on March 21, 2011

If you want a vision of the future, picture a heel stomping on a glans forever.

or, if you prefer, a foot stomping on a supine woman... forever.
posted by ennui.bz at 5:02 PM on March 21, 2011

Yeah, the body ones make me a little uncomforable (in an arty kind of way) but I would totally wear any of those bird shoes, the slingshots, the Olive Oyls, the slides... I guess any of them other than the body parts.
posted by arcticwoman at 5:04 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

I like football, and porno, and books about war. I drink single-malt whiskey and eat ribeye steaks, bloody rare. I jerk off to Russ Meyer movies and watch youtube videos about off-road vehicles and semi-automatic weapons.

I just wanted that all on record before noting that omigod these shoes are fabulous!
posted by hincandenza at 5:07 PM on March 21, 2011 [12 favorites]

The gum one is awesome!
posted by klangklangston at 5:20 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

(Is no one going to make a joke about "fuck me" pumps?)

Great shoes, great link! Thanks!
posted by Ron Thanagar at 5:23 PM on March 21, 2011

Seriously want the slides and the bananas. Are these shoes just art, or are they available for purchase? Any more info on this guy than is posted in his sidebar?
posted by Mchelly at 5:47 PM on March 21, 2011

Mchelly: Are these shoes just art, or are they available for purchase?

Dunno, and I'm mad to know, too. Starting to lean towards "designer vaporware". The only pair being worn out of all the shots I saw could easily have been photoshopped (the gumshoe).
posted by IAmBroom at 6:18 PM on March 21, 2011

I love the Mallards!
posted by troublewithwolves at 6:25 PM on March 21, 2011

Wait till that shoe fetishist on Street Boners has a look at these! Meantime I actually like some of them, although heels are not my thing . . .
posted by emhutchinson at 6:25 PM on March 21, 2011

Looks to me like the kind of over the top decadence a society shows right before the collapse. Dance through the ashes in style!
posted by Redhush at 6:38 PM on March 21, 2011 [2 favorites]

I'm kind of mad at the world right now and those made me smile, a lot. So, thanks.
posted by Kangaroo at 6:40 PM on March 21, 2011 [2 favorites]

Some of these look like they could be really cool, but it's hard to tell since the shoes are being displayed without a foot in them. If they don't look good on the foot and display the leg well, they're not very good designs.
posted by MrBobaFett at 6:45 PM on March 21, 2011

Thanks for sharing....these are radical!
posted by CorduroyCorset at 7:10 PM on March 21, 2011

They're way better than Shaquille Jordache's crap.
posted by jimmythefish at 7:12 PM on March 21, 2011

Oh, dear. The shoes, the shoes....
posted by gingerbeer at 10:45 PM on March 21, 2011

The perfect blend of surreal and shoe heel.
posted by twoleftfeet at 10:47 PM on March 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

So fabulous.
posted by rtha at 10:57 PM on March 21, 2011

Are these shoes just art, or are they available for purchase?

Lady Gaga uses the "Double Boots".

Not sure that answers the question, of course. Unless you are Lady Gaga.
posted by chavenet at 2:49 AM on March 22, 2011

The designs look cool, but until someone can design a fabulous shoe that is also comfortable (i.e., not a contraption of pain or danger to your safety), I'm not impressed.
posted by MsVader at 7:25 AM on March 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

these shoes are for fetish and it kind of makes me sad.

i have high arches rendering a lot of high and long heels unwearable. the guy has awesome sense of whimsy in his design but by just looking at the sole and heels i can tell these are just for fancy. a pitty because if they were really built for actual women's feet, i'd buy them.

btw, high heels are nothing more but a western approach to foot binding; which renders misogynistic anything having to do with Luboutin and his co-horts, including this guy.

food for thought :P
posted by liza at 7:26 AM on March 22, 2011

or, if you prefer, a foot stomping on a supine woman... forever.

Relax. Did you think of the others as stomping on a dog or a toucan forever? Of course not. And she's prone, not supine.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:28 AM on March 22, 2011

These are wonderful. Whimsical and fun yes, but sadly probably not wearable.

I have to say, the shoe entitled "Blow" squicked me out a little too. There is a big difference between a shoe designed with the colors of a bird and a woman with her ass in the air with the lipstick red mouth. But I think you know that.
posted by Belle O'Cosity at 3:22 PM on March 22, 2011