The photos speak for themselves, but we have to say we called this when those famous armadillo heels hit the runway at McQueen. Now we love a unique shoe as much as the next person, but the sky high heel trend is sometimes best left at something seen, not worn.

Do you consider yourself well heeled? Here are a few shoe related news stories you may have missed.

New shoes hailing from Romania claim to raise you up a whole twelve inches. Two inch heels for tots have some parents ticked. And forget air guitar, you can now wear your jam session instruments on your feet.

This runway season there were some truly magnificent shoes on display (Mr. McQueen, we’re talking to you!), and after wiping the drool from our mouths we’re left with the question: what do high-heels really mean for women?  Are they a form of hyper-feminine empowerment, or still a vestige of our society’s less-enlightened roots in rampant [...]