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20 Peculiar Corporeal Pumps

From Odd Flesh Fashion to Human Hair Footwear

— May 1, 2011 — Fashion
It may strike you as a strange combination, but there are remarkably abundant examples of corporeal pumps in which body parts embellish shoes. Genuine fur, hair, hides and skins can be found as accents on exuberant pairs of stilettos, while skeletal segments are ever in style in the eyes of some.

It would be incorrect to assume that human flesh is never exploited as a fashion statement, for you will find at least some fake specimens of this as well. Quills, horns, hoofs and wings have found their way into the form of some pretty unusual footwear that accounts for some ways in which the animal kingdom inspires or is exploited by the industry or artists experienced in taxidermy. They may not be your perfect fit, but these peculiar pairs of corporeal pumps are a living style.
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Fuzzy Furry Footwear
Fuzzy Furry Footwear
These Sperry Band of Outsiders 'Sasquatch Chukka Shoes' are Cuddly Cute
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Furry Footwear
Furry Footwear
Givenchy's Fall 2009 Collection is Flufftastic
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Clogs With Ponytails
Clogs With Ponytails
Trollop Around in the Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2010 Shoes
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Black Porcupine Platforms
Black Porcupine Platforms
These Yves Saint-Laurent Palais Mohawk Pumps are Furry and Bushy
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Optical Booties
Optical Booties
The Ivlisa Shoe Collection by Designer Elena Savchenko is Super Creative
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Minotaur High Heels
Minotaur High Heels
Hoof Heels from Roxanne Jackson are Monstrously Chic
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Fringed Furry Footwear
Fringed Furry Footwear
Style Bubble Payhalf Pumps Update Classic Black Heels
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Skeletal Fashion
Skeletal Fashion
Bony Accessories Show It's Hot to Wear Your Insides On the Outside
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Human Hair Footwear
Human Hair Footwear
Brush Your Feet with Camilla Skovgaard Shoes
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Furry Footwear
Furry Footwear
The Animalistic Shoes of 2010 New York Fashion Week
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Ponytail Platform Heels
Ponytail Platform Heels
Frankie Morello Spring 2010 Footwear Features Equestrian Influences
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Finger Bone Booties
Finger Bone Booties
The DSquared Fall 2010 Collection is Scandalously Skeletal
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Skeletal Football Booties
Skeletal Football Booties
The Dsquared Fall/Winter 2010 Line Merges Sports and Bones
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Odd Flesh Fashion
Odd Flesh Fashion
The Human Furriery of Nicola Constantino Makes Areolas an Accessory
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High Heeled Feet
High Heeled Feet
Julie Rrap's Stiletto Foot Means You'll Never Need Shoes Again
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Frightening Furry Footwear
Frightening Furry Footwear
Bizarre Animalistic Hoof Shoes To Horse Around In
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Armed Animal High Heels
Armed Animal High Heels
Gun Hoofs by Iris Schieferstein Adds Danger to Oddity
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Horn-Heeled Pumps
Horn-Heeled Pumps
Exotic Regrets by Aoi Kotsuhiroi Features Dark Fang-Like Footwear
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Spinal Stilettos
Spinal Stilettos
Skeletal Dsquared2 Fall 2010 Shoes Are Anatomazing
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