-"hate to dissapoint you but those shoes are a copy of Junko Shimada's from the fall-winter 07/08 collection :(( the moment i saw them at marc jacobs, i knew i had already seen them somewhere else :( maybe i find a link... http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/junko-shimadaheels/ here u are ;) "

-"I think he made better clothes when he was a total dork. "

-"Ok those shoes are not a copy of Junko from 07/08, United Nude did them before that! http://www.unitednude.com/shop/(X(1)A(0wXKCRQryAEkAAAAYjEyZGE2ZGYtYmZmMC00ZjczLWIxZWYtNTAzZmE1Y2E1Nzdko6Qg_Ewv5_vmvLKViowUyr3bpRk1))/shoe.aspx?ProductID=99 Also, these DSquared shoes from several seasons ago have a dipped wedge: http://www.yoox.com/item/YOOX/DSQUARED2/tskay/3FD17CD7/rr/1/cod10/440815351Z/areaid/36/sts/searchResult The dipped wedge has been around at least since the 70s, so who knows what the original inspiration for it is! Maybe geishas? -Jen "