Platform shoes were a common sight in the not-so-distant '70s, as were the Cuban-heeled Beatle boots that preceded them. So it's really no surprise that more designers -- Hedi Slimane, YSL and Marjan Pejoski, pictured here -- have joined Rick Owens in giving man-heels a whirl. I think it's a hot look, but will it catch on? Here's what the experts had to say:
Jimmy Webb, skull-and-bones haberdasher, Trash and Vaudeville, NYC: "In Visconti's 'The Damned'...at the end, when the guy's wearing the fishnets and high heels, it looks f***ing amazing... but don't wear heels if you can't walk in them."
Malcolm, our own unflinching style-scribe: "Some fashionista man is probably going to make the case of them being a throwback to the mid-evil era or something, but they’re just too, too queened-out. It looks crazy."
Alan Epstein, a 30-year veteran of menswear, B&G Clothes, Bronx, NY: "A guy wearing that would get beat up in this neighborhood."
Harold Oshrin, men's designer shoes, Barneys New York: "You've got to be young and trendy and thin and going out." He points to a customer who looks like he just sauntered over from The Box, whispering, "He would wear them." Said customer comes over to see what's up, takes a gander at the above pic and says, "I'd buy the whole outfit. Beautiful work."
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