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Kiss A Toad, Get A Shoe

AUSTRALIA'S most unpopular animal has been given a new lease on life as a luxury fashion item.

Melbourne shoe designer Karine Emanouel has created a women's fashion shoe from cane toad leather.

"From a design point of view the cane toad is very similar to snake skin but I wanted to do something different while also helping the environment," Emanouel said.

"I know cane toads are a pest. They are also poisonous and ugly so I'm doing my bit for the environment by turning them into something beautiful and useful."

The stiletto pumps with four-inch heels come in black and beige, featuring the cane toad skin on the toes. They retail for $540.

There are six cane toad skins used in each pair of shoes and the high cost of the heels is mainly because of the labour involved in skinning the animal. They are skinned at a farm in Cairns.

"The skin is very expensive to buy because it's such a small skin and a fiddly job to remove it," she said.

The range launches next week and will be available to buy online at karineemanouel.com.au

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Shoelover

"no one's going to swoon over a broad in plastic clogs"

Truer words have probably never been spoken.  But just remember that this philosophy does have its drawbacks......

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Shoelover

Friday Night Shoe Review

A nation of Imelda's - Sole mates: Shoe-loving Filipinos step out in style - Reuters;

Croc Bite!!!! or is that Crocs Bite!!! - either way, they suck - IOL; and

Inappropriate shoes?  Really, does anyone care what some b list celebrity wears to a movie? Apprently you do!

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Shoelover

Kickin' Ass in High Heels

• Running the show in high heels - The Economic Times;
• She goes............FAST!!! From high heels to high speeds: Woman learns fast, and races fast, too - Tulsa World; and
• Men in heels!!!

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Shoelover

For the Red Neck Shoe Lover in All of Us

Perfect for your next tailgate party - Liquid Shüz stiletto-designed beverage holder

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Shoelover spys....

with Shoelover's little eye....her toesies

Fluoroscopes: Using X-Rays to Sell Shoes - Dethroner

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Shoelover

These shoe suck...

literally!

Vacuum Shoes by Electrolux.

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Shoelover

Oh No!, It's JLO

Shoelover never thought that Shoelover would be saying this, but Shoelover actually admits to buying (and not returning) a pair of shoes by J Lo.  Shoe Stor used a pair of these JLo "Electric" in our L'Oreal Fashion Week display and the response was overwhelming............and at about $115 bucks, they won't break the bank. 

While these shoes probably wont stand the test of time (or a few cobblestones), they are kinda like dumb guys, you know they are fun and all, but you don't want them hangin' around too long and you sure as hell don't want to introduce them to too many of your friends and family.

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Shoelover

What does this say...

about South African men?

Sex can Wait; Shoes and Shopping are More Important

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Shoelover

Porn Star Chic

Stilt Walking Into Spring - New York Times.

THIS was going to be great, I told myself. I was going to march into Michael's on West 55th Street, wearing the highest heels to come out of Paris, Lanvin's peep-toe stilettos with five-and-a-half-inch cone heels and a two-inch platform, and they were all going to look up from their Cobb salads with demiportions of Roquefort and — well, it was going to be great (continued...)

The new fashion accessories for spring/summer 2006 - the walking cast and crutches

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Shoelover