JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS

When fishnets don’t make the cut for the season’s leading legwear, why not transform the wildly haute hosiery into a visionary masterpiece of creatively contrived couture? Jean Paul Gaultier had it right at his Spring 2009 Couture Show, and reinvented the phenomenal fishnet trend through fabulous footwear. All the shoes from Gaultier’s Spring 2009 Couture Collection uniformly embrace the sexy stiletto heel and sublty sophisticated pointy-toe. From classic black and whites to glamorous mirror-like metallics, all the shoes were brilliantly designed with features such as low ankle cuts, bold pattern construction, and the ever-popular “strappy heel” look. My personal favorites by far were the thematic fishnet heels, looking both highly professional and able to strut to sexy nightwear in a single stomp.