The gladiator trend is exploding. Thus, it only makes sense for Tyra Banks to jump on board and whore it out just a little bit more:This is the first promo shot for America’s Next Top Model cycle 11. Ty Ty went with a hippie-dippie flower child theme - some kind of high fashion production of Hair, only the blissed out stoners are replaced by catty gay men. It says “Feel the Love” on the top, but you just know Jay Manuel and Tyra want to claw eachother’s botoxed eyes out.Tyra, and a few of the model contestants as well, are wearing the Givenchy gladiator boot, previously seen on Rihanna. I’m not a huge fan of this boot, but they look quite nice in this shoot, particularly the soft, green colour. Tyra is definitely working these boots, but that’s her job - she’s a model. Maybe she could teach Rihanna how to wear these puppies - and those god-awful Balenciaga boots. What do you think?

Quite obviously, Rihanna will wear any elaborate gladiator boot from a high fashion house. Observe:

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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:

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