10 Pairs of Shoes with Weird Heels

Some of these shoes look like normal shoes when viewed from the front, but once you turn around or to your side… it’s like going down the rabbit hole. Not to say that they’re hideous, but let’s just say that this list contains the mullets of shoes: all business in the front, party in the back.

These shoes will surely get other people looking – no, gawking at your feet the whole time. Here are 10 pairs of shoes with really weird heels.

Let’s start with something simple, to ease you into it:

#10 Stuart Weitzman Chicpump

It looks like a grandma pump up front, but that wide, narrow heel placed right at the end of the sole probably isn’t the best thing for arthritic feet. $275.00.

#9 Stuart Weitzman Peepers

These are actually fabulous but imagine catching the hem of your dress on those pavé crystal-encrusted heels. $460.00, down from $575.00.

#8 Proenza Schouler 0E9018

What a handy cork remover! Over 50% off – originally $1,099.00, now only $515.00.

#7 BCBG Max Azria Mayda

Architecture meets mudflaps. Amazing. These shoes with slightly too-big stacked heels are now only $213.71, marked down from $395.00.

#6 Marc by Marc Jacobs 694996

The fat heels are apparently called “martini heels”. Original price was $550.00, now available for $324.41.

#5 Marc Jacobs MJ13268-00874

The metallic silver color, the upturned clog-like toe, the hold-ridden heel – this Marc Jacobs shoe is mind-boggling, but it still only made it halfway up this list. $450.36, down from $699.00.

#4 Calvin Klein Collection Katia

It’s not even the metal, the mesh, or the cage heel. It’s the way the shoe doesn’t fully lay flat on the heel that makes me question the designer’s motives. This shoe is quite out of place for the usually minimalistic and wearable Calvin Klein collection, isn’t it? $705.00, down from $1,679.00.

#3 Costume National 1215249-22095

You might get stopped while going through airport security in these. Your best defense? Tell them that the heels may be made of metal, but there’s really nothing else to hold them up. Really. $326.97, down from $969.00.

#2 Emilio Pucci 794943

These shoes almost had me fooled. They look like regular wedge heels in the thumbnail version. Once I clicked to enlarge, what I thought was a full platform heel is nothing but a piece of fabric. Yep, the famous Pucci print is printed on a webbed high heel. Oh and the name of the color of this shoe is “black beaver”. $502.20, down from $774.00

#1 Proenza Schouler OE9007

So what would beat a webbed shoe? How about one that looks like it was left unfinished? Your screws and steel braces are showing… $615.00, down from $1,354.00.

All shoes on this list are available at Zappos Couture. Which ones can you still wear and which ones are too weird?