The first invisi-heels should really be attributed to United Nude and then Marc Jacobs did some for his surreal-glam SS08 collection. But Gareth Pugh took them to the next level for his Wizard of Oz inspired AW08-9 collection and made them super-platformed with chunky buckles adding a metal skater-like support at the bottom. I like the fact that there's all this chunkiness that is seemingly floating in air only to be anchored down by a big wodge of metal. It's all strangely attractive to me in ways I can't quite articulate. I'm not sure who collaborated with him on the shoes but I do hope they go into production just so I can experience the pleasure/pain of walking in these or at least figure out what is the magic behind keeping a person upright.
