Many major designers and fashion houses have jumped on the gladiator trend, including Giuseppe Zanotti, Dolce Vita and Balenciaga. Givenchy designed a captivating gladiator style bootie, that we’ve seen on Heidi Montag and Cassie, just to name a few. Today I stumbled upon these from Givenchy, which seems to be their answer to the Balenciaga full-blown gladiator boot:

This is the Givenchy pony hair strappy stiletto and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. I have already stated that I am not a huge fan of the seizure-inducing Balenciaga gladiator boot, however I feel like I might take it over these. I’ve been finding that many of these trendy, gladiator style boots just have too much detail, and I find them to be overwhelming. I can’t imagine wanting a pair of sandals to be wrapped all the way up my legs in the summer heat. They were concieved for the runway, and that’s where I think they should stay!

On second thought, maybe we should send these to Shauna Sand as a replacement for her hideous, leg-capturing sandals? What do you think of the Givenchy gladiator boot?

Shoe Goddess

Tags: Balenciaga, boots, Dolce Vita, giuseppe zanotti, Givenchy, gladiators, Shauna Sand, Spring 2008, summer 2008, Trends

Posted: Jul 10th, 2008 at 5:25 pm