Maven of otherworldly beauty Nicholas Kirkwood has a way of creating pieces of art you actually want to put on your feet. Your run-of-the-mill strappy stilettos? Not a chance! Like a serpentine creature out of the sea, these 5″ platform pumps are hybrid of serious pizzazz and wearable ornateness. Blended shades of teal, turquoise, and violet work together in perfectly peculiar harmony. The outcome is serious shimmering opalescence. Python increases the exotic quotient exponentially, and with skinny metallic straps shooting out like aqua-blue sunbeams, the cutouts are taken to another level. Snakeskin has never looks so supernatural. Futuristic and a bit alien-like, this is a hot shoe you will have people eying you from the moment you step out of your car until you ruefully pull them off at the end of the night. At Saks Fifth Avenue for $1,495.
Pair with: Clearly, you’re no wallflower tonight! Exotic hologram-effect shoes deserve a kooky mélange of a cocktail ring. Iosselliani‘s cluster of sterling silver, crystals, and tiger’s eye includes a panther, leaf, and skull. At Barneys New York for $425.
