# Pump-Wearing Plants (UPDATE) Giddyspinster Stiletto Planters Make Interior Flora Fashionable By Amelia Roblin | Published 2011-01-17 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giddyspinster-stiletto-planters References: [7gadgets](http://www.7gadgets.com/2011/01/15/stiletto-planter/30012) & [etsy](http://www.etsy.com/shop/giddyspinster?ref=pr_shop_more) Giddyspinster Stiletto Planters give footwear a second life. Artist and Etsy shop owner Rachel Mahlke takes discarded high heels and turns them into platform flower pots that make for fashionable indoor gardening. This particular variety of sky-high stilettos allows for the ideal soil depth for various succulent cactus varieties. With the removal of the sole of the shoe, Giddyspinster Stiletto Planters provide an unexpected but quite convenient dwelling for desert greenery. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.3/10 - Popularity: 74% | Activity: 76% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Upcycled Planters:** There is an opportunity for artists and designers to develop more creative and eco-friendly planters using discarded objects like shoes. - **Fashionable Gardening:** The combination of sustainable planters with unique designs is an opportunity to create a new market trend in interior design. - **Hybrid Products:** The fusion of two unrelated objects can create a new market niche for the unique and quirky products that appeal to customers with specific tastes. ### Who This Affects Most - **Lifestyle Products:** Companies can take advantage of the demand for sustainable and fashionable products by manufacturing similar upcycled planters. - **Interior Design:** The trend of combining art and conservation can create design opportunities for interior designers to integrate sustainable planters into interior design concepts. - **E-commerce Marketplace:** There is an opportunity for e-commerce platforms to create a new marketplace for eco-friendly and artistic gardening products that promote sustainable living in urban spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Self-Watering Compact Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/patella-crescenda.md) - [Futuristic Self-Watering Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-klaustrafloria.md) - [Compact Canned Houseplants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trader-joes-mini-can-foliage.md) - [Plant Care Tool Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prick-ldn.md) - [Multifunctional Plant Pots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/face-plant-planter.md) - [Trellis-Equipped Indoor Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blume-planter.md) - [Patterned Floral Gardening Clogs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gardening-clog.md) - [Comfort-Forward High Heels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vida-collection.md) - [Chic Staggered Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/staggered-planters.md)