German designer Iris Schieferstein is enamored with the idea of using dead animal parts to make clothes and other decorative items. Orange News explains:
Iris Schieferstein, 45, spends months creating high heel horse hooves, stilettos from snake skins and sandals sculpted from doves.
Ms Schieferstein, who designed a pair of horse hooves for Lady Gaga, sells the shoes for up to £3,900.
She collects the dead animals from her local butcher in Berlin, then spends a week stripping out the meat and bones from the animal’s feet before the skin is sent to a tanner to be preserved.
The sculptor then sets the skin – complete with fur still in place – around a shoe model before doing any needlework to add insoles and lining.
She said: “I love horses and I love shoes so I thought this would be perfect. Horses have a beautiful walk and I wanted to recreate that with my footwear …
“Once the shoes are made I wear them to make sure they work, although they would not be suitable to wear around the house.”
Here is a pair of her high heels:
There is no indication as to whether or not she also provides a bridle and stirrups as accessories.
She works with other dead animals as well. Here are some shoes she made out of cow hooves and toy guns:
Related articles
- German Fashion Designer Makes Shoes from Real Hooves and Dead Animals (odditycentral.com)
- Do these shoes make me look pigeon-toed? (thesun.co.uk)
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