{ a blog all about the love of shoes }
March 14, 2010 
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Someone at Givenchy clearly wasn’t thinking straight, scheduling the show to be held outdoors in early March in Paris. While editors huddled together against the below freezing wind and pitied the poor models in chiffon, everyone at least agreed that the brilliant designer, Riccardo Tisci, was definitely still using his head.
A super refined collection of smooth tailored items in a simple palette of deep black, stark white, intense crimson, and neon green highlights looked as fresh as when Helmut Lang first debuted such styles with his groundbreaking collection in the 90s. Touches of goth lace, tons of soft leather, and corset-like constructions kept the style definitively Givenchy though.
The shoes took a Victorian base with a lace-up granny boot that was as far away from grandmother-y as this style could get. The look was about extreme lace-up, from the very tip of the toe to high above the ankle, with skinny laces that looked like they would take ages to lace up.
Top rivets were replaced by hexagonal giant studs, and the tongue of the boot was removed, pulled into a thong through the toe, or covered with rhinestones that peeped through the laces. Watch out for lots of sexed up granny boots coming soon!
Laura Rose
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