What concerns sexuality and its representations can cause shame, both for those who talk about it and for those who hear about it.The Walk of No Shame -designed to embody the motto of My Body My Choice - challenges the stigma surrounding sex for those who wear it.

the images show two designs of the collection which are a décolleté and a mule with platform heel 

‘[...] Now blue legs start growing hair and Pink legs start growing hairBlue is told it's manly, Pink is told to shave theirsBlue is shown as bloodIn action films, fight, pridePink starts bleeding every monthTold blood shhh, shame, hidePink discovers lust - wrongBlue discovers lust - niceNow Blue is called a player but Pink is called a sketPink is told they glow but Blue is told they sweatBlue is told they wank, Pink is told they sin orBlue is called a pussy and Pink is called a bitch[...] Cunnilingus is censored more than rape scenes or blowjobsBlue is told: this makes a manPink is told: this makes a girl’.(McNish, 2017)

Vulva, not Vagina 

the images show two designs of the collection which are a décolleté and a mule with platform heels

the images shows two designs of the collection during a photo shooting in a living room resembling the morning after a party 

Vulva, not Vagina

the pictures show the boots designs of the collection photographed in a grocery shop

the images show the boots of the collection photographed in a grocery shop

La Petite Mort, a unique style that bravely combines pants-boots with a detailed embroidered depiction of a woman's pubic hair and glass beads that represent vaginal discharge. This design results from a critical analysis of a prevalent social norm: the stigma associated with female body hair, which is frequently seen as unattractive or dirty. The deliberate artistic decision was made to include pubic hair in the design, which questions accepted beauty standards and sparks discussion on body hair acceptance and naturalness.Booty Call, is a pair of pointed boots with a distinctive penis-shaped motif on the front. This work combines historical inspiration with modern confidence. Inspired by the mediaeval Poulaines shoe style, I have altered the shoe last to produce an expanded tip. This historical allusion aims to evoke the lengthy, oversized proportions typical of that era while adding a contemporary, thought-provoking twist.

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The Walk of No Shame in the making

the images show the ballet shoes design both hanged and worn

Susan Leigh Foster's "The Ballerina's Phallic Pointe" is a performative lecture exploring the sexual and gender constructs within balletic dance. Countering Romantic era ideas of the ballerina as the hyper feminine subject, Foster reorients conventional understandings toward the ballerina as the vehicle for performing masculine desire.The ballerina is the central focus throughout the performance - an erect, dancing body donning flesh - toned hues that is always guided, lifted, and positioned by the male dancer who is secondary in focus but who is effectively in control.She is, Foster argues, a phallus.Foster links the sexualised ballerina to several tenets upholding patriarchy, among them the balletic body as an object of sexualised fantasy and as a "fetishised promise of sexual acquisition".

Ballerina Phallic Point

The Walk of No Shame

Illustrated the artistic references, the creative moodboard of the collection and the customer target

Moodboard and Inspirations 

illustrated the creative moodboard of the collection and the customer target

‘[...] Now blue legs start growing hair and Pink legs start growing hairBlue is told it's manly, Pink is told to shave theirsBlue is shown as bloodIn action films, fight, pridePink starts bleeding every monthTold blood shhh, shame, hidePink discovers lust - wrongBlue discovers lust - niceNow Blue is called a player but Pink is called a sket Pink is told they glow but Blue is told they sweat Blue is told they wank, Pink is told they sin orBlue is called a pussy and Pink is called a bitch[...] Cunnilingus is censored more than rape scenes or blowjobsBlue is told: this makes a manPink is told: this makes a girl’.(McNish, 2017)

Moodboard and Inspiration

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The penis shaped heels inspired by Chopines, developed in the 16th century and principally popular among Venetian women, are designed to "Walk on the patriarchy”, intended as the modern society in which both men and women mostly have a norm of how to get dressed properly, how to act and how to express themselves in the﻿﻿ ﻿﻿﻿‘correct way’.

Platform Heels construction

the images show the process behind the heels development and painting

the images show the process behind the heels design and construction

The penis shaped heels inspired by Chopines, developed in the 16th century and principally popular among Venetian women, are designed to "Walk on the patriarchy”, intended as the modern society in which both men and women mostly have a norm of how to get dressed properly, how to act and how to express themselves in the ‘correct way’.Chopines are born with a practical but also a symbolic function: they allowed women to get off the ground without touching the dirt of the streets, yet their mobility was limited. Chopine’s height introduced an awkwardness and instability to a woman’s walk, for this reason these shoes were particularly well regarded by the clergy, as it was stated that with them women would remain at home without being able to commit sins.

Platform heels development

What concerns sexuality and its representations can cause shame, both for those who talk about it and for those who hear about it.The Walk of No Shame - designed to embody the motto of My Body My Choice - challenges the stigma surrounding sex for those...

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