Amanda Mull March 15, 2012 Louis Vuitton

Fashion Week Shoes: Louis Vuitton Fall 2012

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about shoes this season, it’s that the platform isn’t dead, it’s just different. Several seasons of traditional pumps may have fooled you, and although the platform stiletto is done for the time being, shoes with upwards of five inches of height are going nowhere soon. Ladies who need the extra five inches (or just like having it), rejoice! The rest of us will be over here, icing our ankles.

From Miu Miu to Dior to Prada to Louis Vuitton Fall 2012, the platform was reconsidered, this time with a heel that’s thicker than those we came to know during the mid-2000s but no less vertiginous. In fact, between these snub-nosed Vuitton shoes and those featured at Prada, which had several models struggling to make it down the carpeted catwalk, heels may be bigger (both literally and figuratively) than ever. Check out our gallery, after the jump.

19yearslater

Hm, I think I like the old platform better.
Lulalula

Prada and Vuitton this season remind me of dior’s runway boots for FW11, and even FW10. Dior’s fall/winter boots have always been very military-flavored in shape, while extremely romantic in details. And the hidden platforms were so comfy. This season dior’s just mediocre and playing safe.. but I’m excited to see these chunkier and funkier versions from Prada and Vuitton collections. I really enjoy Prada’s dipped bicolor sort of rubber-ish construction this season. These are also good, especially the button detail and croc toes.
Fashiondoesntexist

These shoes are very cool, they really express the style of Jacobs and his fashion vision. I really liked them even though they are quite similar to some shoes of the past collections!

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Anjum Hameed

I guess the platform isn’t dead, but good taste is sure taking a beating!……..
Undral

hideous!