» Masaya Kushino White platform ankle boots with fur. » Sometimes i really think the Japanese creative minds are marvelous beyond this world. There is meticulous precision in the way they achieve optimal balance between sophisticate rawness and preserve purity. Every detail is sacred, each work of art is treated as an individual and has a soul of its own. [Image: Masaya Kushino]

» Masaya Kushino Black antler platform wedge boots. [Image: Masaya Kushino]

» JIMIJIM ‘Hacktivism’ Blue beehive print platform peep toe heel-less wedge, it’s transformable. [Image: JIMIJIM]

» Arnoldo e Battois Undefinable high platform multi-layer sandals, finalist @WHO IS ON NEXT 2010. » This design is very complex [for a pair of shoes] at first glance, then you see a story unfolds: of the never-high-enough heels evolution, it’s an ambitious shoe that grows and transforms into a gigantic mechanism, very masterfully executed.  [Image: R-A-W Shoes Blog]

» Nicholas Kirkwood Blue and orange graphic cut-out high heel sling-back, Fall 2012. [Image: Style.com]

» Nicholas Kirkwood Teal suede platform stiletto booties with frilled heels, Fall 2012. [Image: Style.com]

» Jerome C. Rousseau ‘Antinea’ Silver peep-toe platform booties with layered details, Fall 2010. [Image: R-A-W Shoes Blog]

» Louis Vuitton Silk printed platform espadrille wedge sandals, Cruise 2012. [Image: Louis Vuitton]

» Miu Miu Black studded cut-out platform stilettos, 2010. [Image: Life in Travel]