Here’s a less severe alternative to Alexander McQueen’s hoof shoes (seen recently on Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance video and possibly on a street near you soon-ish) — Nicholas Kirkwood high heel platforms (from the Autumn Winter 09 collection) featuring a stunning silhouette. Heels and chunky soles are one of the design highlights of these pretty pairs of platforms.

Although I’m more a sneakers kind of girl, I’m loving the fact that women’s footwear design is reaching new heights (literally and figuratively) in the past couple of seasons. Will we see this trend extend to men’s shoes in the near future?

Can’t stop staring at this weirdly beautiful killer heels from Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2010 evolution-themed collection titled “Plato’s Atlantis” on Paris Fashion Week. Such an interesting shape.

Must be a back-breaking job for the models strutting on the catwalk in a pair of lobster claw shoes. If you ignore the heels, the shoes actually look like a pair of ballet slippers en pointe, but they can also look a bit like hooves. Very intriguing don’t you think?

Photo: top Francois Guillot/AFP, bottom Michel Euler/AP

Bowler hats  and strong silhouettes galore at Alexander McQueen. I like.  And speaking of bowler hats…

Hat, suspenders, pimp stick — Alex deLarge is that you? Heh.

It’s all about bold prints and shoulders in the pre Spring/Summer 2010 collection.