2 views of 1 shoe

"... Mr. Koda saw Mr. Blahnik's 'heelless 'Bhutan' pump [above] from spring/summer 2006 as a subtle homage to footwear designer Roger Vivier, as well as a nod to the 'Lotus' shoe used in Chinese foot-binding. But Mr. Blahnik saw things differently. He intended to pay tribute to 'the brutality of Etruscan fortitude with a bit of Scottish highlands and then a touch of Celia Cruz, the Cuban singer who I admired so much as a child!'"

[via Rachel Dodes and the Wall Street Journal]