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  • December 15, 2008 3:15 PM
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Don't Shoe Me: Footwear With a Lethal Edge

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Everyone's been watching the YouTube video where, in an emboldened political move rife with passion, an Iraqi journalist takes off his shoes and hurls them directly at George W. Bush during a conference. While having things aimed at your head is never particularly safe, what if he'd sourced from the perilous-looking designs from the runway? If a seriously tricked out Louboutin heel or a heavily studded Burberry sandal was thrown your way, you would not make it out alive. Footwear as weaponry: no longer just a danger to your arches.

Above, from left: Shoes from Christian Louboutin; Burberry



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