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The recent wave of shoe fetishism may have started in 1993, with the 10-inch lace-up platform fetish shoes that sent model Naomi Campbell tumbling on the Vivienne Westwood runway. Since then, subversive has become the standard on the runway, where in the last year designers have outdone themselves.

Vivienne Westwood

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The recent wave of shoe fetishism may have started in 1993, with the 10-inch lace-up platform fetish shoes that sent model Naomi Campbell tumbling on the Vivienne Westwood runway. Since then, subversive has become the standard on the runway, where in the last year designers have outdone themselves.

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Photos: Designers' shoes are going to the extreme

Vivienne Westwood