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    A Walk on the Wild Side: The 10 Most Outrageous Shoes of All Time

    By | Fashion – Wed, 24 Oct, 2012 4:30 PM EDT

    Photo by: Northampton Museum
    Dragon shoe made by Thea Cadabra (1979 & 1996)
    Handmade shoe with a high Cuban heel. Made in the shape of a dragon's head in gold red, black and white leather with blue and... more 
    Photo by: Northampton Museum
    Dragon shoe made by Thea Cadabra (1979 & 1996)
    Handmade shoe with a high Cuban heel. Made in the shape of a dragon's head in gold red, black and white leather with blue and green triangular lobed 'nose' on the center of the vamp with mouth and teeth around toe. Oval eyes with padded eyeballs. Green horns stick up from nose. Quarters striped gold and black with scalloped edge towards back seam. Quarters extended upwards to point behind heel. Lined cream leather and suede with a woven Thea Cadabra label.
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    Shoes: You can't walk without 'em. And as is frequently the case, too, you can't walk in 'em. They're often where glorious and gory intersect -- accompanied by many, many Band-Aids. Women have long had a love/hate relationship with shoes. We so badly want them to be comfortable. But unfortunately, comfort and fashion are sometimes at the opposite ends of the sky-high, narrow stilettos we stuff our tootsies into. The Northampton Museums and Art Gallery in England is showing an exhibit on the history of women's shoes, and the artful results are fabulous and frightful all at once. Your head might scream "No!", but your feet will (mostly) scream "Yes! Yes! Yes!" at these shoes. Take a look at the 10 most outrageous shoes of all time! - By Meredith Carroll



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