moon girl

I'm obsessed. These metallic booties (among other Pierre Hardy designs) are still haunting my dreams at night. They have been included in sleek magazine's street issue where a few of the world's finest shoe creators are asked "pertinent and impertinent" questions about how they make our feet "so damned alluring". PH says his shoes are the elite of the street. If only the pricetag was plebeian...

puss in pierre's boots

First it was the Balenciaga-like shoulderbag...

Géraldine found a femme with an all black version last month:

Then came the booties...

...which I have been fixated on for several months. It seems I am not alone in my infatuation though, as Doré created a visual ode to these black and silver beauties just last week:

And my love affair with Pierre Hardy 2006 culminated in THESE...

Gasp! Thigh.High.Hardy.Boots. I practically fell to my knees in ecstasy at the sight of them. Have you ever seen such perfection in platform wedges? These boots remind me of my favourite avant-garde Moon Girl Collection created by Andres Courreges in 1964 (another Parisian designer who, like Pierre Hardy, happened to work at Balenciaga before launching his own label). The ultra modern Courreges boots were instantly recognizable for their minimalist lines, silver colour and details like cutouts and embellishments in geometric shapes.

The Thigh High Hardys are fitting I think, for the ultra modern femmes of this century. As long as she is not on a budget!